From: "John Alexander" Newsgroups: comp.databases.oracle.server,comp.databases.oracle.tools References: <01c01828$8587c580$73007bcb@terapanda> Subject: Re: Portability issues Lines: 28 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2314.1300 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2314.1300 Message-ID: Date: Sat, 09 Sep 2000 22:21:18 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 24.28.55.70 X-Complaints-To: abuse@rr.com X-Trace: typhoon.tampabay.rr.com 968538078 24.28.55.70 (Sat, 09 Sep 2000 18:21:18 EDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 09 Sep 2000 18:21:18 EDT Organization: RoadRunner - TampaBay Forms and reports are very portable. In most cases, it is simply a matter of copying the source files (RDF, PLL, FMB, MMB) to the Unix box and recompiling. In a few cases, you may find it necessary to adjust some fields. John Alexander Summit Software Design Newbie wrote in message news:01c01828$8587c580$73007bcb@terapanda... > Hi > > We are developing Oracle Application on NT. If we were to migrate to Unix > or other platform, what are the main issues and concern for the following > scenarios: > > 1. Client still on Win9x, Oracle dataserver ported to run in Unix box. > > 2. Client change to non Win9x, oracle server ported to run in Unix. > > Will the application build using forms and reports be affected. How easy is > the porting from one platform to the other? > > Pls advise me. >