CALL_FORM 1

[andypara]

Thanks for the recent reply to this one. Something springs to mind though. If I have a .fmx called AM01.fmx saved in the same directory as the form I'm using, and I have a trigger saying

CALL_FORM('AM01.fmx');

shouldn't this open thte form? At present I just get FRM-40010. If the forms are in the same location this should work????

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I need to know how I can deploy a multi form application withouth having to hard code the letter of the drive, or the full path name, in the call_form statement.

e.g. call_form('H:\application_name\forms\FORM_NAME.FMX');

If I do this then all the forms MUST reside in that directory. Is there a way of calling the form no matter where it is located on the server?

 

[lewisp]

How do you call the first form? Do you have a desktop or start menu icon that has a target of something like

c:\orawin95\bin\ifrun60.exe <form_path>\<form_name>.fmx

and a start in of something other than <form_path>?

Try setting the start in to the same directory as all your forms.

 

[andypara]

I'm just running it from the .fmb. It works fine when I put the full path in the call_form.

I have Forms applications in lots if different directories.

 

[lewisp]

In that case it'll be down to the start in of the icon you used to start the designer. The icon will have a target of something like

c:\orawin95\bin\ifdes60.exe

and a start in of

c:\orawin95\forms60

Set the start in to point at your forms directory.

 

[andypara]

Thanks very much, that seems to work fine.