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- From: wkaufman@us.oracle.com (William Kaufman)
- Subject: Re: Customization of SQL*Forms.
- Message-ID: <1992Aug27.200923.26659@oracle.us.oracle.com>
- Keywords: SQL*Forms, Oracle CASE
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- Date: Thu, 27 Aug 1992 20:09:23 GMT
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- I should say right now that I'm not with the SQL*Forms group, so I
- don't know exactly what their plans are. If any of the Forms folks read
- this group, please follow up with the Low Down.
-
- In article <!-cn0-c.tcox@netcom.com> tcox@netcom.com (Thomas Cox) writes:
- ] >Now the dreaded word going around is that Oracle
- ] >may get rid of .inp files for SQL*Forms 4.0. (????)
- ]
- ] I have a hard time believing that!
-
- I don't know if the .inp files are going away, but, *if* they do,
- they will probably be replaced with Oracle resource files. Resource
- files can be converted into text files and back again at any time (with
- "resprint" and "resparse", respectively). If they're using resource
- files now, you can always resprint them, edit them, and resparse them
- back.
-
- ] I *have* heard that "fields" are going away, but .inp files?
- ] Can anybody confirm this .inp file rumor?
-
- Not precisely,...
-
- ] (Yeah, "fields" are being replaced with "items", I think, as
- ] in "radio button item", "checkbox item", etc. Something like
- ] that.)
-
- More accurately, instead of getting all your information through
- fields, you get it through any of several types of "items". One type of
- item is a field, which works as you remember it; but you can also
- represent your data as a group of radio buttons (if a database field can
- be only one of a list), or a checkbox (if it's just "true" or "false"),
- etc.,...
-
- -- Bill K.
-
- Bill Kaufman | " While not a master of intellect, the blatantly
- wkaufman@us.oracle.com | obvious things *WE* take for granted never
- | escape *HIS* keen eye! " -- Bob Burden
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