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- From: deepthought!neil@ms.uky.edu (Neil Greene)
- Newsgroups: comp.databases.oracle
- Subject: Re: Multiple Screens in SQEL*FORMS
- Message-ID: <1992Jul24.142932.21840@deepthought.uucp>
- Date: 24 Jul 92 14:29:32 GMT
- References: <1992Jul24.083034.1@cc.helsinki.fi>
- Sender: neil@deepthought.uucp (Neil Greene)
- Reply-To: Neil Greene <deepthought!neil@ms.uky.edu>
- Organization: ARCI, Inc.
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- In article <1992Jul24.083034.1@cc.helsinki.fi> jaakola@cc.helsinki.fi writes:
- > 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
-
- In the issue of linking sql*menu and sql*forms, I just cannot get this to
- happen yet. I have tried reinstalling, recompiling and all with no success. I
- don't mind the extra processes, but sure would like to link the two
- applications.
-
- I am running oracle v6.x.x.x, sqlforms 3.0, sqlmenu 5.0 on a NeXTcube (bsd 4.3
- unix).
-
- --
- Neil Greene
- ARCI, Inc.
- President, Kentucky NeXT User Group, Inc.
- Phone: 606.254.4060
-