Re: Experiences with upgrading Forms3 to Forms4.5 via Designer2000?

Susan Dahl wrote:
>
> I am consider this as one of the most automated approaches to getting my
> character based forms GUI. The plan is to use the Oracle provided forms
> conversion utility to get to version 4.5, then importing the whole
> application into the Des2K repository. I would like to then define the
> GUI template/style guide to Des2K and have it generate the forms to get
> them into a true GUI presentation, without having to touch each
> converted form to do so. I have been told by Oracle that the Release
> 1.3 of Des2K does not handle the PL/SQL in Forms Triggers so I will need
> to wait a few months to do this in Release 2.0 of Des2K, which will
> actually generate version 5 forms.
>
> Anyone have any comments on the reliability, completeness, functionality
> of the resulting application?
>
> Thanks for any insights!
> Susan Dahl

Susan,
This does not directly answer your question, as I do not have the experience with Designer/2000 you are seeking. However, there are significant issues that need to be addressed when upgrading from SQL*Forms to Developer/2000. We have a white paper on our Web site ( http://www.tcdb.com ) that you are welcome to use for reference.

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