Oracle Forms code review documentation tool?

To achieve an SEI Level-3 certification, one must do code reviews. Is there a tool for creating a document containing 'all the code' in an Oracle*Form v6.0?
We are basically looking for the equivalent of the old FORMDOC feature of Forms 4.0; it listed all the attributes of the blocks, items, record groups, triggers, pl/sql program units... everything!

Thanks... I looked at that and didn't think it was all in there, but I looked again after I got your reply and it appears to be what we are looking for (at least a starting point).

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