Oracle Forms Developer – Form Builder Reference, Volume 1

Color Mode
Determines how an Form Builder color palette will be loaded on your system. Each time you load, open,
or create a form, Form Builder loads the Form Builder color palette into your current system color table.
Because this system color table can handle only a limited number of colors at once, Form Builder may
not be able to accurately modify multiple forms simultaneously if they use different color palettes. For
this reason, use the Read Only - Shared option except when you are actively modifying the Form Builder
color palette.
Color Mode options:
Editable Select Editable mode only when you want to change the Form Builder color
palette. Once you have changed the color palette, return to Read Only -
Shared mode. In Editable mode, each color has its own unique entry in the
current system color table, and if there is no more room in the table, the
color palette may refuse to load.
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To change the Form Builder color palette:
• Change Color Mode to Editable and save your options (Tools ->
Preferences, General tab, Color Mode).
• Restart Form Builder.
• Use Formet -> Layout Options -> Color Palette to make changes to
the color palette (only when the Layout Editor is open).
• Use File -> Export -> Color Palette to save the Form Builder color
palette to a file (only when the Layout Editor is open).
• Change your options to use the new color file (Tools ->
Preferences, General tab, Color Palette).
• Change Color Mode back to Read Only - Shared and save your
options.
• Restart Form Builder.
Read Only-Shared In Read Only - Shared mode, Form Builder maps duplicate colors to the
same entry in the current system color table before appending new entries
from your Form Builder color palette. Read Only - Shared will help you
avoid the color flicker that can result when you switch between Form
Builder color palettes and is the recommended setting for Color Mode
unless you are modifying the palette.
Read Only-Private This option is provided for consistency with Graphics Builder, and is not
relevant for Form Builder. In Form Builder, it maps to Read Only -
Shared.
Default Read Only - Shared