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- From: jaakola@cc.helsinki.fi
- Newsgroups: comp.databases.oracle
- Subject: Re: Multiple Screens in SQEL*FORMS
- Message-ID: <1992Jul24.083034.1@cc.helsinki.fi>
- Date: 24 Jul 92 06:30:34 GMT
- References: <j1gmxq-.sjs@netcom.com>
- Sender: news@klaava.Helsinki.FI (Uutis Ankka)
- Organization: University of Helsinki
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- In article <j1gmxq-.sjs@netcom.com>, sjs@netcom.com (Stephen Schow) writes:
- > I am new to Oracle and I am working in an application that requires 3
- > seperate screens that are related to each other only in the sense that
- > they are part of an all encompassing application. There are no data
- > relationships between them. I am not sure if I should create 3 seperate
- > forms or 1 form with seperate pages. Note that each screen has a master
- > detail relationship. I have set something up that uses just 1 form with
- > each logical screen on a different page. Then I will set up a menu to call
- > specific pages.
- >
- > Am I doi ng this the best way? Would it be better to make seperate forms?
- Well, if they are logically separate, keep them physically separate too!
-
- > I do NOT want to have to exit all the way back to the OS and then call runforms
- > again just to switch to another screen. What I am worried about are potential
- What's wrong with calling separate runforms? Of course starting a new
- process takes a while, and stopping and starting a fresh runform clears
- your GLOBAL variables. But you can use runform which is linked into
- runmenu (version 5.0), so that the menu and all subsequent runforms run
- IN THE SAME PROCESS and retain GLOBALs. Or you can create a dummy form
- which calls other forms.
-
- > problems that I might run into and have to program around by putting each
- > screen on a different page of the same form.
- If you want to switch screens very quickly, a single form might be
- optimal. Make an experiment!
-
- >
- > ------------------------------------------------------------------
- > Steve Schow | But you don't have to use the claw, if you
- > sjs@netcom.com | pick the pear with the big paw paw......
- > | Have I given you a clue......?
- > | - Baloo the Bear
- > ------------------------------------------------------------------
- --
- Juhani Jaakola
- jaakola@cc.helsinki.fi
-