Re: forms 4.0 questions!!!

forms programming is mondo trouble. sure you dont want to do Oracle Power Objects instead, and write code in basic instead. it will save you the grief you will be running into later.

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In article <1995Nov10.153110.78346_at_ucl.ac.uk>, B.Williams_at_chime.ucl.ac.uk
(Bev) wrote:



> In article <30A217BF.6E1D_at_med.ge.com>, haol_at_med.ge.com says...

> >

> >Hi, everyone:


> >    I am a beginner of Oracle PL/SQL in forms4.0 and in the process of

> >learning it. Limited by the resources availabe, I can only find some

> >small examples from books. And the manual is not quite clear about it.

> >If it is possible, could anyone send me a complete application code

> >using PL/SQL in forms 4.0. Whatever the application is will be very

> >helpful in speeding up my learning. 

> >    Thanks very much in advance.

> >-- 

> >Li Hao

> >G.E. Medical Systems

> >email:hao_at_ct.med.ge.com

> 

> Hi there,

> When I first started using PL/SQL it was in forms4.0 and what I did was load 

> up all the demos that come with the application - like Othello and

 Chess. Then 


> I converted them from binary to text - which gives a text version of the


 form, 


> and printed the code sections out. This was really useful cos I got a good 


> idea of what was happening, and then created some test forms to do really 

> basic things. 

> Hope this is of some use to you, and that you get to grips with it soon. Once 

> you get going you'll be fine, its pretty straightforward.

> 

> By the way, if you have any background knowledge in Ada, you'll get the hang 

> of PL/SQl pretty quick.

> _____________

> Bev Williams