Forms 9i: New Features

Course Overview

This course teaches experienced Release 6i Forms users how to migrate to Oracle9i Forms and utilize its new features to provide effective Internet applications. In this practical course, you will migrate forms from earlier releases, and then enhance the application using new features of Oracle9i Forms Developer.

Audience

• Forms Developer

Prerequisites

• Experience developing/deploying applications on Forms 6i
• Familiarity with Oracle9iAS architecture.
• Familiarity with Java language concepts will be an advantage

Skills Gained

• Deploy applications globally with different languages, time zones, and character sets
• Deploy Internet applications using the Forms Listener Servlet
• Improve productivity with one-button testing
• Migrate Forms applications to Oracle9i Forms
• Use new run time features to enhance functionality
• Utilize Java within Form modules

Course Outline

Why Upgrade to Oracle9i Forms?

• Oracle9i Products
• Oracle9iDS Application Development
• Oracle9iDS Business Intelligence
• Benefits of Oracle9i Developer Suite
• Oracle9i Forms Overview
• Optimized for the Web
• Productivity Enhancements

Deploying Forms Applications on the Internet

• Oracle 9iAS Architecture
• What Is OC4J?
• What Is Oracle Forms Services?
• Forms Services Architecture Overview
• The Forms Servlet
• The Forms Client
• The Forms Listener Servlet
• The Forms Runtime Engine

Migrating Existing Applications to Oracle9i Forms

• Migration Path
• Upgrading from Older Versions
• Upgrading from Forms Listener Deployment
• Upgrading from Client-Server Deployment
• Upgrading from Character Mode Deployment
• Upgrading to Oracle9i Forms
• Using the Oracle9i Forms Migration Assistant

Designing Forms Outside the Builder

• How to Design Forms Without Forms Builder
• Using the Java API to Modify Modules
• JDAPI Architecture
• Creating New Modules
• Adding Objects to Modules
• Modifying Forms Objects
• Copying and Subclassing
• Handling Exceptions

Troubleshooting Forms Applications

• The Debugging Process
• Setting Breakpoints
• Setting Breakpoints: Stored Code
• The Debug Console
• Running a Form in Debug Mode
• Stepping Through Code
• Remotely Debugging a Running Form

Integrating Java into Forms Applications

• Using Java in Forms
• Support for Java 1.3
• Using Client-Side Code
• Interacting with JavaBeans
• Introducing the FBean Package
• Setting Bean Area Item Properties
• Responding to EvenDeploying JavaBeans for Forms Applications
• Enhancing the User Experience

Deploying Forms Applications Globally

• Defining Item Length for Different Character Sets
• Adjusting for Different Time Zones
• The Time Zone Data File
• Implementing Time Zone Support
• Displaying Applications in Multiple Languages
• Translated Applications at Run Time
• Deploying Language-Specific Applications
• Translating an Application