Forms 6i Many non-functional windows opening at start

[Michel G. Rainville]

Has anyone experienced repeating blank windows opening apparently
without end when starting an Oracle Forms 6i application under Windows
XP. This is a local installation (Forms 6.0.8.23.2)?

It looks like the outer (MDI) window is opening, with the usual
background, but then repeating indefinitely.

Has anyone had this experience?

Mike Rainville
Montreal, Canada

[Daniel Morgan]

Michel G. Rainville wrote:
Has anyone experienced repeating blank windows opening apparently without end when starting an Oracle Forms 6i application under Windows XP. This is a local installation (Forms 6.0.8.23.2)? It looks like the outer (MDI) window is opening, with the usual background, but then repeating indefinitely. Has anyone had this experience? Mike Rainville Montreal, Canada

I've had it. Forms 6i can be kludged to work with XP but one must
remember that XP stands for eXtra Problems. 6i is not certified to run
on XP and XP was intended it seems to break products ... even
Microsoft's own to force upgrading to their newest versions and thus
keep the revenue flowing.

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Daniel Morgan wrote: Michel G. Rainville wrote: Has anyone experienced repeating blank windows opening apparently without end when starting an Oracle Forms 6i application under Windows XP. This is a local installation (Forms 6.0.8.23.2)? It looks like the outer (MDI) window is opening, with the usual background, but then repeating indefinitely. Has anyone had this experience? Mike Rainville Montreal, Canada I've had it. Forms 6i can be kludged to work with XP but one must remember that XP stands for eXtra Problems. 6i is not certified to run on XP and XP was intended it seems to break products ... even Microsoft's own to force upgrading to their newest versions and thus keep the revenue flowing.

AFAIK 6i (at least 6.0.8.23.2, which is Patch 14 I believe) IS certified
to run on XP. You just need to download Forms & Reports 6i Release 2 as
the initial install (June 2003) and then install at least Patch 13.

I installed it (6i + Patch 14) at a clients' site last Monday without
any problems.
They disabled all the visual XP settings (rounded window corners and
such) and it's working OK.
At another client we installed it on XP too, and they did not disable
the XP visuals and they haven't had any problems either (so far... ;-) )

Hth,

Ron

[Jeff]

FYI... latest patchset, AFAIK, takes Forms 6i to 6.0.8.24.1 (Patch 15) and
fixed some quirkiness in some of our forms.


In article <40102309$0$134$3a628fcd@reader2.nntp.hccnet.nl>, Smiley
<anoniemke888getridofthis@hotmail.com> wrote:Daniel Morgan wrote: Michel G. Rainville wrote: Has anyone experienced repeating blank windows opening apparently without end when starting an Oracle Forms 6i application under Windows XP. This is a local installation (Forms 6.0.8.23.2)? It looks like the outer (MDI) window is opening, with the usual background, but then repeating indefinitely. Has anyone had this experience? Mike Rainville Montreal, Canada I've had it. Forms 6i can be kludged to work with XP but one must remember that XP stands for eXtra Problems. 6i is not certified to run on XP and XP was intended it seems to break products ... even Microsoft's own to force upgrading to their newest versions and thus keep the revenue flowing.AFAIK 6i (at least 6.0.8.23.2, which is Patch 14 I believe) IS certifiedto run on XP. You just need to download Forms & Reports 6i Release 2 asthe initial install (June 2003) and then install at least Patch 13.I installed it (6i + Patch 14) at a clients' site last Monday withoutany problems.They disabled all the visual XP settings (rounded window corners andsuch) and it's working OK.At another client we installed it on XP too, and they did not disablethe XP visuals and they haven't had any problems either (so far... ;-) )Hth,Ron