Oracle Forms 9i generation issue.

Question

Hi, I am developing a form using Oracle 9iDevelopment Suit. While doing the development I noticed a problem that the form is not behaving as per the code written. In debug mode the code runs as per expected. On making some changes (e.g. add a message and a pause) to the particular section of code and re generating it, the code starts behaving as per expectations. On doing further investigation I found that the size of fmx (the original one) was less by 30-40% than the one which was re generated with a message. This behavior of Forms generation is very inconsistent and I do not know how to resolve it permanently. If at all someone has faced such problem please let me know the solution to this.
Thanks and Regards,
Sachin.

Answer 1

Hello Grant,
Thanks for the reply.
You are right, the form source code is from Oracle forms 6i. I did migrate this form from 6i to 9i. Then did some additional development in the form. During this developement I would have re compiled the entire form lots of time. This particular problem seems to apprear on few of the Item level triggers. I even know these triggers. On generation of the fmx I do test this form and execute a test case which ivokes the code in these triggers. Most of the times this trigger code fails to exececute as per behavior. Then I open these triggers and make a change in it (e.g. add a message or add a space and delete it immediatly) and recompile the form. The next time onwards the trigger code executes as per expectations. One of the trigger is Key-PrvBlk and other is Key-Commit. The code is very streight forward. It has a if condition on a variable and even if the condition is true the code present in the ELSE part is getting executed. In debug mode this works as per expected.
The reason I have mentioned the size of FMX is due to the amount of difference. In both the cases listed above the size difference in FMX is aroung 400Kb i.e. 30 to 40% of the larger size.
Thanks and Regards,
Sachin.