Informix Error -1114: No form has been displayed.

Cause and resolution

No form has been displayed.

The current statement requires the use of a screen form. For example, DISPLAY...TO or an INPUT statement must use the fields of a form. However, the DISPLAY FORM statement has not been executed since the current window was opened. Review the program logic to ensure that it opens and displays a form before it tries to use a form.

Oninit® Troubleshooting Guidance

Reasons / Common Causes

-1114 fires when a statement that requires an active screen form (such as DISPLAY ... TO or INPUT) runs before DISPLAY FORM has been executed for the current window — per the official guidance, form-dependent statements need a form already displayed to reference its fields.

A form-dependent statement (INPUT, DISPLAY ... TO, etc.) executed before DISPLAY FORM, per the official guidance — the direct, only cause.
A new window opened without re-issuing DISPLAY FORM, per the official guidance's specific framing — the requirement is per-window, so opening a new window resets it.

Solutions / Resolution

Execute DISPLAY FORM before any form-dependent statement, per the official guidance, for the current window.
Check window-opening logic for a DISPLAY FORM call missing after a new window is opened, per the official guidance's per-window framing.

Examples

A form-dependent statement without DISPLAY FORM

OPEN FORM f1 FROM "order_entry"
INPUT BY NAME order_id, status FROM s_order.*
-- -1114: DISPLAY FORM f1 was never executed for this window

Corrected

OPEN FORM f1 FROM "order_entry"
DISPLAY FORM f1
INPUT BY NAME order_id, status FROM s_order.*

Diagnostic Checks

Check whether DISPLAY FORM was executed for the current window before the failing form-dependent statement.

Related Errors / Related Topics

No closely related error codes are cross-referenced for -1114 in this set yet.

A form-dependent statement ran without DISPLAY FORM having been executed for the current window — add the missing DISPLAY FORM call.