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From: may@28182.dec.com (Patrick May)
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Subject: Re: Oracle SQL*FORMS V2.0 overlapping blocks & SQL*ReportWriter QBE
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Date: 28 Feb 90 14:08:46 GMT
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In article <2310@bunyip.cc.uq.oz>, exnirad@brolga.cc.uq.oz (Nirad Sharma) writes...
> 
>  I am using SQL*FORMS 2.0 and have not found any way in the documentation or
>my travels through SQL*FORMS to provide overlapping blocks, much like the
>actual SQL*FORMS development system does. Have I overlooked an area in the
>documentation or does anyone have any ideas ?

If I understand your question correctly, you want to overlay a portion of a
screen with another screen, somewhat like "pop-up" windows.  The method I
have used to do this in SQL*Forms 2.0 involves creating the second screen to
look like the first screen with another block overlapping a portion.  You
would then have to call the second screen from the first.

I think that the CRT facility _may_ allow you to specify that only part of
the screen should be overwritten when you call a second screen, but that may
only work on certain terminal types (or it may have been a hack someone
showed me, I haven't worked with Oracle for about six months).

You should contact Oracle about SQL*Forms version 3.0 and a product called
Application Foundation, if it is feasible for you to upgrade.  These
products offer functionality to do what you want plus a great deal more.

These opinions are mine, I don't work for Oracle, etc., etc., etc.

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