SB Forms Editor
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What the h… is a 'subrunform.tmp file and where do I get one? Every time
I try to edit a form from within SB I get an error messeage (in a requestor
that never closes, behind my manin screen, please fix that) saying 'Can't
open subrunform.temp'. It's a drag to have to work on forms by running the
forms editor as a seperate task and not be able to modify directly from the
SB screen.
Loren,
If I remember correctly, the problem has to do with the 1.3 operating
system. If you want to be able to start Form Designer from Superbase then
you will have to upgrade to the 2.0 version of the OS.
Ciao, Neil
Doubt that problem is with Amiga-DOS, error message is looking for a file
that it can't find, doesn't exist. Have no intention of moving to 2.0
until the bugs are out. Also seriously considering moving back to SB 3.0
considering all the problems that are cropping up with 4.0 and 4.01. More
on that later.
Loren,
before I forget, it *is* a problem with your version of DOS, I clarified
this one months ago on this forum with Tim Arnot of SPC. The message you
are getting has to do with an invocation that only works under 2.0 and
otherwise results in the message you got.
Ciao, Neil
Thanks for the firm response, guess I live with it.
Loren,
I've been running 2.04 for half a year now and would never consider going
back to 1.3. I have it on the machine and occasionally I have to use it
(the CDTV disk Time Table of History Science and Innovation won't run under
2.04, it works fine under 1.3 though) but, almost everything I want to run
is going fine under 2.04. I haven't had many problems with SB4 1.01, but I
haven't stretched it much either because I'm still waiting for them to fix
a glaring error which makes it useless here in Germany, ie. the fact that
for some reason the program converts lower case German u-umlauts to upper
case ones making address labels and mail merge letters completely useless.
Imagine:
Neil RobiNsoN
Bartelsweg 5
6932 Brombach, GermaNy
Something like this is totally useless on a business level.
Ciao, Neil
Thanks for the comment on 2.04, biggest problem is getting it! Totally
unavaiable from any dealers in the area, last check (last week ) none could
even get a shipping commitment or price from CBM! I'm putting together a
list of problems with SB4/Amiga, several small iritations, several gripes
about neat features that were in 3.0 that have been pulled on 4.0, and a
couple of major problem, primarily lack of documentation to use some of the
new features.
Loren,
I'm still waiting to get my complimetary version of Amiga SB4. Hopefully
that will still come through, even though now I have to try and pry it out
of Oxxi 8-). You think your documentation is bad, I'm supporting it using
the docs to the *Windows* version. In any event, you are probably justified
in your gripes, documentation was their weak spot, they simply didn't have
the staff to keep up with everything they were doing.
Ciao, Neil
I'm your opignon. But if this would be the only bug I'd be glad to use it.
Every day I find new bugs (or bugs that just look different ?)
Let's hope Oxxi will get the problems solved some day. Right now I'm
thinking of moving to something totaly different -> programming the whole
stuff in C.
Best regards
-Mike
PS: perhaps you could give me your phone no. so that we can talk regarding
problems which occure and 'work arounds'
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Michael Metz |D-W6000 Frankfurt 1 |BIX: mimetz |Fax: +49 6
ael Metz |D-W6000 Frankfurt 1 |BIX: mimetz |Fax: +49 69 560 17 84
Loren,
Someone will correct me if I am wrong but if you are using v1.01 of SB4A
and OS 1.3 or below, you cannot access the forms editor directly from
superbase, You need the 2.04 OS to implement that feature, in the meantime
you could go back to v1.00, (which only has some minor differences and some
obscure bugs).
I too am unsure of OXXI's track record and as SB4A is the major s/w that
my company deals with, we too may be headed to MeSy DOS land to if OXXI
fumbles this ball.
..Steve
Whap!ping from beautiful coastal South Carolina
Almost right 🙂 With V1.01 and OS1.3, you can't RUN the form designer from
within Superbase. However you CAN switch to FD if it is already in memory
(it will still automatically pick up the form and send it back to SB)
Tim.