Re: Forms 6i and XP Certification

I am including all the current XP certification information from Metalink.
hope this proves useful
Zafer AKTAN
Oracle DBA/Developer

On Tue, 25 Feb 2003 00:51:35 -0800, SoulSurvivor wrote:

> Just posting a link i found on Metalink for future reference. Looks like
> Forms 6i is certified on XP but ONLY the design time environment.
>
> http://otn.oracle.com/products/forms/htdocs/FormsSOD.html

      Product Information
          o In order to allow existing customers to upgrade their applications to

Oracle9i Forms, Oracle Forms 6i will be supported until December 31st, 2004. It was previously considered to provide this support until 2006. Given the large number of new features requested by Oracle Forms customers for future releases, Oracle has decided to focus its development,testing and certification resources to meet these expectations, while still providing a realistic time  frame to let existing customers upgrade to the latest release.

          o For the same reasons, Oracle Forms 6i will not be tested and certified for client/server deployment on new operating systems. For instance, Oracle Forms 6i deployment in client/server will not be supported on Windows XP (or later operating systems). However the Forms 6i Builder (design-time environment) with patch 13 will be certified on Windows XP and the Forms 6i client for Web deployment will continue to be certified on the latest operating systems. (In fact, the Forms 6i client for Web deployment is already certified on Windows XP.)

          o For more information regarding Oracle's Forms strategy, please refer to the Oracle Forms Statement of Direction posted on OTN.

          o To help customers upgrade their existing Forms applications to the Web, Oracle provides free resources -- including white papers, HowTo's, code samples, tutorials, FAQs, and more -- on the OTN Oracle Forms Upgrade Center. The center also includes testimonials from customers who moved to the Web, so you can benefit from their experience.

          o NOTE: It is certified for a Forms 6i Client (web deployed) to run on XP as documented in the Client Statement of Direction.

                + -Forms Product Management

      Client Information
          o Windows XP has 2 editions/versions, Professional and Home. Oracle

XP N/A N/A Certified Yes(*) None None None (*) see below XP 6.0.8.22, Patch 13 N/A Projected None N/A N/A N/A

(*) Certify - Additional Info Oracle Forms 6i Version N/A On Microsoft Windows XP

Operating System: Microsoft Windows XP Version XP Oracle Forms 6i Version N/A
N/A Version N/A
Status: Certified

Product Version Note:
None available for this product.

Certification Note:

      Note:Certified for Client (web deployed). Received on Tue Feb 25 2003 - 23:33:45 CET