Converting Oracle Forms to J2ee - (Focus on Form triggers/ Form Procedures)

Hi,
We are in the process of exploring the option of migrating forms to J2EE using JheadStart tool. After migration of forms using Jheadstart tool, what will happen to my Form triggers, Procedures? Does the GUI look and feel - canvases and tabbed pages etc will be exactly same?
Ex: I have created a sample master detail form with few buttons and triggers. After migrating the form using jheadstart evaluation copy, I am not finding the buttons and as well as any logic enforced on buttons. On top of that the GUI is not same as in FORM, it comes with one find window and then navigates to master detail block. Does that mean, I need to customize the pages also for each form to be migrated?
Would be very much thankful to you for your early response on the same.
Thanks and Regards,
Venkateswar NDT

Venkateswar,
JHeadstart Designer Generator does not transform all functionality of your Forms into J2EE. JHeadstart focuses on providing the same data reporting and manipulation capabilities.
The reason for this is that we want to produce an application that can easily and productively be maintained and extended. The migration is not the final stage of the trip, it is only the beginning of the journey. The migration result should be (close to) what you would have developed from scratch.
What is not migrated:
* Business logic coded in Forms
* Fancy layouts that cannot be built using HTML
* Complex, cross-forms navigation
We think this is preferrable over line by line translations of PL/SQL into Java, because the Forms architecture is so different from J2EE architecture. It would lead to a badly structured J2EE application that would be very hard to maintain. Instead, we want to give you a head start in creating a well structured, maintainable J2EE application.
You get a migrated application with:
* Professional and powerful HTML user interface
* Most common layout styles are fully generated
* Compliant with the Model-View-Controller Paradigm
* Component based architecture that enables you to wire different business component together
In the JHeadstart Developer's Guide (which is shipped with the evaluation copy), chapter 5, you can find more about the JHeadstart Designer Generator. Look for example at page 5-19 and onwards, for details about what parts of Designer Modules are transformed. You can also take a look at the JHeadstart Designer Generator Reference, to which a link is included in the JHeadstart Documentation Index ([JHeadstart Home]\jheadstart\doc\index.html)
Hope this helps,
Sandra Muller
JHeadstart Team

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