Clear_form doesn't work right from pull-down menu on one form.

Question

Have a switchboard form called MAIN used to call other forms, FORM1, FORM2, and FORM3. 1-3 have buttons to return to the switch board that contain the following code, along with a pulldown menu item that is identical.
IF :GLOBAL.logged_in = 'y' THEN
     CLEAR_FORM(no_commit, to_savepoint);
END IF;
EXIT_FORM;This works fine from both buttons and menus on FORM1 and 2. The button works fine on FORM3, but if i click the menu item, Forms displays a message box saying 'Close this form?' with a yes or no choice. 'Yes' does close the form, but why am I being prompted like this? It doesn't happen on the other forms.
Edited by: user10401609 on Nov 26, 2008 7:40 AM
Edited by: user10401609 on Nov 26, 2008 7:49 AM

Answer 1

Look up the on-line help on both Clear_Form and Exit_Form. The one odd form has a block and record status that requires different action.
Unless you really want to save some previously entered data, you should be doing a Clear_form(No_Validate, Full_Rollback), or the Exit_form should be: Exit_Form(No_Validate, Full_Rollback).
The Exit_Form on-line help states (in the section describing the default "Ask_commit" commit mode):
However, if RECORD_STATUS is INSERT but the record is not valid, Form Builder instead asks the operator if the form should be closed.  If the operator says yes, the changes are rolled back before the form is closed.