Comments in Forms

A couple of questions about comments.
I have always assumed that comments are eliminated by the compiler and so do not affect the size of the fmx file, and so cannot affect runtime performance. Can anyone confirm whether this is true ?
Doe anyone have any opinions about the best place to put comments, particularly form level ones. I worry that the 'proper' place on the form level property sheet is easily missed by subsequent developers. I have a tendency
to put such comments in a when-new-form-instance trigger as I reckon that is more likely to get looked at. Does any have any else have a policy on this ?
Any comments on comments are welcome !

Hi cousin
I think the best place to put Forms level is in a program unit called AAA$READ_ME (or some such name). This gives it the benefit of being first in the stack of Program Units and hence easy to find whereas I can conceive of a Form that doesn't have a W-N-F-I trigger (although I admit such a beast is pretty rare outside of my febrile imagination).
Cheers, APC

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                    var email = $('email');
                    var comment = $('comment');
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                    var isValid = true;
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                    var addError = function (field, msg) {
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                              var error = field.getParent().getElement('span') || new Element('span', {'class': 'error'}); // add error message if not already placed
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                              if (name.get('value').length === 0) {
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                                        addError(name, nameError);
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                                        isValid = true;
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lisavs12686 wrote:
Whould it also be possible to send the sender the submited data (looking like the filled in form or so)?
not really nessecary but whould be a nice jextra
You can but you would need to send it as an html email which is much more complicated.
What you would do is build a page/table construction like below. You would need to use the php variables to echo out the information in the <td></td> cells (example below).
$reply = $_POST['email'];
$from = '[email protected]';
$replysubject = "Auto-Reply: Website Name";
$headers = 'MIME-Version: 1.0' . "\r\n";
$headers .= 'Content-type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1' . "\r\n";
$headers .= "From: $from\r\nReply-to: $reply";
$replymessage = '
<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd">
<html>
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8">
<title>Comments from Website</title>
</head>
<body>
<table>
<tr>
<td bgcolor="#ffffff" style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; padding: 10px 15px;">Name: </strong>'.$name.'
</td>
</tr>
</table>
</body>
</html>';
mail($reply, $replysubject, $replymessage, $headers);

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Paul

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George

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Hy,
I think Ronald Grant is who can answer my question:
when date release is for Forms 11, and what'are major improvements for Forms 11?
Thnks

thanks Grant,
i have found it:
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http://www.oratransplant.nl/2006/06/07/oracles-plans-for-forms-version-11/
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Hi everyone,
So I have been having trouble with this for a while now.
Basically for work, my assignment was to create a PDF that could have fillable forms and a button at the bottom of the page sending to my coworkers' emails.
How it would work: Once a person fills out the form and presses the send button at the bottom of the PDF, it would send to my coworkers' emails and they could save the documents with the fillable data.
Everything works except for the saving process. Once my coworkers receive the email, they get different error messages that look like the following (and they CANNOT SAVE the PDFs... so it makes the whole idea worthless):
Here is how the messages read:
1) First image on the left: the box reads "Save a Blank Copy of this Form"
underneath it it says "Data typed into this form will not be saved. Adobe Reader can only save a blank copy of this form.
2) 2nd image: the box reads "Sending Data Files by Email"
underneath it says "Please note: This form contains an email submit button. Clicking this button will email a data file containing data you type into this form. However, the form itself will not be sent. Remember you cannot save a completed copy of this form with Adobe Reader 9 or later.
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I'm trying to creat a quiz (using a form) that can be submitted via e-mail from the client. I cannot use "distribute form" as this will be used in a factory environment on a shared computer. How do I make the form so the quiz is not saved with the answers filled in?

With FDF, the person reading the file has to have Acrobat. AA7 sounds write, but at this point most folks have that (except for folks like me who have a different version of Acrobat on each machine with 4 through 9).
With Reader, folks can submit a FDF file by e-mail (not preferred and prone to client setup issues) or a web script. You can also use the FDF Toolkit (Adobe download) to manipulate the submitted FDFs if desired. I do not believe that Reader can import the FDF file, but I do not have Reader installed to check on that (actually I could do it at home with my old desktop that has Reader on it -- but no time soon). As far as filling the form out and submitting it with a FDF file, there should be no problem with Reader. As to how far back in Reader versions this is true may be another question. One of the issues deals with keeping out all of the newer features in your form. You might do that by using the Save as -- Reduce File Size or PDF Optimize to put it in a prior version. Be sure to check your form afterwards to be sure it is still functional.
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I will let others address the distribution and submission issues, but I think the answer is yes.
For FDF based forms, the form is developed entirely in Acrobat, not Designer. Many folks automatically head to Designer through the forms menu, but it is not necessary. Designer has some advanced features that are useful for some situations, so you have to look at the tradeoffs if you go there. Most needs can be satisfied by AcroForms (forms directly in Acrobat). I have always felt more control of an AcroForm, but I honestly can not give a good comparison. George Johnson gives a lot of comments on forms and can probably direct you to a good comparison or answer specific questions better than most of us. He gave your first response on this discussion. Hopefully this clarifies things a bit.

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I have an accountant trying to print a PDF Form. It cannot be saved, but only printed. When the form is completed and printed, it only prints out the entered text, and nothing else. All other PDF docs print fine
IT conditions:
She prints to an older Panasonic Copy machine
Her printer connection is Shared
Another PC can print the same form 100% fine and that machine goes through here PC to the printer.
Completed Troubleshooting:
First discovered she was on Reader 10.1.3 and the other PC was 10.1.1
Did a complete uninstall of 10.1.3 to include deleting from registry
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Verified all a printer and reader settings are the same for both PCs
Attempted work arounds:
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PDF prints text and form text, but not the field borders for each block
Installed Nitro PDF as default PDF reader, same issue. Will not print out the field borders.
Additional Troubleshooting:
Ran full virus and malware/spyware scans with no issues.
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Dear Oracle Users' Group:
I have problem with "Parameter Form" in Oracle Report.
The Report that I created has the SQL:
"SELECT A.FIELD1, A.FIELD2
FROM MYDATABASE.MYTABLE A
WHERE
A.FIELD1 = :P_1";
When the report is run, it asks for the parameter
and generates the report based on the runtime
parameter. Works perfect on Oracle8i database's
Report front end.
The PROPERTY PALETTE for the FIELD (Field that
takes the runtime parameter) is:
====================
General Information
Name: PF_P_1
Comments:
Parameter Form Field
Source: P_1
Parameter
Datatype: Character
Width: 40
Initial Value:
Validation Trigger:
List of Values:
(For the list of values, I have put the SQL:
"SELECT DISTINCT A.FIELD1 from
MYDATABASE.MYTABLE A", Also I had
tried with list of fixed values like A, B, C)
Web Setting
Additional Attributes (HTML):
================
But the report does NOT work when called from the Web.
(This is only because of the problem with this Parameter
Form in my report. If I get rid of the parameter form by
changing the last line of my SQL to: "A.FIELD1 = 'Chicago'",
it works fine from the Web).
When accessed the report from the Web, the error I get
is:
Oracle Reports Server CGI - Report Job has terminated with this error.
Reports Server Replies:
REP-0788: Warning: The value of restricted LOV parameter P_1 is not among the selectable values.
I do not know what is the error with this simplest Parameter Form based Report!!
In the Property Palette (above) of the Field, there was a field named "Additional Attributes (HTML)"
under "Web Setting" heading.
Do I need to write something there!!
Please help!!
thanks.
kimmy

Hi, Kimmy
Try: &paramform=yes]http://webserver.com:80/dev60cgi/rwcgi60.exe?server=repserver&report=rep1&userid=scott/tiger@orcl&destype=cache&desformat=htmlcss&paramform=yes
I've also sent you an email about key maps.
Enjoy! Web Reporting is a great feature.
Pedro.

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