Oracle Form Developer 10G Version ?

Could you please let me know which version is realsed for Form develper 10G and from where i can get its user/developer guide.

Also check metalink for updates. There is a 10gR1 Forms Builder technical version 9.0.4 and there is a 10gR2 Forms Builder technical version 10.1.2.0.2. For both versions there are updates available.

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Blank browser when run oracle form developer 10g

Hi, all
I'm newbie on oracle developer.
I'm using oracle form developer 10g, database also 10g and default browser firefox.
I made a form n give EMPLOYEE_MDL for the name.
I got problem when i try to run form, first time shown "*ORACLE FORMS.*" on browser and then the browser getting blank(just white space), the url is:
http://red-erie:8889/forms/frmservlet
Hope you can help me.
Regards n Thanks
eRie

It worked for me in Windows 7 Home premium, both in 32 and 64 bit operating systems...
What I did was,
After successful instalaltion of developer suite, I've installed latest JRE from www.java.com and configured formsweb.cfg and default.env file.
I've used IE8 only. I haven't tested on any other browsers.
Do modify these lines to configure formsweb.cfg to change to JRE from Jinitiator (As said by CraigB )
# Page displayed to users to allow them to download Sun's Java Plugin.
# Sun's Java Plugin is typically used for non-Windows clients.
# (NOTE: you should check this page and possibly change the settings)
### Original
#jpi_download_page=http://java.sun.com/products/archive/j2se/1.4.2_06/index.html
### New
jpi_download_page=http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/index.html
# Parameter related to the version of the Java Plugin
### Original
#jpi_classid=clsid:CAFEEFAC-0014-0002-0006-ABCDEFFEDCBA
### New
jpi_classid=clsid:CAFEEFAC-0016-0000-0024-ABCDEFFEDCBA
# Parameter related to the version of the Java Plugin
### Original
#jpi_codebase=http://java.sun.com/products/plugin/autodl/jinstall-1_4_2-windows-i586.cab#Version=1,4,2,06
### New
jpi_codebase=http://java.sun.com/update/1.6.0/jinstall-6-windows-i586.cab#Version=1,6,0,24
# Parameter related to the version of the Java Plugin
### Original
#jpi_mimetype=application/x-java-applet;jpi-version=1.4.2_06
### New
jpi_mimetype=application/x-java-applet;jpi-version=1.6.0_24I also recommend you change the following variable as well.
# System parameter: base HTML file for use with JInitiator client
#baseHTMLjinitiator=basejini.htm
baseHTMLjinitiator=basejpi.htmEdited by: Charan on Jul 1, 2011 8:46 AM

Unable to run forms in oracle forms developer 10g

I am using oracle forms developer 10g on oracle application Release 12.
When i run form i am getting error that weblistener is not running on default port 8888. Then i changed it to 8000. But still i am not able to run the forms.

Nivas,
In addition to running OC4J, you must also have your browser configured to use a Java Runtime Environment. The easiest - and preferred - method is to install the Oracle JInitiator as there is not configuration needed other than the installation. You can also use Sun's JRE, but you would have to research how to configure your PC correctly. The other option is to change your FormsWeb.cfg file to use the Browser Native JRE. Edit the formsweb.cfg file and find the IE= directive. The Default is IE=jinitiator. Change this to IE=Native, save your changes and you are done. This is not the preferred solution, but it does work.
Craig...

Weight scale input into oracle forms developer 10g

Dear All Experts
it is request to you kindly guide me full code and description of
weight scale device input in oracle form show digits continuously in form 10g kindly proved me data device connect through port so plz help me

Make a PJC (plugable java component) and look at RXTX library for java...
I have done a PJC to use a POS terminal over RS232 from oracle forms..
It's not complicated..
here is my example for POS terminal and RXTX library (JControl)
[code]
package in2.pos;
import java.io.FileInputStream;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.InputStream;
import java.io.OutputStream;
import java.util.Arrays;
import java.util.Enumeration;
import java.util.Properties;
import java.util.ResourceBundle;
import java.util.StringTokenizer;
import javax.swing.JOptionPane;
import oracle.forms.handler.IHandler;
import oracle.forms.properties.ID;
import oracle.forms.ui.CustomEvent;
import oracle.forms.ui.VBean;
import gnu.io.*;
* PosTerminalPjc, PJC component for Hypercom POS terminal data exchange
* @author Peter Valencic, [email protected]
public class PosTerminalPjc extends VBean {
private static final long serialVersionUID = -8814623494538014849L;
Properties res = new Properties();
SerialPort serialPort;
OutputStream os;
InputStream is;
CommPortIdentifier portId;
Enumeration portList;
IHandler mHandler;
char STX = (char) 0x02;
char ETX = (char) 0x03;
char EOT = 4;
char ACK = 6;
char NAK = 15;
char FS = 28;
private static final ID COMPORT = ID.registerProperty("COMPORT"); // serial
// port
// (COM1,COM2,COM3,...)
private static final ID AMOUNT = ID.registerProperty("AMOUNT"); // amount of
// the
// transaction
// (12)
private static final ID TRANSACTIONTYPE = ID
.registerProperty("TRANSACTIONTYPE"); // 01-sale, 05-refund, 13
// ticket duplicate
private static final ID AMOUNTCURRENCY = ID
.registerProperty("AMOUNTCURRENCY"); // ISO currency code
private static final ID TRANSACTIONNUMBER = ID
.registerProperty("TRANSACTIONNUMBER"); // transaction number
private static final ID EVT_OK = ID.registerProperty("EVT_OK"); //custom event if all ok
    private static final ID EVT_ERR = ID.registerProperty("EVT_ERR"); //custom event if error occured
// state machine variables
long l_timeout;
long l_wait_for = 5000; // pos terminal wait for command (5 seconds)
long l_wait_for_transaction = 62000 * 2; // pos terminal timeout
long l_second = 1000; // one second
byte b_retry = 0;
String dataValue = "";
    byte[] readBuffer = new byte[2000]; //2000 bytes buffer to read rs232 stream
String comPort = ""; // local variable to store com port name
// (COM1,COM2,...)
String transactionType = "SALE"; // type of transaction to be executed (SALE
// or REFUND) default SALE
String amount = "0"; // default amount value is set to 0
String transactionNumber =""; //store a transaction number from POS trminal
String transactionProcessed;
    String transactionFlag;
    String transactionDate;
    String transactionTime;
    String transactionBatchNumber;
    String terminalTid;
    String terminalCard;
    String errDesc;
    public PosTerminalPjc() {
super();
System.out.println("============================");
System.out.println("== State machine POS v1.0 ==");
System.out.println("== Peter Valencic (c)     ==");
System.out.println("== 03.04.2012             ==");
System.out.println("============================");
try {
res.load(this.getClass().getResourceAsStream(
"/res/language.properties")); // load language file
} catch (Exception ex) {
System.err.println("Err loading language.properties file: "
+ ex.toString());
private void doTransaction() throws Exception {
String phase = null; // initial null value for state machine phase
long l_ack_timeout = 0; //initial value for acknowledge timeout
// com port check
if (getComPort().trim().equalsIgnoreCase("")) {
this.showError(res.getProperty("s_dlg_err_title"),
res.getProperty("s_com_invalid"));
return;
// transaction type chek
System.out.println(this.getTransactionType());
if (!getTransactionType().equalsIgnoreCase("REFUND")
& !getTransactionType().equalsIgnoreCase("SALE")) {
this.showError(res.getProperty("s_dlg_err_title"),
res.getProperty("s_tran_invalid_type"));
return;
portList = portId.getPortIdentifiers();
while (portList.hasMoreElements()) {
portId = (CommPortIdentifier) portList.nextElement();
if (portId.getName().equalsIgnoreCase(this.getComPort())) {
System.out.println("Port is used : "
+ portId.isCurrentlyOwned());
serialPort = (SerialPort) portId.open("ComDriver", 2000);
serialPort.setSerialPortParams(9600, SerialPort.DATABITS_7,
SerialPort.STOPBITS_1, SerialPort.PARITY_EVEN);
// serialPort.addEventListener(this);
serialPort.notifyOnDataAvailable(true);
serialPort.notifyOnOutputEmpty(true);
os = serialPort.getOutputStream();
is = serialPort.getInputStream();
break;
if (portId == null) {
throw new Exception(res.getProperty("s_com_not_found")
+ this.getComPort() + "\n");
// state machine infinite loop
while (true) {
// SEND DATA TO POS TERMINAL
if (phase == null) {
System.out.println("start phase");
byte[] req = null;
//verify transaction type to be SALE or REFUND
//if REFUND then transaction number must be specified
if (getTransactionType().equalsIgnoreCase("SALE")) {
System.out.println("--> SALE send message to the pos terminal");
System.out.println("--> amount: " + amount);
req = protocolStream("000000123401100" + FS + amount + FS
+ FS + "+0" + FS + "978" + FS + FS + FS + FS + FS
+ FS + FS + ETX);
else if (getTransactionType().equalsIgnoreCase("REFUND")) {
System.out.println("--> REFUND send message to the pos terminal");
System.out.println("--> amount: " + amount);
System.out.println("--> transaction number: " + getTransactionNumber());
req = protocolStream("000000123405100" + getTransactionNumber() + FS + amount
+ FS + FS + "+0" + FS + "978" + FS + FS + FS + FS
+ FS + FS + FS + ETX);
} else {
// maybe VOID in the future..
os.write(req);
os.flush();
l_ack_timeout = System.currentTimeMillis() + 1500;
//wait for half second
try {
Thread.sleep(500);
} catch (Exception ee) {
l_timeout = System.currentTimeMillis() + l_wait_for; //add some time for timeout
phase = "TO_POS_ACK";
System.out.println("phase: " + phase);
}//phase null
//CHECK IF THE TIMEOUT OCCURED
            if (phase.equalsIgnoreCase("TO_POS_ACK") &
                    (l_timeout < System.currentTimeMillis()) & (b_retry < 4)) {
                b_retry += 1;
                System.out.println("TIMEOUT: " + b_retry);
                l_timeout = System.currentTimeMillis() + l_wait_for;
                if (b_retry >= 4) {
                    System.out.println("Timeout occured");
                    try {
                        serialPort.close();
                        is.close();
                        os.close();
                    } catch (Exception ee) {
                    //Timeout occured show error
                    //s_timeout
                    this.showError(res.getProperty("s_dlg_err_title"),
        res.getProperty("s_timeout"));
                    break;
          //CHECK FOR THE ACKNOWLEDGE (FIRST RESPONSE FROM POS TERMINAL)
            if (phase.equalsIgnoreCase("TO_POS_ACK") &
                    (l_ack_timeout < System.currentTimeMillis())) {
                try {
                    int numBytes = 0;
                    dataValue = "";
                    while ((numBytes = is.read(readBuffer)) > 0) {
                        dataValue += new String(readBuffer, 0, numBytes, "ASCII");
                    if (dataValue.getBytes().length > 0) {
                        System.out.println("->first byte: " +
                            dataValue.getBytes()[0]);
                        System.out.println("total length: " +
                            dataValue.getBytes().length);
                        //check for ack byte
                        if (dataValue.getBytes()[0] == 6) {
                            System.out.println(
                                "<--ACKNOWLEDGE received from pos terminal");
                            phase = "WAIT_FOR_TRANSACTION";
                            l_timeout = System.currentTimeMillis() +
                                l_wait_for_transaction;
                } catch (IOException ev) {
          //WAIT FOR TIMEOUT ON MESSAGE
            if (phase.equalsIgnoreCase("WAIT_FOR_TRANSACTION") &
                    (l_timeout < System.currentTimeMillis())) {
                System.out.println(
                    "Error receiving response from pos terminal!!!");
                try {
                    serialPort.close();
                    is.close();
                    os.close();
                } catch (Exception ee) {
                this.showError(res.getProperty("s_dlg_err_title"),
    res.getProperty("s_response_error"));
                break;
          //WAIT FOR SOME DATA TO COME FROM POS TERMINAL OVER RS232
            if (phase.equalsIgnoreCase("WAIT_FOR_TRANSACTION")) {
                try {
                    int numBytes = 0;
                    dataValue = "";
                    while ((numBytes = is.read(readBuffer)) > 0) {
                        dataValue += new String(readBuffer, 0, numBytes, "ASCII");
                    if (dataValue.getBytes().length > 0) {
                        System.out.println("->first byte: " +
                            dataValue.getBytes()[0] + "|" +
                            dataValue.getBytes()[1]);
                        System.out.println("->ascii: " + dataValue);
                        System.out.println("total length: " +
                            dataValue.getBytes().length);
                        if (dataValue.indexOf("PREKINIL UPORABNIK") != -1) {
                            System.out.println(
                                "Uporabnik je prekinil povezavo!");
                            try {
                                serialPort.close();
                                is.close();
                                os.close();
                            } catch (Exception ee) {
                            //transaction cancelled by user s_user_cancel
                            this.showError(res.getProperty("s_dlg_err_title"),
                res.getProperty("s_user_cancel"));
                            break;
                        if (dataValue.indexOf("NAPACEN VNOS") != -1) {
                            System.out.println("Napačen vnos");
                            try {
                                serialPort.close();
                                is.close();
                                os.close();
                            } catch (Exception ee) {
                            //invalid user entry
                            this.showError(res.getProperty("s_dlg_err_title"),
                res.getProperty("s_user_invalid_entry"));
                            break;
                        if (dataValue.indexOf("PROSIM POCAKAJ") != -1) {
                            System.out.println("<-- PROSIM POCAKAJ");
                            continue;
                        //preberemo podatke iz stringe terminala
                        if (dataValue.indexOf("SPREJETO") != -1) {
                            try {
                                serialPort.close();
                                is.close();
                                os.close();
                            } catch (Exception ee) {
                            System.out.println("<-- TRANSAKCIJA SPREJETA");
                            System.out.println(dataValue);
                            System.out.println("Prožimo event v formse");
                            this.transactionProcessed = dataValue.substring(1, 3); //podatek mora biti 10
                            this.transactionFlag = dataValue.substring(13, 15);
                            this.transactionNumber = dataValue.substring(16, 21);
                            System.out.println("transaction number: " + this.transactionNumber);
                            this.transactionDate = dataValue.substring(25, 31);
                            this.transactionTime = dataValue.substring(31, 37);
                            this.transactionBatchNumber = dataValue.substring(21, 25);
                            StringTokenizer st = new StringTokenizer(dataValue, "" + FS);
                            System.out.println(st.nextToken());
                            System.out.println(st.nextToken());
                            System.out.println(st.nextToken());
                            System.out.println(st.nextToken());
                            System.out.println(st.nextToken());
                            System.out.println(st.nextToken());
                            this.terminalTid = st.nextToken();
                            System.out.println(st.nextToken());
                            System.out.println(st.nextToken());
                            System.out.println(st.nextToken());
                            this.terminalCard = st.nextToken();
                            if (transactionProcessed.equalsIgnoreCase("10")) {
                            else
                                CustomEvent ce = new CustomEvent(mHandler,
                                        EVT_ERR);
                                if (transactionProcessed.equalsIgnoreCase("00")) {
                                    System.out.println(
                                        "Error in the format of the request message");
                                    this.errDesc = res.getProperty("s_tf_00");
                                } else if (transactionProcessed.equalsIgnoreCase(
                                            "01")) {
                                    System.out.println(
                                        "Transaction accepted without authorization code");
                                    this.errDesc = res.getProperty("s_tf_01");
                                } else if (transactionProcessed.equalsIgnoreCase(
                                            "02")) {
                                    System.out.println(
                                        "Transaction accepted with authorization code");
                                    this.errDesc = res.getProperty("s_tf_02");
                                } else if (transactionProcessed.equalsIgnoreCase(
                                            "03")) {
                                    System.out.println("Needs voice referall");
                                    this.errDesc = res.getProperty("s_tf_03");
                                } else if (transactionProcessed.equalsIgnoreCase(
                                            "04")) {
                                    System.out.println("Transaction refused");
                                    this.errDesc = res.getProperty("s_tf_04");
                                } else if (transactionProcessed.equalsIgnoreCase(
                                            "05")) {
                                    System.out.println(
                                        "Needs manual card data entry");
                                    this.errDesc = res.getProperty("s_tf_05");
                                } else if (transactionProcessed.equalsIgnoreCase(
                                            "06")) {
                                    System.out.println(
                                        "Authorization call failure");
                                    this.errDesc = res.getProperty("s_tf_06");
                                dispatchCustomEvent(ce);
                                return;
                            //če gre skozi potem je vse ok
                            CustomEvent ce = new CustomEvent(mHandler, EVT_OK);
                            dispatchCustomEvent(ce);
                            return;
                } catch (IOException ev) {
            //wait 200 ms
            try {
                Thread.sleep(200);
            } catch (InterruptedException ex) {
                ex.printStackTrace();
            System.out.print('*');
}//end state machine loop
* protocolStream prepare the stream to be send over RS232 to POS terminal
* with LRC cheksum control
* @param data
* @return byte[]
private byte[] protocolStream(String data) {
char STX = (char) 0x02;
String tmp = "" + STX + STX + data + "" + getLRC(data);
System.out.println("PStream: " + tmp);
for (int i = 0; i < tmp.getBytes().length; i++) {
System.out.print(tmp.getBytes()[i] + ":");
// System.out.println("čeksum: " + chksm);
return tmp.getBytes();
* Longitudinal Redundancy Check (LRC)
* @param packet
* @return String
private String getLRC(String packet) {
char[] splitPacket = packet.toCharArray();
char lrc = 0x00;
for (int x = 0; x < splitPacket.length; x++) {
lrc = (char) (lrc ^ splitPacket[x]);
return "" + (char) lrc;
private String paddingString(String s, int n, char c, boolean paddingLeft) {
if (s == null) {
return s;
int add = n - s.length(); // may overflow int size... should not be a
if (add <= 0) {
return s;
StringBuffer str = new StringBuffer(s);
char[] ch = new char[add];
Arrays.fill(ch, c);
if (paddingLeft) {
str.insert(0, ch);
} else {
str.append(ch);
return str.toString();
* Display error message inside oracle form
* @param title
* @param exceptionString
private void showError(String title, String exceptionString) {
JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(this, exceptionString, title, 0);
public String getComPort() {
return comPort;
public void setComPort(String comPort) {
this.comPort = comPort;
public String getTransactionType() {
return transactionType;
public void setTransactionType(String transactionType) {
this.transactionType = transactionType;
public String getAmount() {
return amount;
public void setAmount(String amount) {
this.amount = amount;
public String getTransactionNumber() {
return transactionNumber;
public void setTransactionNumber(String transactionNumber) {
this.transactionNumber = transactionNumber;
public static void main(String[] args) {
PosTerminalPjc pjc = new PosTerminalPjc();
pjc.setComPort("COM1");
pjc.setTransactionType("SALE");
pjc.setAmount("1000");
try
pjc.doTransaction();
catch(Exception ex)
System.err.println(ex.toString());
[/code]

Connecting Oracle Forms Developer to E-Business Suite

Hi,
I have downloaded the Oracle DevSuite (10g) and BITools, I have managed to connect Oracle Discoverer to the db without any issues however, I am trying to connect Oracle Forms Developer 10g to our E-Business Suite 11i db and I keep getting the ORA- 01017 invalid username/password logon denied error message.
Should I be able to connect Oracle Forms Developer to the Oracle Business Suite databse without any issues or am I missing something,
any help would be greatly appreciated,
thanks
Chris

Hi Chris
First, You should know that the developer certified version for Oracle Apps development is 6i patch 18 (there's a new patch 19 also). On Discoverer, it's Ok to use 10G.
Now, on the connection issue, by the message it is related to the user/pass entered. If in Discoverer You are using oracle apps integration You may be using and application user and password, but that can be used to connect to the database.
Ask in Your project for apps password (may be apps or welcome12 if and on demand environment) for the development environment, or check if there's is a custom schema defined for development and get the user/pass for that one also. You may try with applsyspub/pub meanwhile to check connection but it's a restricted user.

Starting Learning Oracle Form Developer

Hi Experts,
i m oracle dba. i wan to start learning Oracle Form Developer 10g . please any one can share documentation that can help me out to start this domain.
regards,

Is there a particular reason you are starting with an old version and not the latest (11.1.2.0)? Version 10.1.2 will begin its end of life cycle at the end of this year. Meaning, Error Correction Support will end. Learning with the newest version will give you the advantage of working with the latest features and a more stable version.
At any rate.... how easy it will be to learn will all depend on your current skill set and your prior experience with other development tools. I would suggest you first get a basic understand of how Forms works before you start to build an application. Building an application in Forms is mostly easy because the more common features are wizard driven. However, understand what to do once you create an app might take a little more thought and an understanding of basic web principles.
The version 10 documentation (mostly related to deployment) can be found here:
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/developer-tools/forms/documentation/techlisting10gr2-093389.html
Here you will find many white papers which include everything from complex concepts to basic product overviews.
You can access similar content for all of the recent versions from the top page located here:
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/developer-tools/forms/overview/index.html
The Forms Builder help is a good place for design time information.

Is there an oracle forms developer 11 g please ?

I use oracle forms developer 10g with database oracle 10g . I would like if any upgrade is required to use oracle forms developer 11 g for developing applications .
Thanks.

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/developer-tools/forms/downloads/index.html
Francois

Where to buy the study guide for Oracle Forms Developer 9i or 10g

Hi, I am learning Oracle Forms Developer Build Internet Application. I am comfortable with SQL and PL SQL. I need authenticate Oracle Study Guide for Forms Developer which will help me in learning basics to advance level but I cannot afford the classroom course, it is beyond my pocket capacity. So I would like to know if Oracle sell only the study guides. I inquired at Book Shops in my area but did not get any help.

Affan wrote:
I just went through Oracle Press and Sybex websites and it seems none of the books available suits my requirement. Not everyone can afford class room training unless it is fully or partially sponsored by their employers. And I don't understand what people learn in just 5 days.All the information you need to learn the products and pass the certification exams is available in the freely available Oracle documentation. Sure, it's nice to have the Oracle University training or exam prep books which is often specifically focused on the topics on the certification exam, rather than having to combine data from a few different manuals. But there the free Oracle documentation is pretty darned complete and you'll likely learn more from working through that documentation than you would from the Oracle University material just because you've got to do the work to put things together.
Justin

Oracle Forms Builder 10g release 2 documentation?

I'm trying to locate a book about Oracle Forms Builder 10g release 2. I'm needing a beginner's guide. I've seen the advanced techniques one, but I can't seem to find one for someone that is just starting out. Does anyone have any suggestions?

There are a couple of books by Albert Lulushi that will give you the basics you can build upon. These are older books, but the concepts they present are still valid.
<ul>
<li>Developing Oracle Forms Applications (Aug 1996)
<li>Oracle Forms Developer's Handbook (Dec 2000)
</ul>
Probably more helpful would be some online tutorials. Again, some of these are a little old, but the concepts are still valid for Forms 10g and 11g.
Although a few of the following links are for older Forms versions, the concepts are still valid across all Forms versions.
<ul>
<li>A Tutorial on Oracle9i Forms and Reports
<li>Tutorial for Oracle10g Forms / Reports
<li>iSelfSchooling - Basic Introduction to Forms
<li>Oracle Forms 10g: Demos, Tips and Techniques
</ul>
Hope this helps,
Craig B-)
If someone's response is helpful or correct, please mark it accordingly.

How long is Oracle Forms/Developer Suite to be supported?

Hi.
I'm just curious how long Oracle are committed to supporting or creating new versions of Oracle Forms Developer / Developer Suite. I've heard, from one or two sources, that the intention is to abandon forms, and move the focus completely to Jdeveloper some time soon...
Is this true? does anyone know anything different?

Here we are again whith that question...
I'm a senior forms developer (and to make a little humour i've just recently learned designer...)
I think the confusion comes also from "J2EE Application Development for Forms and Designer Developers" which can make us thinking oracle is pushing up to J2EE and prepare us for the Dead of Forms RIP ...
And also that forms developer like me are a little bit afraid because they probably have no skills in J2EE.
But for me it is clear now.
There is no reason to migrate Forms to J2EE with whatelse tool can be sell to you.
I tried some demos in the past with such tools and it makes me laugh, converting a simple master detail forms dept/emp.
What can such tools make with very complex forms and logic ?
But the question is if I had to create a new application will i still do it with Forms ?
And the answer (for me) is no, especially when I see what the next Jdeveloper 11g will be able to do (I tried the fusion order demo and i was really impressed)
You say "I've invested so much time in learning, and becoming proficient at Oracle Forms..."
And so did I but I bought the book "Oracle JDeveloper 10g for Forms and PL/SQL Developers" and I study it page after page to enter the ADF world and upgrade my knowledge.
So Forms or J2EE it is your choice and i will not post the link to the SOD (francois did it) but Forms can also live in a SOA world http://www.oracle.com/technology/products/forms/pdf/10gR2/forms-soa-wp.pdf
but we, forms developers, we must not only focus on forms and its death, but also go ahead and invest so much time we did to learn forms in learning J2EE, BPEL and etc etc.
Hope this can help
Jean-Yves
ps : relating to older post, forms was dead each time a new version of the appServer was comming :o)

Calling a Web Service in Oracle Report Developer 10g?

Hello,
Does Oracle Report Developer 10g supports Web Services (calls) or XML files as a Data Source?
If yes. From what version?
Thanks.

ok, so you have at least 2 solutions:
1. you get the data into a loop through your Java array.
2. you use the EXEC_SQL package function to create a dynamic SQL cursor
Select ... from the_table where code in ('c1', ..., 'cn')Francois

Forms Developer 10g Release 2 - new features?

Hi,
Does anybody know if Forms Developer 10g Release 2 (10.1.2) is any different from Forms Developer 10g (9.0.4)?
I wasn't able to find a document with new features.

<p>I am sure the link was under your eyes ;o)
<br>
http://www.oracle.com/technology/products/forms/techlisting10gR2.html<br>
Oracle Forms 10g Technical Overview</p>

Oracle Forms Builder 10g Questions

Good day everyone,
I want to start off by saying that I'm very new to Oracle Forms Builder (it was dumped on my table about a month ago) and I'm having some issues I need resolved in order to complete a project for a client.
I'm looking mainly for documentation or resources that will show me how to do the following in Oracle Forms Builder 10g:
* Use either the ENTER button or mouse click to navigate between mandatory fields in a form (currently only TAB works)
* Populate a field[s] after pressing a search button based on a SQL query
* Populate a field[s] on launch based on a SQL query
* Throw a warning message if an SQL query returns with a specific result
* Populate a drop down menu based on a SQL query (ie only show valid options to user)
* Remove static highlighting (fields should only be highlighted if necessary, which is never on this particular form)

I've been able to reduce my problem down to the fact that Oracle Forms Builder 10g is not configured correctly on my machine for my environment. I can seem to get Oracle Forms Builder to see my libraries. When I load the form I'm working on I get the following error:
FRM-18108: Failed to load the following objects.
Source Module:utlf_gui
Source Object: TOOLBAR_MDI
+... (many more of the one above)+
I press ok and get the following error:
FRM-10102: Cannot attach PL/SQL library sdsl. This library attachment will be lost if the module is saved.
+... (many more of the one above)+
From my various searches on the internet I've learned that this is because Oracle Forms Developer can not find the listed PL/SQL libraries and I should check my Environmental variables. I've set up two Environmental variables with the following:
Forms_Path = C:\<project path>\Lib\ (This is the folder in the project folder where all the PL/SQL libraries are stored)
Forms90_Path = C:\<project path>\Lib\ (This is the folder in the project folder where all the PL/SQL libraries are stored)
I created both Environmental variables because there wasn't any consistency on the sites I was checking to which was needed.
Also if I try to attack a PL/SQL library I get the following error:
Attached library name <name> contains a non-portable directory specification. Remove path?
I press yes or no and get the following error:
PDE-PLI038 Cannot open file for use as a PL/SQL library.
Any help is much appreciated.
Edited by: ThomasBoxall on 12-Dec-2011 12:18

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