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Informix Error -1110

-1110 Form file not found.

The form file that is specified in an OPEN FORM statement was not found. Inspect the "form-file" parameter of the statement. It should not include the file suffix.frm. However, if the form is not in the current directory, it should include a complete path to the file.

Oninit® Troubleshooting Guidance

Reasons / Common Causes

-1110 fires when OPEN FORM can't locate the named form file — per the official guidance, a common mistake is including the .frm suffix in the form-file argument, which isn't expected; another is a relative path that doesn't resolve from the current directory when the form lives elsewhere.

  1. The .frm suffix included in the OPEN FORM argument, per the official guidance — the suffix shouldn't be part of the form-file name given to the statement.
  2. The form file located outside the current directory, referenced without its full path, per the official guidance — a relative reference that doesn't resolve from wherever the program actually runs.
  3. The form file genuinely missing or misnamed on disk.
Solutions / Resolution
  1. Drop the .frm suffix from the form-file argument, per the official guidance, if it was included.
  2. Provide the complete path to the form file, per the official guidance, if it doesn't live in the current directory.
  3. Confirm the form file actually exists under the expected name and location.
Examples
Including the suffix by mistake
OPEN FORM f1 FROM "order_entry.frm"
-- -1110: the .frm suffix shouldn't be included
Corrected
OPEN FORM f1 FROM "order_entry"
-- or, if it lives elsewhere:
OPEN FORM f1 FROM "/opt/app/forms/order_entry"
Diagnostic Checks
  1. Check the OPEN FORM argument for an included .frm suffix, and remove it if present.
  2. Confirm the form file's actual location and use a full path if it's not in the current directory.
Related Errors / Related Topics
  • -1112 — "A form is incompatible with the current 4GL version. Rebuild your form." A related OPEN FORM error, about a form file that's found but not usable, rather than one that can't be located at all.

OPEN FORM's form-file argument shouldn't include the .frm suffix, and needs a full path if the form isn't in the current directory.