Forms 6/6i compatibility............

Does Forms 6/6i work with Oracle 7.3........

At most we can upgrade our servers to 9.2, to be able to work within environment that was supported.
Developer 6.0.8 comapatible with (RSF - Required Support Files) - v 8.0.6. The latest supported release for the mentioned RSF was 9.2.
Required Support Files contain the OCI, UPI, CORE, NLSRTL, and SQLWIN
interfaces.
UPI is an advanced version of OCI used by Oracle tools only.
It is used by any Oracle software which wants to communicate with Oracle
RDBMS.
CORE is a set of common functions for program, memory, date and number
handling, available to Oracle tools only.
==
Note:340215.1 - Required Support Files ( (RSF) in Oracle Forms and Reports
Note:207303.1 - Client / Server / Interoperability Support Between Different Oracle Versions
Note:1027873.6 - What Is the Functionality of Required Support Files (RSF) ?

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Needs help to know the different versions of forms with their compatibility with different databases and operating systems.
Kindly give the details or any suitable link for the same.
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rajesh

Rajesh,
the certification matrix is available on metalink.oracle.com. You need a support contract to access this information.
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After I installed Acrobat Professional 7, my form breaks. I did a quick test to see where it breaks and came out with the following conclusion.
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Hi Dave,
Thanks for the response.
I need some clarification. When you say 7.0.5 version, are you expecting 7.0.5 version of Reader or Professional?
Here's the steps I followed:
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If I separately download Acrobat Reader 7.0.5, how do I tell Designer to use that version for PDF preview?
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Let me point you to the overview of Adobe FormsCentral and LiveCycle products:
FormsCentral: http://forums.adobe.com/docs/DOC-1413
LiveCycle: http://www.adobe.com/products/livecycle.html
LiveCycle Designer: http://www.adobe.com/products/livecycle/tools/designer.html
It depends on what kind of workflow you will have, FormsCentral will not provide you to customize the form server, whereas, LiveCycle will allow you to do so.
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You do not need different versions. However, you need to be sure that you create the form with backward compatibility to the earliest level you expect to be used. Also, there are differences between Acrobat created forms and Designer forms (obtained from the forms menu in Acrobat). If you use Designer, then you have eliminated editing in Acrobat.
If you expect more than 500 uses of the form by your website by users of Reader, then you need to negotiate with Adobe for the Reader rights. The EULA limits you to 500 saves of the form. It is normal for folks to submit form data by a web script. Since you are just developing the forms for clients, it may be their problem. If you will maintain the forms, you may need to address the license issue. The web submission (most reliable) by FDF or XML is the best way to go and does not require additional license approval beyond 500 (that is just for saving the form as required for submitting the full PDF).
If you receive either data formats, they can be opened in the form in Acrobat so you still have the complete form, but maybe with an extra step. However, you might find the data is easier to deal with for use in a database.
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Hello,
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Can't help wondering thought, people are ok with this?
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Also do the following:
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Amit
Edited by: Amit on Oct 28, 2009 8:43 AM

Button click event is not working

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I have a button and table in my Interactive Form(NWDS 2.0.18 & ALD 7.0).
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Updating this thread...
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