Re: Forms 3 --> client-server GUI application porting

Geoff,

    Since others have written books on this subject, I make no claim of expertise. That said, if you are interested in going with Oracle Forms 4.0 or 4.5, you will have a fairly smooth road ahead of you. Forms 4.5 (still in beta I believe) is a really nice environment to convert your 3.0 forms into 4.5 format (They even look nicer!) them you can modify the .fmb files, create you buttons, change your LOVs in pull downs, use check boxes and radio buttons. Slick features of 4.5 are the object navigator and ability to edit/compile client triggers from form painter. You may want to move some (many even) of your form level triggers to the backend to decrease net traffic/increase forms performance.

    I've worked with PowerBuilder, SQLWindows, and Visual Basic which all have their strong points, but converting 3.0 Forms to a GUI environment seems to be the strong point of 4.5.

By the way, I don't work for Oracle...

Richard A. Wark
Computer Sciences Corp. warkr_at_vanadium.brooks.af.mil Brooks AFB, San Antonio TEXAS  

In article <237_at_funhouse.win-uk.net>, geoff_at_funhouse.win-uk.net (Geoff Benn) says:
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>Forms 3 --> client-server GUI application porting
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>Please can someone help me on the subject of porting an existing
>application from Oracle Forms 3 to a client server environment ?
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>I would like to know how feasible it is using some form of
>automated tool for the port, and then how much manual re-work might
>remain using client-server development tools.
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>All suggestions on possible tools would be greatly appreciated.
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>Thanks in advance.
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