Re: Forms 4.x Character Mode

From: Alex Long <paladin_at_along.dialix.oz.au>
Date: 1995/04/01
Message-ID: <62_at_along.dialix.oz.au>#1/1

 

In article <3ldjh6$na2_at_news2.delphi.com>, ST700_at_DELPHI.COM (ST700_at_news.delphi.com) writes:
>A:
>
> We are currently running a Forms 3.0 system on a VAX under VMS.
>Does anyone have any experience in converting from this kind of
>environment to Forms 4.X, still using character mode?
>
>How can you develop character-mode Forms 4.x applications?
>
>Thanks,
>Steve Turner

Hi Steve,

It is fairly strraightforward. The resulting form can be displayed and manipulated on a "low-res" terminal like VT220 etc. The type of terminal you will be using is the key element, invoke a different runform for character or GUI based terminal.

1. You need to watch for graphics, reduce those to the minimum,
2. Not having a mouse, means that all your navigatoin is via [NEX-FIELD] & [PREVIOUS-FIELD].

3, Careful about colours, some colours come across ok on a monochrome screen, others don't.

4. Stick to standard fonts, and you will have to use brute force methods to align some boilerplate text.

There is a bulletin released by Orcale highlighting some of the issues when migrating from Windows/Motif to Mac, but most of the points also cover this sort of situation.

Regards,
Alex

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 + Received on Sat Apr 01 1995 - 00:00:00 CEST