Propagating message to calling form

Question

We are converting forms from 5.0 to 6i and in one of our Master-Detail forms, the "FRM-40400: n Transaction saved" is stubbornly showing up on the message queue on the bottom of the form and is also being propagated to back the calling form. Note: The calling form does not have any base-table items and just calls all the forms needed for the application. The message is so stubborn that, when you go to an item that has a hint, the hint is displayed, but when you go to an item that does not have a hint, the FRM 40400 message is put back up. How do you prevent this? No other forms do this and they are all being called the same way via an OPEN_FORM command from the calling form. The called form in question is an auto-query type form (i.e. the form is placed in query mode at when-new-form-instance, and a query executed given a passed-in parameter.) If you save via exiting though, the message is disposed of properly. Or, if you save, click out of the form, click back, and then exit, the message is also appropriately discarded. Your input is greatly appreciated.

Answer 1

I tried issuing an explicit CLEAR_MESSAGE followed by an EXIT_FORM command in the KEY-EXIT trigger of the called form a few days ago without changing the behavior of the offending message. What I am finding is that the called form passes the message onto the queue of the calling form--thus a CLEAR_MESSAGE in the said trigger only clears the message queue in the called form. The calling form still has the FRM-40400 message. Also, I forgot to mention, it was working properly before the conversion from 5.0 to 6i as well as the deployment of the Oracle GUI web look-and-feel. Any other suggestions?