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Informix Error -3007: Your form is incompatible with the current version of PERFORM. Recompile your form before running it again.

Cause and resolution

Your form is incompatible with the current version of PERFORM. Recompile your form before running it again.

Use FORMBUILD to compile the form, then run PERFORM again.

Oninit® Troubleshooting Guidance

Reasons / Common Causes

-3007 fires when a compiled form's version doesn't match the currently installed PERFORM runtime — per the official guidance, the fix is simply to use FORMBUILD to compile the form, then run PERFORM again.

  1. The compiled .frm file was built for a different PERFORM version, per the official guidance — the direct, only cause.
Solutions / Resolution
  1. Use FORMBUILD to compile the form, then run PERFORM again, per the official guidance.
Examples
Recompiling before running
formbuild myform
perform myform
Diagnostic Checks
  1. Recompile the form with the currently installed FORMBUILD, and rerun PERFORM.
Related Errors / Related Topics
  • -3006 — "An unknown code has been found in the .frm file." A closely related form/runtime version-mismatch error, also resolved by recompiling with FORMBUILD.

The compiled form doesn't match the current PERFORM version — recompile it with FORMBUILD.