Tools Survey: GUI Development for E-Business Suite

Question

Hi,
I choose four different tools that are able to create graphical user interfaces which are working in the Oracle E-Business Suite. Now I have to judge all the tools and take one 'winner'. For this I made some criteria list:
1. Development
1.1 Rapidness
1.2 EBS Integration
2. Application
2.1 Performance
2.2 GUI
3. Miscellaneous
3.1 Support of Oracle
3.2 Community (-Size)
3.3 Costs
Now the four tools are:
A Oracle Forms
B Oracle APEX
C Oracle Application Framework
D Microsoft .NET Framework
I just want to ask if some users that have experience with one or more of that tools give me some judgements or hints. I want to give every tool 1 to 5 points and in the end I have a 'winner'. So it would be great if many users participate and give points for one or more tools (if possible with some small comments)... thx

Answer 1

Now that depends on what you want to achieve.
If you want to extend or customize a standard EBS screen, then the best way is to use OAF and Forms.
If you want to create new applications using new tables, etc that can integrate with EBS well that depends on your current skills. You can use all the 4 tools you mentioned, however using OAF and Forms (template.fmb) is recommended because it inherits Oracle EBS features as well internal libraries also it is created specifically for EBS so you can use EBS like feature like personalization or custom.pll.
However I've seen companies use other tools to create new applications, just that you might need to give more effort IMHO.