Converting 6i forms to 10G

I am trying to convert a 6i program to 10G. I was having problems and so I decided to start over. I took an existing 10G form and tried to save it to a new name so that I could modify it and save it as a new form. The problem is that when I open the existing form I get a warning message "FRM-10102: Cannot attach PL/SQL library sb_error. This library attachment will be lost if the module is saved." So I cannot save it to a new form name without loosing the library attachment. Without this library attachment, my form does not load properly when executed. Any thoughts?
-Nancy

Thanks to everyone for their suggestions. I don't think I need to use the Forms Migration tool since the form has already been migrated from 6i to 10G. (Since I am now using an existing 10G form rather than trying to convert my 6i form.) I will check the FORMS_PATH. Is that in my registry file? I'm pretty sure the library has been compiled in 10G since it is attached to the other 10G forms I have and they work fine. But, just in case, how do I compile the library? And back to the FORMS_PATH: I still have the 6i version of Forms Builder on my PC. Will changing the path affect using 6i? Probably yes.

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How to convert 6i forms to 10g

hello,
please tell me how to convert 6i forms into 10g forms
i cant find ne way to do that.

If your forms are not all integrated with each other, in other words some are for Payrole and others are for Inventory, you could maintain an AS 1.0.2 environment for one function and an AS 10.1.2 environment for another. You can access the same database assuming you are running the latest Forms 6i version (unless you are not interested or concerned about using an Oracle Certified configuration). The latest (and last) Forms 6i release supported for non-Oracle Applications customers is 6.0.8.26 (Patch 17) and can be downloaded from Metalink.
Of course, the above configuration would mean that the URL to each application would differ because they would likely be on different machines and/or use different port numbers. For example:
http://system1.com:7777/servlet/f60servlet?form=payrole.fmx
http://system2.com:7780/forms/frmservlet?form=inventory.fmx
Bottom line is that all forms modules running in a particular AS environment must be of the same version. So, forms running in AS 10.1.2 must be compiled against Forms 10.1.2. Forms running in AS 1.0.2 must all be compiled against Forms 6.0.8

Do I need to convert 6i form to 10g form

Hi all,
I am currently working on a custom form (version 6i). we have a similar standard form in our project where they applied a patch to that standard form in order to convert it to 10g form and so some additional lines has been added to that standard form code in order to sort the data. So I have to make similar changes to the custom forms but i was wondering since the custom form is a 6i form do i need to convert it to 10g form before making any changes to that form and compile it in form builder.
Can anybody please help me with this.
Thanks.

It sounds to me like you are doing this in the context of Oracle Applications? If that is so you should post your question in this forum: OA Framework

Can not open PLLs on Forms Builder 10g

Hi Folks,
everytime I try to open an existing PLL-File via the Forms Builder FileOpen-Dialog I have got the message
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    Drive:\Path\LibName.pll
Pressing the OK-Button returns to the FileOpen-Dialog. The selected FileType in the Dialog take effect to the filelist but nothing else.
Note that the file exists and I select it from the Filelist!
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Oracle Toolkit Version 10.1.2.0.2 (Production)
PL/SQL Version 10.1.0.4.2 (Production)
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Oracle Tools GUI Utilities Version 10.1.2.0.2 (Production)
Oracle Multimedia Version 10.1.2.0.2 (Production)
Oracle Tools Integration Version 10.1.2.0.2 (Production)
Oracle Tools Common Area Version 10.1.2.0.2
Oracle CORE     10.1.0.4.0     Production
While converting from 6i to 10g it is unavoidable to convert forms and libraries, so please help me!
PS: I can recompile forms with attached libraries if the PLX-Files (6i) are available, but the forms will not work with these PLX-Files.
edited by ths:
I tried to generate a new library. This works fine until I saved it. After naming the library and pressing the save button in the dialog the pll file was created and the same error message appears.
I closed form builder and tried to reopen the library: same error.
I generated another new library and save this by selecting the first new I generated. Jippee! I get the message that the file already exists! I selected "overwrite" and the file was overwritten. After that the same error appears.
How can I (re)open PLL files? It is no solution to generate a new library overwriting the old one everytime some changes should made.
Trying to build the library (Ctrl+T) produces another error:
    FRM-91507: Internal Error: Unable to generate library.
Compiling (Ctrl-Shift-K) works fine.

Hi Mark,
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With my admins we found that forms builder creates a (temporary) file (e.g. s22o without extension with 827392 bytes) in c:\ but only if I'm the actual user. After I'm getting the permission to create and update files on c:\ forms builder was able to open pll files. Now we're trying to find out why this accurs only on my login. With other users we tried these file was created on F:\ which is the personal drive of the user. I'm only wondering about the fact that temporary files were not created in the TEMP folder defined by the TMP or TEMP environment variable.
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3. In that case, we have any integration concept to combine all these into a single one?
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1. In your Forms 9i/10g bin-directory there is a frm2xml utility to convert fmb's to xml
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http://roelhartman.blogspot.com/
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I need a code to run a report from a forms on 10G...

Hi!! I´m migrating from 6i to 10G and i cant run a report... can someone send me a sample code to run a report from a form in 10G??
Thanks!!
Regards!

iam using Javabean in oracle 10g forms to tun the report....
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Why can i not convert a form to PDF when I have an active account and it wants me to sign up for an upgrade?

Why can i not convert a form to PDF when I have an active account and it wants me to sign up for an upgrade? This just started!!!!!!!!

Hi EdAAK,
I've checked your account, and see no issues with your subscription. So, if you're using a web browser, please log out, clear the browser cache, and then log back in to https://cloud.acrobat.com. And, if you're using Reader, make sure that you're logged in—you should see your name listed in the upper-right corner. If not, click the Sign In link and then sign in with your user name and password.
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How to insert special character from Oracle form builder 10g

Dear all,
I need help. how to insert special character like 'Superscript or Subscript ' from oracle form builder 10g. I had try in Oracle form builder 6i with press ALT+ASCII code in the text item and it work, but in the oracle form builder 10g this method doesn't work... would you like to help me...somebody please...
Best Regard,
Dedy P.T.

What do you mean by insert ... from Forms Builder? Do you mean you want to add it as text in a string of pl/sql code or as part of boiler plate text (label) or a value on the Property Palette?
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Forms Developer 10g Release 2 - new features?

Hi,
Does anybody know if Forms Developer 10g Release 2 (10.1.2) is any different from Forms Developer 10g (9.0.4)?
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<br>
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Oracle forms 9i/10g connecting SQL Server 2000

Could anyone please guide me in detail to connect Oracle Forms 9i/10g with MS SQL Server database?
To connect with Oracle Database, we need to copy and paste the tnsnames.ora file from the Oracle Database folder to the Oracle Forms folder.
But how do i connect with other databases like SQL Server, MS Access, and so on?
Thanks in advance.

Follwoing is the soluton which I got from orafaq forum:
<<<<<
I'd go for an ODBC on the database server, using HSODBC. It worked quite well on a data warehouse project using OWB. I fail to see why it wouldn't work for Forms.
MHE
>>>>>
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Oracle Forms Builder 10g Questions

Good day everyone,
I want to start off by saying that I'm very new to Oracle Forms Builder (it was dumped on my table about a month ago) and I'm having some issues I need resolved in order to complete a project for a client.
I'm looking mainly for documentation or resources that will show me how to do the following in Oracle Forms Builder 10g:
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* Populate a field[s] after pressing a search button based on a SQL query
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* Throw a warning message if an SQL query returns with a specific result
* Populate a drop down menu based on a SQL query (ie only show valid options to user)
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+... (many more of the one above)+
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+... (many more of the one above)+
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I created both Environmental variables because there wasn't any consistency on the sites I was checking to which was needed.
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Variables Declaration in ORACLE Forms Builder 10g

Dear Sir/Madam.
I am new in Oracle developer suit(Forms builder 10g) .
I want to declare three variables in Forms builder and when I press the button it will execute the querey/ retrieve data from the specific table.
Table name= department
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Database User name; yassen
database : test.
Please help me to understand this problem.
Thanks and regards,
Ghulam Yassen
Edited by: Ghulam Yassen on Oct 6, 2011 3:46 PM

Yassen,
Try,
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Unable to run forms in oracle forms developer 10g

I am using oracle forms developer 10g on oracle application Release 12.
When i run form i am getting error that weblistener is not running on default port 8888. Then i changed it to 8000. But still i am not able to run the forms.

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