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From: randall@informix.com (Randall Rhea)
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Subject: Re: Oracle SQL*FORMS 3.0 and SQL*MENU 5.0 gripe
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Date: 25 Sep 90 00:00:32 GMT
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When I worked for Dataquest, I attempted to use SQL*Menu 5.0 with SQL*Forms 
3.0 on a VAX/VMS system with almost no success. We ended up returning 
SQL*Menu for a refund.  You're right, the interface between Forms and
this menu product was a mystery.  SQL*Menu 5.0 also had many bugs, 
including an occasional stack dump.

Although Oracle Corporation denies it, I doubt that this product could
ever be released in its current form.  I believe that there were some
fundamental design flaws.  In any case, I would strongly advise anyone
to avoid it.

You can design your own menu system with SQL*Forms 3.0 alone, using
pop-up pages, a long PL/SQL trigger, and a table.  We were quite 
successful with this method.


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Randall Rhea                                          Informix Software, Inc. 
Senior Programmer/Analyst, MIS                    uunet!pyramid!infmx!randall
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Randall Rhea                                          Informix Software, Inc. 
Senior Programmer/Analyst, MIS                    uunet!pyramid!infmx!randall