Re: Upgrading Oracle Forms and Reports

"K. Nielsen" <nahdsl232734_at_nahvip.cybercity.dk> wrote in message news:458ea943$0$183$157c6196_at_dreader1.cybercity.dk...
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> "J.R. Giardine" <giardin_at_mcmaster.ca> wrote in message
> news:4587FBB1.AA956BFA_at_mcmaster.ca...
>> Hello:
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>> I need some advice on upgrading Oracle forms and reports. We are back
>> in the stone age, running Forms 5.0 and Report Builder 3.0 with Oracle
>> 8i. We are finally going to upgrade to 10g. Is is possible to migrate
>> our forms and reports without rewriting them? If anyone has been
>> through this, please drop me a line.
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>> Thanks!
>>
>> Joe
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>> --
>> Joe Giardine
>> Programmer/Analyst
>> University Technology Services
>> McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario
>> (905) 525-9140 ext. 27659
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> Been through it.
> Here's a starting point: (on windows platform)
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> for %%f in (*.fmb) do start /w d:\your DS\bin\ifcmp90.exe module=%%f
> userid=user/pass_at_base1 compile_all=yes Logon=YES Batch=YES build=Yes
> upgrade=yes Window_state=Minimize
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> You may also want to have a look at the WebUtil Package from Oracle.
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> Seasons Greetings everyone !
Forgot about reports: We just 'moved them over' without problems, but if you have reports that save it's output to the client you will need WebUtil (or something similar). Received on Sun Dec 24 2006 - 17:43:44 CET