Forms 5 Open API Problem

How can the displayed text of an existing Graphics Text
(Boilerplate) be modified with Open API functions?
All(?) properties of all Forms objects can be modified with
function calls similar to the calls in the example below. Just
this one seems impossible.
(See Forms builder help topic "Open API, creating module")
Code fragment:
/* create a Graphics Object */
status = d2fgracr_Create( pd2fctx , pd2fcnv,
&pd2fgra, (text*) "MYTEXT" );
/* set Graphics type to TEXT */
status = d2fgras_graphics_typ(pd2fctx,pd2fgra,D2FC_GRTY_TEXT);
/* set displayed text to "TEXT1" */
status = d2fgras_gra_text(pd2fctx,pd2fgra,(text*) "TEXT1");
/* Modify "TEXT1" to "TEXT2" */
status = d2fgras_gra_text(pd2fctx,pd2fgra,(text*) "TEXT2");
/* Check value; ought to be "TEXT2" */
status = d2fgrag_gra_text(pd2fctx,pd2fgra,&tex);
printf("%s",tex); /* prints TEXT1 !!!????*/
null

I checked PATH environment variable and it already contains path having Forms DLLs in it.
After that I deinstalled Oracle 9 database from computer and tried again to start my program.
Now it works but I don't know why it was having trouble creating context with d2fctxcr_Create when database was installed on computer.
Anyway, I might need database in the future so I would like that it coexists peacefully on my computer with Oracle Designer. How can I achieve that? Tnx in advance.

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font color=red Create/Modify forms and triggers through C++ using OPEN API


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 Borland C++ 5.5.1 for Win32 Copyright (c) 1993, 2000 Borland
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 Turbo Incremental Link 5.00 Copyright (c) 1997, 2000 Borland
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