Forms Error Message displayed twice

Question

But on clicking the save button to commit the changes in the form, the validation trigger fires and the error message is displayed twice. This is once for the item and at the other at the form level.
The error message has to be displayed only once i.e. while submitting the form by clicking the save button. Please suggest.
Thanks in advance.
Edited by: sri_menon on Sep 24, 2008 8:30 AM

Answer 1

Do you alter the data in your Character Item through a program unit? Since you only have a WVI trigger at the item level, something in the form is causing the status of the item to become "Dirty" or "Invalid" after the WVI trigger fires. Therefore, Forms fires the WVI trigger again. Something else you can try is to turn "Debug Messages" on (go to Preferences => Runtime tab => check Debug Messages). This will display an Alert for each trigger that fires during Runtime. Then you can record all of the triggers that fire after the WVI trigger fires the first time. Once you know which trigger fire between the first execution of the WVI and the second execution of WVI then you can put break points in these triggers and then run the Form with the Debugger and see what it happening during the validate cycle. If you are using Form6i, the debugger is very easy to use. If you on Form 9 or greater, there is some setup that must be done to debug the web deployed form, but it well worth the setup to be able to debug your form.
Hope this helps.
Craig...
Edited by: CraigB on Sep 25, 2008 8:18 AM