Oracle Forms and Subclassing
Bill Baker
Hi,
I have been going through the "Oracle Developer 2000 Handbook" ,
working through the examples, and seem to have hit a snag.
sorry for the long winded explanation.
This question is related to subclass and using attached libraries.
I'm using Oracle 8, and Dev 2000 2.0, both are the latest versions
under NT Workstation 4.0
The situation is that I've attached the TalbotStand Library in the
"Attached Libraries" node in the Object Navigator in Forms. It's a
library that's supposed to have standard objects in it which I'm
trying to subclass. I'm clicking on a object called SKILL in a
datablock and then bringin up a property list
On page 135 in the second paragraph from the top, where the sentence
"In the Subclass Information dialog box, set the module name to
TALBOTSTANDARD from
the drop-down list ...."
I have followed all of the steps previous to this (including the
attaching the standard Talbot library and even copy the related talbot
files into the directory where the form is) but cannot seem to make
this one work. when I click on the "Object Name" drop down all I have
as options(these are the other fields in the data block as it turns
out) is:
<NULL>
<NAME>
<ABILITY>
Instead of:
LIST
from the Talbot library like the figure on the same page shows it
should be. I have even went ahead and set the FORMS50_PATH to point
to the directory my form is in.
One other thing of note. If I go the the directory where I put the
source code that I downloaded from the website for the book, and I
try to open the workerskill form that this example cover from Forms,
It complains about not being able to the find the LIST item, and gives
the path that is related to where I have placed the application I'm
developing, which is different than where I have placed the source
code, EVEN though both directories are in the forms path.
Can you provide me with any hints or suggestions about this?? Could
it be a problem with the talbot lib I pulled down?? I have a feeling
it is related to the path.
Thanks for any help!
Bill Baker
bba...@oo.netNOSPAM remove NOSPAM to reply.
Joe Strano
A standard problem is that Oracle stuffs a bunch of crap in the
registry path. When the path fills up it ignores things.
Try removing some of the demo entries from the path
variable.
Paul Dorsey
Dulcian, Inc.
www.dulcian.com
Bill Baker
On 6 Feb 1998 03:38:36 GMT, "Joe Strano"
<pdorsey...@worldnet.att.net> wrote:
Thank you for your response, I think I have found a solution from
mail that someone sent me.
The book is wrong on page 133.
Instead of using the "Attached Libraries" node in the Obect Navigator
of Forms, use the "Object Libaries" node instead or use "Open, File"
from the menu and pick the . Once this is done, when I want to use
subclassing on a field the appropriate options show up now for the
field.
Thanks
Bill