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Introduction To Oracle Forms

The document provides an agenda for an introduction to Oracle Forms course. It discusses Forms runtime environments including client/server applications and web-based forms and selection criteria. It also covers Forms programming components like blocks, items, canvases and windows. The document lists references for additional Forms documentation and includes demos of Forms components like the navigator, block wizard, and detail blocks.

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Introduction To Oracle Forms

The document provides an agenda for an introduction to Oracle Forms course. It discusses Forms runtime environments including client/server applications and web-based forms and selection criteria. It also covers Forms programming components like blocks, items, canvases and windows. The document lists references for additional Forms documentation and includes demos of Forms components like the navigator, block wizard, and detail blocks.

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ODTUG University: Introduction to Oracle Forms

John Jeunnette Prairie Systems Group, Limited Denver, Colorado [email protected]

Agenda
Introduction to Forms
Forms Runtime Environment Forms Programming
Form Components Wizards Debugger

Questions/Comments/References

Forms Runtime Environment


Client/server vs Webforms vs Webserver Applications
Client: A personal computer Server: A computer hosting the RDBMS (Windows, Unix, VMS) Middle Tier: A computer running the Forms Server and a web server (Apache or IIS). Web Server: Oracle HTTP Server (Apache) Web Server Form: Dynamic HTML generated by a PL/SQL package (HTML DB) Webform: Oracle Developer Form operating in a browser (native JVM or Jinitiator) JVM: Java Virtual Machine

Forms Runtime Environment


Selection Criteria (personal opinion)
Client/Server or Webforms: controlled environment, rich feature set, traditional application (small user population, high-volume usage). (Forms 9i does not support Client/Server deployment.) Web Server Forms: uncontrolled or public access, query only, large user population, integration with other web-based applications (large, occasional user population).

Forms Runtime Environment


Form Processing
Insert/update mode Enter Query mode

Form Navagation
Function Keys Menus Toolbars

Forms Programming
Components
Form Blocks Items Canvases Windows Attached Libraries Relations Non-Base table blocks

Forms Programming
Components, continued
More Triggers Visual Attributes Alerts Record Groups List of Values (LOV)

Forms Collaborative Development


Reference Forms Object Libraries Program Units and PL/SQL Libraries Templates Standards Designer

References
Oracle Developer Advanced Forms and Reports, by Peter Koletzke and Paul Dorsey, Oracle Press Oracle Forms Developer Form Builder Reference, Available on Metalink: Top Tech Docs->Internet Developer Tools->Oracle Forms->Documentation->Form Builder Reference Oracle Forms Developer and Oracle Reports Developer Guidelines for Building Applications Available on Metalink: Top Tech Docs->Internet Developer Tools>Oracle Forms->Documentation->Guidelines for Building Applications

References
Oracle Reports Developer Release 6i Reference Manual, Available on Metalink: Top Tech Docs->Internet Developer Tools->Oracle Reports->Documentation>Oracle Reports Developer Release 6i Reference Manual Oracle Reports Developer Release 6i Building Reports, Available on Metalink: Top Tech Docs->Internet Developer Tools->Oracle Reports->Documentation>Oracle Reports Developer Release 6i Building Reports Oracle Reports Developer Release 6i Publishing Reports. Available on Metalink: Top Tech Docs->Internet Developer Tools->Oracle Reports->Documentation>Oracle Reports Developer Release 6i Publishing Reports

Demo Data Model


ED_DIAGRAMS has people on diagram ED_PEOPLE has images for person ED_PEOPLE_IMAGES has images for person ED_IMAGES

Form Components - Navigator

Block Wizard

Block/Canvas

Detail Block

Contact
John Jeunnette Principal Consultant Prairie Systems Group, Limited Denver, Colorado [email protected]

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