Help on determining version for existing forms & porting to Forms 9i

I'm new to Oracle and Oracle Forms.
I have a large number of *.fmb, *.fmx, *.pll, *.sql files (all developed in the early 1990's).
I am trying to convert them to 9i. Are there any "How-To's" on the subject?
Is there a tool to help me determine what the original Forms version is?
Also . . .
When opening a *.fmb in Forms 9i, I get the error "FRM-10102: Cannot attach PL/SQL library <filename>.pll. This library attachment will be lost if the module is saved.
I opened the specified *.pll file and then another form and received the same error.
Any help or direction will be greatly appreciated.
Thanks in advance.
Brian Atkinson

Generally speaking you can just open up a form in 9i and that will upgrade it. There are specific issue on moving from client/server to the web and you can go to otn.oracle.com/products/forms and click to view the Forms Upgrade Centre.
The error you are getting probably means that the form has a library attached but when you open that form it cannot find it.
What I would do is make sure the location of the pll files is on the FORMS90_PATH environment variable (in the registry on Windows).
Another note - you can go to otn.oracle.com/products/forms and click to download other versions of the software - including 6i. However while it may only be certified to go to 61 and then 9i, in many cases you can go directly from 4.5. to 9i.
Hope this helps.
Regards
Grant Ronald
Forms Product Management

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