Adding a toolbar to an existing Oracle form

Hi,
I am totally new to Oracle forms development. I have a couple of questions ->
1. Is it possible to add a new toolbar to an existing Oracle E-Business suite form e.g. the Contact Center form? According to the Oracle Apps developer guide, forms can be modified either “by extension” or “ by modification”. It doesn’t clearly say whether a new tool bar can be added or whether an existing one can be modified to add new buttons.
2. If I want to try out some of the stuff mentioned in the Oracle Apps developers guide and play around forms, what tools do I need? Is "Oracle Forms builder" the only tool availabe to edit and generate forms? If yes, does it come as a free download or can I get a trial version from somewhere?
Thanks.

1. Is it possible to add a new toolbar to an existing Oracle E-Business suite form e.g. the Contact Center form? According to the Oracle Apps developer guide, forms can be modified either “by extension” or “ by modification”. It doesn’t clearly say whether a new tool bar can be added or whether an existing one can be modified to add new buttons.Did you review (Chapter 10, Controlling the Toolbar and the Default Menu - APP_SPECIAL: Menu and Toolbar Control)?
2. If I want to try out some of the stuff mentioned in the Oracle Apps developers guide and play around forms, what tools do I need? Is "Oracle Forms builder" the only tool availabe to edit and generate forms? If yes, does it come as a free download or can I get a trial version from somewhere?You will need Oracle Forms 6i and/or some other SQL editor (i.e. SQL*Plus, TOAD, SQL Developer, ..etc).
You can download Oracle Developer 6i from:
Oracle Forms Developer for Windows
http://www.oracle.com/technology/software/products/forms/htdocs/winsoft.html
There is no trial version or software key required to use the tool.

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