From Forms Product Management - New Forms/Reports install option
Oracle Product Management are pleased to announce the release of Forms/Reports Services only download and install option of Oracle Application Server 10g.
This provides an option to the EE to install those components related only to running Forms and Reports.
To download please go to http://otn.oracle.com/software/products/forms/ and please feel free to post any comments.
Regards
Grant Ronald
Forms Product Management
I did create a posting on OTN almost a year ago asking if/when 9iAS light version (forms/reports/graphs only) will be available at a reduced cost.
Oracle now announced (and also proved my claims that it was not a technical but marketing decision not to make forms/reports part of iAS a separate product) the separate download/install option for forms/reports services.
My original posting attracked more than 100 folks (including Shay, Frank and Grant) but was not fruitful to convince Oracle to make forms/reports services a separate product targeted for the small companies, who might not need/use the rest of the 9iAS framework. I believe, seeing one side of the coin and enforcing your opinion by ignoring the cry of many others (including many ODTUG members) is not a wise solution for your existing small business and niche market (using Oracle db and tools for very specific purposes such as simulations, etc on intranets - and operating under strict security protocols not to open up to internet) customers.
Grant and Shay repeatedly wrote on this forum and presented via whitepapers, etc. that forms/reports services are not fading away and it is a complementary solution to JDeveloper and emphasized that JDeveloper is not the replacement of forms/reports services. This news was very good for existing forms/reports developers.
Given that forms/reports services is now separately available, why not making Forms/Reports Designer and Forms/Reports services (only) part of iAS a separate product? as Oracle did the very same with JDeveloper?
regards
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From Forms Product Management - New Forms Articles on OTN
The Forms Product Management team are proud to announce that we
have been running a number of daily features which highlight some
of the great features of Oracle Forms. Just to keep to updated
on these features, the current list of published articles are:
6i Features
The new Forms Listener Servlet Architecture
http://otn.oracle.com/products/ias/daily/sept28.html
Using Single Sign-On in Forms6i
http://otn.oracle.com/products/ias/daily/oct26.html
Forms 6i Reports Integration
http://otn.oracle.com/products/ias/daily/oct24.html
Forms Java Importer
http://otn.oracle.com/products/ias/daily/oct15.html
Oracle9iAS Forms Services: Multiple Client Platform Support
http://otn.oracle.com/products/ias/daily/oct10.html
Oracle9iAS Forms Services: Forms Integration with Oracle SCM
http://otn.oracle.com/products/ias/daily/oct30.html
9i Features
Dynamic Bean Manager
http://otn.oracle.com/products/ias/daily/nov07.html
Oracle9iAS Forms Services: New Features in Release 9i
http://otn.oracle.com/products/ias/daily/nov19.html
We hope that this information helps keep you informed and may
serve as a reminder to the wealth of tools to aid you in
developing Forms application.
As always, we appreciate your feedback on this, or any other
matters.
Best Regards
Grant Ronald
Forms Product ManagementWe do not have a beta/pre-prodcution release of Forms9i
available for download, however the production version should be
available early in the new year.
Regards
Grant
Forms Product Management -
Announcement from Forms Product Management - new Forms Demos/Samples
The Forms Product Management team are please to announce our new Forms Sample Code/Demo page
http://otn.oracle.com/sample_code/products/forms/content.html
We have included demos and sample code for topics which generate alot of questions on OTN.
For example,
When deploying Forms on the web, how can I load files from the client machine?
How do I call Java from Forms?
The new features of Oracle9i Forms
Can I add spell checking to my Forms application?
These demos are created by the Product Managers to show you, not only the features, but the steps involved to do it yourself.
It's like having your own tutorial from the Forms Product Managers!!!
We hope this helps and as always, please let us know if you have any comments.
Regards
Forms Product Management TeamFORMS 9i RELEASE DATE : End of year 2001
Date: Oct 8, 2001 09:01 PT
Towards the end of this year.
Regards
Grant Ronald
Forms Product Management
Connect dialog - JDBC Database string
Shay Shmelzer
Date : Jul 19, 2001 09:40 PT
Expect it towards the end of this year.
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Forms Forms Product Management - new papers posted on OTN
The Oracle Forms Product Management Team are please to announce three new papers to published on OTN.
For those who want a deeper understanding of the Forms Services, we have a new white paper.
For developers building multi language applications we have a paper on TranslationHub and if you are integrating Graphics
we have published a paper outlining Graphics intigration.
As always, please let us know if you have any questions or require more information.
Regards
Grant Ronald
Forms Product ManagementIf you go to otn.oracle.com/products/forms - it gets the to the Forms "home" page - you will see the papers there and
you will also see down the left hand side links for the discussion forms, documentation sample code, etc.
Rather than give you one URL, I suggest you start at the home page and discover the wealth of information we have made
available for Forms -
Hope this helps yuo.
Grant Ronald -
From Forms Product Management - New Reports Integration White Paper
I've posted a new white paper on OTN which explains how to call Reports with a parameter from Forms Services using the Forms RUN_REPORT_OBJECT Built-in.
We have also included a sample Java Bean which allows the userid parameter to be stored in a cookie.
To download the paper, go to http://otn.oracle.com/products/forms , its the top news item.
Regards
Grant Ronald
Forms Product ManagementBrian,
there are four possible reasons why this could happen
1. you didn't specify the correct domain. A wrong domain makes the cookie not accessible for the Reports Server
2. The Reports Server is in another timezone than the Forms Client. This way the default validity of teh cookie is exceeded to the time you request the cookie. If this is the case, add the offset to the max age value
3. You change dthe encryption key either on the Reports Server or the cookie client.Default value is reports9i for Oracle9i Reports.
4. - unlikely - you try to run this solution iwth Forms and Reports 6i. This doesn't work.
Frank -
From Forms Product Management - New Diagnostic Document
I've just posted a new document on OTN which goes into great depth on how to debug errors, bugs and performance issues when deploying Forms on the Web.
The document is linked from the news section on http://otn.oracle.com/products/forms or you can look at all of the related papers by clicking to view the 9i papers.
As always, we are keen to hear your feedback.
Thanks
Grant Ronald
Forms Product ManagementGrant...can you also tell us if you expect to release a pre-904 webutil release?
And where can we log errors about webutil beta, since it's not officially supported? I'd like to log a bug named in a previous post of me: webutil: webutil_file.file_open_dialog with filter doesn't work as expected -
From Forms Product Management - New "HOW TO" on calling a Web Service
We've published a new "HOW TO" on how to call a Web Service from Forms.
Check out
http://otn.oracle.com/products/forms/htdocs/Forms_WebService_How_To.htm
Regards
Grant Ronald
Forms Product ManagementWe do not have a beta/pre-prodcution release of Forms9i
available for download, however the production version should be
available early in the new year.
Regards
Grant
Forms Product Management -
From Forms Product Management - New Oracle9i Forms Course Available
The Forms development team are proud to announce that we have a new classroom course for Oracle9i Forms available.
Form more information see the link on the Forms home page http://otn.oracle.com/products/forms/
Thanks
Grant Ronald
Forms Product ManagementGrant...can you also tell us if you expect to release a pre-904 webutil release?
And where can we log errors about webutil beta, since it's not officially supported? I'd like to log a bug named in a previous post of me: webutil: webutil_file.file_open_dialog with filter doesn't work as expected -
Announcement from Forms Product Management - New Paper
We have released the latest version of our Client Platform
Statement of Direction for Oracle Forms Services 6i. You can
download it from:
http://otn.oracle.com/products/forms/htdocs/clientsod_forms6i.htm
l
(make sure the link has no added spaces or trailing full stop).
We are also trialing some changes to the Forms product page on
OTN and welcome any comments/suggestions.
Regards
Grant Ronald
Forms Product Managementthe correct link is
http://otn.oracle.com/products/forms/htdocs/clientsod_forms6i.html -
From Forms Product Management - New Single Sign on Collateral
We've just published a new viewlet and white paper explaining how you can single sign-on enable your Forms application. This is an area we have added alot of new features for 10g and I hope it meets your needs. Check out the news section on http://otn.oracle.com/products/forms
Regards
Grant Ronald
Forms Product ManagementWe do not have a beta/pre-prodcution release of Forms9i
available for download, however the production version should be
available early in the new year.
Regards
Grant
Forms Product Management -
From Forms Product Management -Using Forms and SCM
Oracle9i Forms and Oracle9i Software Configuration Manager (SCM) are integrated so that software configuration management can be done directly from Oracle9i Forms Developer.
Check out this new paper in the "NEWS" section on http://otn.oracle.com/products/forms
for more details.
Regards
Grant Ronald
Forms Product ManagementGrant
I don't think you'll get too many replies. I expect most people here are either committed to using Web Forms already (and so don't need this functionality) or else are still in client-server mode (and so don't understand what you asking).
We are just in the process of migrating from Forms4.5 to 9i (I'm in the WebUtil beta) and we are still finding out all sorts of non-obvious things about web-deployment - don't get me started on how awful the whole GIF thing is! So I'm not really qualified to have an opinion about Webstart. I only have the vaguest idea what it does and I'm not sure I want to read up about it just so I can tell you whether to go ahead with it.
What I will say is this:
(1) Anything that makes 9i Forms more like a client-server experience for the users would be a good thing, bceause it would minimise the shock of transition.
(2) Choice is a good thing. Your recent experience of developers' spleen over the removal of client-server should tell you that people respond well to being given options and badly to having them removed.
(3) If I've correctly understood Haris Peco in their second point we could get rid of O9iAS and that would be flipping marvellous for everybody (except possibly the VP in charge of O9iAS Sales :P).
My tuppence ha'penny worth.
Cheers, APC -
From Forms Product Management - Free Forms Upgrade Workshops
We are pleased to annouce more dates for the Forms upgrade to the web workshops. If you are considering moving your client/server application to the web come to these events and hear directly from Oracle's Product Management team about the benefits and the tips and techniques.
Details at otn.oracle.com/products/forms
Regards
Grant Ronald
Forms Product ManagementI still get the 404 error.
I go to http://www.oracle.com/technology/products/forms/index.html then follow the link titled "Free Oracle Forms Upgrade Workshops" which leads to http://www.oracle.com/go/?&Src=3581382&Act=4
That URL results in a 404 error :-(
PS. I just tested it using MS Internet Explorer and then it seems to work (FireFox gives me the 404 error) -
From Forms Product Management - Oracle Forms 10g Demos
We have released the Oracle Forms 10g demos which are now available on OTN.
Please go to otn.oracle.com/products/forms and click on the top news item.
Please let us know if you have any comments.
Regards
Grant Ronald
Forms Product ManagementOracle Forms is quit impressive as both a client/server and web-based solution. I have yet to see an application run over the web the way Oracle Forms does. It appears as a client/server application, except it's completely web-based.
That's quite amazing, however, I have found that the rich interface and the sophistication of running Forms over the web comes with a big cost. The 8MB Jinitiator download turns a lot of people off.
What I'm really wondering is if there is anyone out there who is using Oracle Forms as a web solution ?
Thanks for your time.
Best Regards,
Bob Mazzo -
From Forms Product Management - New Reports Integration Paper
I've posted a new paper on integrating Reports and Forms in Oracle Application Server 10g.
http://otn.oracle.com/products/forms and its the top news item.
As always, please feel free to post your comments.
Regards
GrantBrian,
there are four possible reasons why this could happen
1. you didn't specify the correct domain. A wrong domain makes the cookie not accessible for the Reports Server
2. The Reports Server is in another timezone than the Forms Client. This way the default validity of teh cookie is exceeded to the time you request the cookie. If this is the case, add the offset to the max age value
3. You change dthe encryption key either on the Reports Server or the cookie client.Default value is reports9i for Oracle9i Reports.
4. - unlikely - you try to run this solution iwth Forms and Reports 6i. This doesn't work.
Frank -
From Forms Product Management - Demo of new 9i Debugger
We have now added a new demo to the list of over 30 which is avaible on the Forms Sample Code/Demo page.
This new demo shows the new Forms debugger we are releasing in Oracle9i Forms.
Go to http://otn.oracle.com/sample_code/products/forms/content.html or click on the SAMPLE CODE in the left hand
frame of an OTN page and choose Forms.
Hope this helps show all the new cool new stuff we are doing with Forms.
As always - please feel free to post comments and we will do our best to reply to them
Thanks
Grant Ronald
Forms Product ManagementWhen is Forms 9i going to be available?
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