Re: MESSAGE() built-in

Karla Johnson wrote:
>
> I'm using two versions of Oracle Forms 4.0 on two different Unix platforms.
> One version is earlier than the other (the earliest is Designer version
> 4.0.12.4.1 for Server release 7.0.16.4.1), but both versions seem to have
> problems with calls to the built-in MESSAGE() function.
>
> Regardless of whether I call MESSAGE() specifying ACKNOWLEDGE,
> NO_ACKNOWLEDGE, or with no mode spec whatsoever, my message may or may
> not even be displayed at all, much less in the mode I requested.
>
> Usually, these messages are just issued on a WHEN-BUTTON-PRESSED trigger
> in order to display a reassuring message to the user that the program is
> actually doing something even though it looks like it's just sitting there.
>
> I've tried every possible variation of calling MESSAGE, including moving
> it out of the trigger into a PL/SQL routine, but control over display of
> a MESSAGE appears to be out of the programmer's control.
>
> Help!!! What am I doing wrong? Or is this a bug which will be simply
> redocumented as a feature in a later release???
>
> Thanks for your help!
>
> Karla Johnson
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messages are display asynchronously.
use:

message('...'); synchronize;

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