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Setting Form Compiler Options

Form Compiler options specify Oracle Forms default behavior during a Form Compiler session. Some of these options apply to file generation during development, for running and testing forms; other options apply only when you are converting files from earlier versions to Version 6.0.

You can set Form Compiler options in two ways:

The following chart lists the Form Compiler options from the "Form Compiler Options" window and their corresponding keyword parameters. For information on a specific Form Compiler option, see the corresponding parameter in the alphabetical list that follows the chart.

In the alphabetical list of Form Compiler parameters, the following information is shown for each parameter:

If you enter these keyword parameters as command line options, you can enter more than one at a time, in any order:

frmcmp module=myform userid=scott/tiger batch=YES

Option Name

Keyword Parameter

File

Module

Userid/Password

Userid

Module type is Form, Menu, or Library

Module_Type

Logon to the database

Logon

Write script file

Script

Upgrade 3.0 Form or 5.0 Menu to 4.5 Module

Upgrade

Upgrade SQL*Menu 5.0 table privileges

Upgrade_Roles

Version to upgrade

Version

CRT file to use when upgrading

CRT_File

Compile a runform/runmenu file when upgrading

Build

Add key-up and down triggers when upgrading

Add_Triggers

Show help information

Help

Options_Screen

Options_Screen*

Batch

Batch*

*Use from command line only; not available from the Form Compiler Options dialog.