Ocx in forms6i

We are planning to undertake the development of a large Enterprise Application System in Developer 2000 Forms 6i. We also want to keep an option open to be able to migrate our application at a later date to Forms 9i.
We understand that in Forms 9i, support for ActiveX Controls (ocx controls) is discontinued.
In this connection, please let us know :
a. What is the suggested mode of migration ?
b. What are the alternative methods / workarounds to achieve the same functionalities ?
c. Do we need to take some special care while developing the application
in Forms 6i so that migration to Forms 9i becomes possible ?
if no, then please let us know how to handle the use of Active X controls in Forms 9i.
We have heard a lot about webutil, but are not sure how it will be useful.(or how/where to use it. ie. in forms6i or after migrating to forms 9i)
Moreover the manuals and documents about webutil only talk about OLE , File IO etc... There is no mention of OCX.
So please help us regarding this issue.

Sravanthi,
ActiveX Controls don't work on the Web so don't use them.
a. What is the suggested mode of migration ?
There is no migration option for ActiveX controls. If you already use ActiveX controls, try to find the same functionality as Java Beans
What are the alternative methods / workarounds to achieve the same functionalities ?
Java Beans
c. Do we need to take some special care while developing the application in Forms 6i so that migration to Forms 9i becomes possible ?
Run_Product() should not be used to call Oracle Reports. Use Run_Report_Object() instead (see: http://otn.oracle.com/products/forms/pdf/277282.pdf)
Also avoid using Oracle Graphics. Though Graphics is supported with Forms9i it does not have a future and will be replaced by the BI Graph Bean.
Webutil is meant to be a client/server parity solution that closes many gaps that were created due to teh Web behaving differently than client/server. OLE problems can be solved for office integration, but not for all OLE containers used. File I/O happens on teh client in client/server but on the middle tier server when moving your application to the Web (because this is where the runtime engine is). Using WebUtil brings back this functionality to the client.
Se also:
http://otn.oracle.com/products/forms/htdocs/upgrade/index.html
Fran

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