Re: questions questions.................

On Sat, 27 May 2000 21:26:30 +0100, "Jeanette Weldon" <jeanette.weldon3_at_virgin.net> wrote:

>1. we currently have forms 4.5 on an oracle 7.3.2 database
>we want to upgrade to 32bit forms. What are the merits of upgrading to
>forms 6 rather than forms 5?

Forms 6 give you more than 5 like standard treeviews. That's already a good reason to swith to 6.
Other are better procedure editor with syntax highlight, autoindentation, better search capabilities...

>2.Does a tool exist which will convert forms 4.5 .fmbs to
>either forms 5 .fmbs or forms 6 .fmbs all in one go. Ditto
>for converting reports 2.5 rdfs into reports 3.0 rdfs?

Just open the form in 5 or 6 and the conversion will occure. The same for reports

Bien à vous,

Luc Bosman
DEV/2000 Software Engineer
Database and Network Administrator
IILE-SRI
rue Ransonnet, 5
B-4020 LIEGE
BELGIUM
l.bosman_at_wanadoo.be
ICQ 37011625 http://users.skynet.be/kobukai/

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