Regarding forms migration

Hi,
I am working on forms migration. A form was migrated from 4 to 6i. Now I am migrating it to 10g.
The form has 2 mmb's,1 pll and object library all of which are migrated to 10g and are error-free.
Now I am trying to compile the form in 10g. For that when I open the form in Forms10g, the form closes automatically and I get a message "ifbld60.exe error". Now what can be done ?The form is working fine in 6i without any errors.It is not getting opened in 10g at all,
Kindly guide me.

Sir,
I am very sorry as I have not given the error message correctly.
This is the error message that I see when I open the form in 10g form builder.
"ifbld90.exe has generated errors and will be closed by windows.You will need to restart the program"
Now how can I proceed further?
Please guide me.

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In this regard, we came to know about migration assistant.
Is it downloadable from the oracle website free ?
Will it be smooth migration ?
How much time and efforts are required for one form (say containing 32 screens, 30 datablocks, 60 procedure, 1500 fields) ?
Any limitations or problems we'll encounter while doing ?
Please give some feedback and any links or documents related to this topic.

You can upgrade from 6i directly to 10g.
Upragde from (I assume you are talking about Forms 4.5) to 6i will involve in nearly all cases just a re-generation (assuming c/s to c/s). If you are moving from char mode to c/s first there is a bit more involvement - details of char mode upgrade also on otn.oracle.com/formsupgrade.
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Balamurugan wrote:
We are migrating Oracle forms 4.5 to oracle 10g. We have following apporaches.
     1. Oracle 4.5-->6i-->10g, In this what are benefits of migrating into intermediate version.Oracle's migration path is 4.5, 6i, 10g it is more logical to migrate using this path and it is recommended by Oracle, the obsolete built-ins would be pointed out at compilation and fixes would be more automated and simple since Forms 6i was designed to accept migration from 4.5 and the internal design of the forms will be much more adaptable to later releases.
     2. if we migrating into intermediate version 6i, do we need to fix all the errors before moving to 6i.It would be better and easier to fix things in Forms 6i rather than 10g, you can leave them and than you'll have to fix them under 10g.
     3. if no, do we lose any functionlity while migrating to 10g.Functionality built on obsolete built-ins and commands will be lost, you are more likely to face bugs.
     4. Does Oracle support direct migration to 10g?Oracle's official migration path is 4.5 to 6i to 10g
     5. if we open oracle 4.5 form in 10g form builder, do we lose any functionality? do we need to lot manual replacement?It all depends on your application size and features. I suggest you migrate to Forms 6i first and than to 10g although you can do it directly to 10g since Forms 6i is no longer supported.
I personally rather follow the recommended path and use Oracle support in 10g migration.
For more Forms migration information check out [Forms Upgrade Center|http://www.oracle.com/technology/products/forms/htdocs/upgrade/index.html] .
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Hi,
3 things.
1. The forms 9i is NOT available for the client/server environment. Therefore if your customer insists on client/server environment then you need to upgrade to forms 6i (which is the final client/server version of forms/reports developer).
2. There are OS patches that you need to apply if you want to run forms/reports developer 6i on solaris 2.6. The complete list is available in the 6i installation documentation (you might find it also on the internet). If you upgrade the OS to solaris 8, then there is no extra OS patches required for forms/reports developer 6i. We are running 6i on Solaris 8 (with no extra OS patches).
3. The last available patch for forms/reports developer 6i is patch #10 which can be downloaded from Oracle Metalink. I did apply this patch for 6i on solaris 8 client/server environment and has not seen any negative effect so far.
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we are currently using Forms 5 version and our database version is 8i in our project.
Now our client wants to upgrade the database to 10g, and Forms 5 to higher version (forms 9i or 10g).
1.For migrating the Forms 5 version whether any tool is availabe if so what will be the cost of the tool (please provide the link for Forms migration tool).
2. Clarify whether instead of using tools,I can open the Forms 5 version (fmb) in Forms 9i/10g version of Forms builder and save it.
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4. Which upgrading will be better Forms 9i or 10g, since our client want to upgrade the database from 8i to 10g.
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HI,
1.For migrating the Forms 5 version whether any tool is availabe if so what will be the cost of the tool (please provide the link for Forms migration tool). -- PLS SEARCH IN GOOGLE, THERE R MANY.
2. Clarify whether instead of using tools,I can open the Forms 5 version (fmb) in Forms 9i/10g version of Forms builder and save it. -- NO, THE MIGRATION PATH WILL BE FORMS 5 --> FORMS 6i ---> FORMS 10g. JUST OPEN THE FORMS INDIVIDUALLY IN FORMS 6i & SAVE IT. TAKE THIS SAVED FORM TO 10g BY OPENING IT IN 10g AND THE ORACLE'S DEFAULT MIGRATION TOOL WILL TAKE CARE OF YOUR CONVERSION. PRESS 'CONVERT ALL'. KEEP IN MIND THAT IF THERE IS ANY FORM SAVED IN DATABASE YOU HAVE TO SAVE IT IN FILE SYSTEM AND DELETE IT FROM DATABASE TO WORK PROPERLY IN 10g. I AM ASSUMING YOU WILL SET THE PATHS PROPERLY B4 STARTING. ALL THE ATTACHED LIBRARIES YOU HAVE TO RE-ATTACH IN 10g, MANY RE-REFERENCING HAVE TO BE DONE. LAST JOB WILL BE TO COMPILE AND RUN.
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I've heard about this tool and that it analyse and migrate forms-aplications from forms 4.5 to 6i and beyond.
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I am using Oracle Developer Suite 10.1.2.0.2 and I want to migrate some forms from Forms 6i to Forms10g.
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I need it for my thesis to be given this week.
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