Re: Oracle forms 5.0 to vb.net

William Smith wrote:
> Just curious how many forms you have to convert. VB .net is a RAD (Rapid
> Application Development) tool and what could take 1 -2 days to develop in
> Oracle forms can usually be developed in less than an hour in VB. I am chief
> Oracle DBA at a large university and also am very skilled at VB and ASP .net
> and I am confident that there are no tools to do such a conversion. The
> differences between VB and forms are so extreme that developing such a
> product would be impossible.
> Hope this helps.
> W.Arnold Smith
>
> <shah.dm_at_gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:1166545398.766261.94030_at_a3g2000cwd.googlegroups.com...

>> Is there any tool available to convert old oracle forms 5.0 to vb.net
>> or C#?
>> Appreicate if someone can help me out.

Most Version 5 forms can be converted to 10g in a few hours. I don't think you'll get that with VB. Not to mention much of the code in Oracle forms is the exact same SQL and PL/SQL written in the database.

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