Convert fmb to fmt in command line in 10g

Question

Would anybody out there give me a hint on how to convert fmb file to fmt in a command line in forms 10g ? Which command can we use to start the form converter that we can get from file -> convert on the form developer ? either in
Windows or Linux environment.
Thank you in advance
-ian

Answer 1

Ian,
this is what you are looking for
Forms/Reports 9.0.X, 10.x
#UNIX Forms Compile
#compile_forms.sh
for i in `ls *.fmb`
do
echo Compiling Form $i ....
f90genm userid=scott/tiger@bs817 batch=yes module=$i module_type=form
    compile_all=yes window_state=minimize
done
( For 10gR1 = forms 9.0.4.x, you can use f90gen also)
( For 10gR2 = forms 10.x, you can use frmcmp.sh or frmcmp_batch.sh)
#UNIX COMPILE REPORTS
#compile_rep.sh
for i  in `ls  *.rdf`
do
echo Compiling Report $i  ...
rwconverter.sh userid=scott/tiger@bs817 batch=yes source=$i 
    stype=rdffile dtype=repfile overwrite=yes compile_all=yes
done
Note: If you dont want to use the X-Display then you can use f60gen,f90gen and frmcmp_batch.sh
for compiling Forms. Make sure TERM, ORACLE_TERM and NLS_LANG values are properly set.
ADDITIONAL:
You can use the information above to compile libraries or menues or
convert files from binary to text and text to binary too. eg:
for %%f in (*.pll) do ifcmp60 userid=user/pwd@db module=%%f module_type=LIBRARY batch=yes window_state=minimize compile_all=yes
for %%f in (*.mmb) do ifcmp60 userid=user/pwd@db module=%%f module_type=MENU batch=yes window_state=minimize compile_all=yes
for %%f in (*.mmb) do ifcmp60 userid=user/pwd@db module=%%f module_type=FORM batch=yes window_state=minimize parse=YES
for %%f in (*.mmb) do ifcmp60 userid=user/pwd@db module=%%f module_type=FORM batch=yes window_state=minimize script=YES
(and similar loops for Unix).