Forms Generator in Designer - pro's & contra's ?

Hi all
Does somebody have a list of pro's and contra's concerning generation of Forms modules in Designer6i respectively 9i?
Best regards
Martin

There's not much to pro<>con here. The Forms Gen features are just about identical in Des 6i / 9i / 10g. What is different is what you get out -- Forms 6i/9i/10g source code. So the pro<>con is more what style of Forms you want and what version of iAS you want to deploy on. Check the Developer - Forms part of OTN for Forms version differences and features.

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