Re: Pop-up window problem on Forms 4.5

From: Bobby Spears <bobby_at_TROJAN.NETA.COM>
Date: Sat, 20 Jan 1996 20:15:25 GMT
Message-Id: <9601202333.AA24790@alice.jcc.com>

Chella,

It sounds like the problem is in the series of messages you're displaying. What  happens
is similar to the older versions of Forms where if the application has more than  one
sequential message to display in the message bar, instead of overwriting each  message (in
effect, this means that you would only ever see the last message in a series of  applicable
meaasges) with the next one that applies, Forms makes you verify that you read  the current
message before it shows you the next one. This is done in Forms 4.5 with an  alert box.
Once you've verified that you've seen the current message then it will go on to  the next
one.

In your example, when you removed the "commit button" code, you removed the next  message.
Therefore, the old message (errors or whatever) could be displayed at the bottom  of the
screen without fear of being immediately overwritten.

Now, to fix it... I've been working with forms since 2.3, and I haven't found  any way to
circumvent this behavior. Maybe someone else out there knows of some way.  Barring that,
I would say spend some time rearranging your messages so that control is  returned to the
user between each message somehow.

HTH

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 Bobby Spears (Via Maggie)              bobby_at_neta.com
 Oracle Corporation              bspears_at_us.oracle.com
 (602)941-6826                             Phoenix, AZ

 "Feel the fear... and do it anyway."
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