Re: About Oracle9iAS

"Edzard" <edzard_at_volcanomail.com> wrote in message news:5d75e934.0306160640.23e1dbc6_at_posting.google.com...
> "Tanel Poder" <tanel@@peldik.com> wrote in message
news:<3eeda314_1_at_news.estpak.ee>...
> > "M" <noreply_at_noreply.com> wrote in message
> > news:bck6tp$2vu1$1_at_news.hgc.com.hk...
> > > Thanks. I understand that Oracle is a little bit weak in client
> > > applications,
> > > esp. in Forms & Reports, not to mention Oracle Graphics. However,
> > > quite a lot of appls still run using Oracle Forms, e.g. Oracle
Financials.
> > > That's why I need to learn this "tech", no matter I like it or not.
> >
> > Hi!
> >
> > Actually forms is a very powerful user interface tool/language, it
doesn't
> > look nice, but it allows to increase productivity of GUI users, if built
and
> > deployed correctly. Of course, now web technnologies allow to build as
> > powerful UI-s, but forms will remain around for long time, especially
> > because E-Business Suite (although they've moved parts of their
applications
> > to SSF, html-based self service framework)
> >
> > Tanel.
>
> Hello,
>
> With regards to the RTF-issue: there is a document: "Deploying Forms
> Applications to the Web" as it was called with Forms6i (now maybe
> "Forms Services Deployment Guide"). I did not succeed to run Forms
> services independent from 9iAS, that is I needed to have Apache and/or
> JSERV services started. Did NOT need an infrastructue DB though.
>
> It is great to be able to build web applications just with your old
> Forms and Reports tools and knowledge. Still, 9iAS includes it own
> form builder and that may be better suited for the web.
>
> Best regards, Edzard Pasma

Hi. I also didn't install the 9iAS but when I try to run a test form built by 9iDS Forms, it said the page http://p31g/forms90/f90servlet/forms=... cannot be found.

Seems confusing to me... Received on Mon Jun 16 2003 - 11:34:03 CDT