Migrating 6i forms / reports to 10g (Urgent)

Hi,
We have 6i versions of forms and reports running in a client/server environment, and are planning to upgrade them to 10g. I need to give an estimate to my manager on the effort involved in migrating the existing objects to 10g.
To provide an estimate:
1. Is installing Oracle Forms 10g (10.1.2) sufficient to convert and test my existing forms?
2. Is installing Oracle Reports 10g (10.1.2) sufficient to convert and test my existing reports?
Or, do I also need Oracle Application Server 10g installed to go with the above?
My intention is to initially acquire the Forms/Reports 10g tools to see how much work is involved (without having Oracle AS in place). Is this possible?
Any help is very much appreciated.
Regards,
Praveen

hy,
1. Is installing Oracle Forms 10g (10.1.2) sufficient to convert and test my existing forms?
yes
2. Is installing Oracle Reports 10g (10.1.2) sufficient to convert and test my existing reports?
it's enough compiler on 10.1.2
Or, do I also need Oracle Application Server 10g installed to go with the above?
you don't need oas, or from oas 10, it's need only forms and report server,no infrastruc
My intention is to initially acquire the Forms/Reports 10g tools to see how much work is involved (without having Oracle AS in place). Is this possible?
yes,as above

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