What is advatage of oaf over oracle forms

Hi Group,
This is azamtulla oracle apps technical consultant.
Can anybody tell me the diffrence between OAF and oracle Forms?
what is the advantage of OAF over Forms?
how can we explain our client what is advantage of oaf over forms?what benift he get in his business?
Thanks Regards
k azamtulla khan

Go through the initial chapters of OAF dev guide and you will get enough information.
--Shiv

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