Re: PB 4.0 vs Oracle Forms
Date: 20 Mar 1995 08:10:29 GMT
Message-ID: <SMUENCH.95Mar20001029_at_doh.oracle.com>
>> This is urgent.
>> I need more information about why I should choose PB over Forms or vice
>> versa. Please respond soon. Thank you.
>
>One reason I haven't gone with forms is that with PB there's no fee
>for every machine you install your app on. Last time I checked Oracle
>charged for every client machine that you ran a forms application on.
Oracle's Developer/2000 suite, announced last week, include the latest
and greatest release of Forms 4.5 and has free runtimes.
>Also with PB you can build Standard windows MDI apps which act like
>every other comercial app (word, excel etc..). I thought forms locked
>you into their paradime... ( i know use spellcheck)
With Oracle Forms 4.5, included in the Developer/2000 suite, you build standard Windows MDI applications which behave like any other Windows app on the market. The benefits over Powerbuilder in the MDI area are:
(1) We support vertical and horizontal toolbar alleys on all
windows including the MDI parent window. These toolbar alleys
can have all the same controls you need in your toolbars just
like *real* Windows applications have: buttons, poplists,
text items, even VBX controls! PB supports only iconic buttons
in the MDI parent window.
(2) You don't write code to get an MDI app in Oracle Forms, in PB
you do (they're new application template can save you a little
time, but you still end up writing code for most MDI apps)
(3) Oracle Forms offers a unique feature where without writing
code you can bring up multiple instances of the same form, or
instances of different forms inside the MDI parent frame,
(here's the kicker) each with its own private session to the
Oracle database, using only a single *connection* to the
database. You can optionally have all the child windows
share the same transaction, and Forms' automatic transaction
management and error handling makes sure that either all the
pending changes in all windows succeed together or are rolled
back together.
Hope this helps.
-- .,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,., Steve Muench Email: smuench_at_oracle.com Loc: 400 OP, 1288 Sr. Product Manager Phone: 415 506 7000 MS: 659412 Enterprise/Object Fax: 415 506 7228 CIS: 73404,676 Tools Development .,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,,.,.,.,., Oracle Corporation .,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,Received on Mon Mar 20 1995 - 09:10:29 CET