Re: oracle forms/report, should i learn it?

Jan,
Thanks alot !!!

Regards,
Andi

"Jan Gelbrich" <j_gelbrich_at_westfalen-blatt.de> wrote in message news:b7gf48$kl68$1_at_ID-152732.news.dfncis.de...
> "andi" <a_at_a.com> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
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> > Hi,
> > Thanks for your respond.
> > How do you start your forms development? what are your reference books
> > besides the online help?
> >
> Very hard to say, because Forms documentation is rare, and *good*
> documentation is - non-existent :(.
>
> These are some books in my shelf:
>
> Oracle Developer
> Advanced Forms and Reports
> by Author(s): Peter Koletzke, Paul Dorsey
> ISBN: 0072120487
> Format: Softcover, 835 pages.
> Issued: 2000
> $59.99 US
> Oracle Press Books
> (my first one; maybe good for newbees)
>
> Oracle Forms Developers Handbook
> Albert Lulushi
> Issued: 2000
> ISBN 0-13-030754-8
> 975 (!!!) pages
> US$ 59.99
> Prentice Hall PTR
> (I would suggest You this one)
>
> Oracle Developer
> Forms Techniques
> by Bulusu Lakshman
> List Price: $34.99
> Published: FEB 18, 2000
> ISBN: 0672318466
> Pages: 264
> (for advanced forms programmers, I am just starting using it properly)
> http://www.sams.com
>
>
> And that is it. I started programming practically one year ago.
>
> Expect a *long* time to get familiar with Forms, it is very complex
> (to my mind, the database is a tiny child sandbox compared to this ...),
> and some very important concepts (e.g. system modes)
> are not documented in most of them.
>
> So I started to make my own personal HTML manual, just fitting to my
needs.
> It is constantly growing as I
> am getting more and more used to it. But it maybe not useful for you - it
is
> in German ...
>
> But You can mail me if You want some help.
>
> hth, Jan
>
>
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