Thanks, Larry - yes, wrong preposition usage: "from" vs "to".
Appreciate the tip - check sys_data in sys-forms3. I'll remember this next time - went ahead and re-created the form from scratch. -Brad -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Lawrence Lustig Sent: Saturday, June 04, 2005 4:56 PM To: RBG7-L Mailing List Subject: [RBG7-L] - Re: Form Repair "Invalid Stream Format" > From time-to-time, in form designer, I get an error message, resulting in an > unusable form. Common error message upon re-entry to form designer is: > "Invalid Stream Format." The message is not resulting _in_ a broken form, it is resulting _from_ a broken form (the message is telling you that the data in the sys_data column of sys_forms3, when read, was not a valid form format). The data is sys_data of the sys_forms3 table is in plain text, and is fairly easy to follow. I've had this happen to me a couple of times. Once there was bad data in the middle of the form (one control was bad) and I was able to manually fix it up. Another time, the form data was simply truncated in the middle. In this case I was able to "graft" part of an older copy of the form onto what I had left of the new one, and come up with something where I only lost part of my work. -- Larry
