Contents

Title and Copyright Information

Preface

• Intended Audience
• Documentation Accessibility
• Related Documents
• Conventions

1 Why Migrate?

• Overview
• About Upgrading Your Forms Applications to 10g (10.1.2)
• Forms 6i Features Removed from Oracle Forms
• Components Removed from the Developer Product Suite
• How are Obsolete Item Types Handled when Migrating Forms 6i Applications?
• Are Tools Available to Assist with the Migration of Obsolete Features?

2 Using the Oracle Forms Migration Assistant

• What Does the Oracle Forms Migration Assistant Do?
• • Multiple Log Support
• Editing the converter.properties File
• Editing the search_replace.properties File
• • Adding Search-and-Replace Strings
  • Modifying Warnings for Obsolete Built-Ins
• Starting the Oracle Forms Migration Assistant
• • About the Migration Assistant in Batch Mode
  • Starting the Migration Assistant in Batch Mode
  • Running the Wizard Version of the Forms Migration Assistant
  • • Setting Advanced Converter Options

3 Converting Forms 6i FMTs to Oracle Forms FMBs

• Converting a Forms 6i FMT to an Oracle Forms FMB

4 Built-ins, Packages, Constants, and Syntax

• Obsolete Menu Built-ins
• Other Obsolete Built-ins
• Obsolete Built-in Packages
• Obsolete Constants
• Obsolete Syntax

5 Triggers

• Obsolete Triggers
• Stricter Enforcement of Triggers

6 Properties

• Obsolete Properties

7 Changes to Client-Server Deployment and Forms Runtime

• Overview
• Effect on Forms Development
• Obsolete Forms Runtime Command Line Options
• Obsolete Character Mode Runtime

8 Item Types

• Item Types Specific to Operating Systems

9 Logical and GUI Attributes

• Use Visual Attributes to Replace Logical and GUI Attributes
• Obsolete Logical and GUI Attributes

10 List of Values (LOVs)

• Obsolete List of Values (LOVs)

11 User Exits

• Obsolete V2 User Exits

12 Menu Parameters

• Predefined Menu Parameters
• User-Defined Menu Parameters

13 Java-Related Issues

• Using oracle.ewt Classes in Pluggable Java Components
• JDK Versions and Font-Rendering Issues

14 Integrating Reports and Graphics

• Overview
• Oracle Graphics6i
• • Displaying Existing Charts in Oracle Forms
  • Editing Existing Chart Items
• About Integration with Oracle Reports
• • Displaying Reports in Oracle Forms
  • Example
  • Notes About the Example
  • Using Parameter Lists in RUN_REPORT_OBJECT
  • Migration Steps

15 Migrating Client-Server Applications to the Web

• Guidelines for Migration
• About Client-Server-Based Architecture
• About Web-Based Architecture

16 Upgrading from Pre-Forms 6i Applications to Oracle Forms

• Upgrading a Form
• PL/SQL 10 Support
• • Compatibility with Earlier Versions of PL/SQL
• Forms Developer Runtime Behavior

Index