Oracle Forms - Compilation error due to attached libraries

Question

Hi,
I am builing forms using Oracle Forms 10g and almost everytime I recompile the form, I have to delete some attached libraries and add them again. This happens a lot of times and I don't know why. These attached libraires have not been changed.
Can anyone help me with this issue please? It's very anoying :(
Thanks.
Regards,
Amado
Edited by: 973539 on 27/Nov/2012 20:09

Answer 1

That should be correct. If you attached the libraries without a path, modified your FORMS_PATH to include the path that the libraries are sitting in, then the form should pick them up.
I would:
1. Verify that FORMS_PATH has the correct path. Make sure the '\' are pointing in the right direction and that the path is separated from the other paths by a semicolon.
2. Make sure you changed the correct FORMS_PATH. You might have multiple ORACLE_HOMEs so you need to make sure the ORACLE_HOME you are using is the one that has FORMS_PATH set up in it.
3. After FORMS_PATH is correct you shouldn't have to reattach the libraries, but try it again without including the path.
I read CraigBs reply below and it made me think of something else you might want to look at:
4. Check all the directories that are listed in your FORMS_PATH and see if there are older versions of the libraries in one of the paths that shouldn't be there and remove the unneccessary ones. For example, if your FORMS_PATH is set to "C:\Work\11g;C:\Oracle11g\Middleware\as_1\forms;C:\Oracle11g\Middleware\asinst_1\FormsComponent\forms;" then there are three directories that forms looks through everytime it runs. In this case, you would check all three directories and see if there were older libraries in there that needed to be removed because they are overwriting the one that you want to be picked up.
Edited by: MLBrown on Nov 28, 2012 7:37 AM