Why do you need that? Just putting your form fmx in the forms server
will convert the form to a java class and you can deploy it as an applet.
"Carlos Netto" <cnetto_at_softwaredesign.com.br> wrote in message
news:5748a81b.0111021827.50b24e4c_at_posting.google.com...
> I have some Oracle Forms based applications. I'd like to convert them
> to Java
> (JFC). I think that's possible to create a program to do some
> automatic
> convertion from Oracle Forms to Java.
>
> The basic block behavior is relative easy to do. You just have query,
> delete, update, insert and post method. The page is not so difficult
> as well; I can see converting all forms and block definition to a XML
> file that will direct some generic objects written in Java.
>
> Other issue is to convert the PL/SQL code. We have a grammar for
> PL/SQL, write a parser and generate the correspondent Java code. This
> java code can be like one .class per Trigger that will be registred
> like listeners for the generic block object, defined in the XML file I
> wrote above.
>
> I can imagine that such kind of tool can not only convert but also
> create a easy to use Java Framework for creating that simple
> insert/delete/update screens, like Forms does very well, but in Java,
> running in every Browser, no Forms Server, no 1,000s of US$, etc.
>
> Do somebody here know such kind of tool? If such tool doesn't exist,
> what about to start such tool, creating a group to develop it arround
> the world?
>
> Best Regards,
>
> Carlos Netto
> Software Design
> Improving your Business
>
Received on Sat Nov 03 2001 - 14:42:19 CST
