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Oracle Forms News Archive

Recent Announcements

Forms Modernization Event in Switzerland

The Oracle Forms modernization roadshow is coming to Switzerland on the 11th June 2008
15-May-2008

A new demo for JSpell 2004 has been added to the Sample Code page.
20-Sep-2007
Patch set 3 of the Application Server version 10.1.2 (10.1.2.3) was released to Metalink on the 10th of March 2008. It contains more than 1200 fixes and includes certification of Microsoft Vista for Oracle Forms
19-Mar-2008
Certification of Sun's JRE 1.6 We have finished the certification of Sun's JRE 1.6.0_04 for use with patch set 3 of the Application Server that was released two weeks ago. No issue were encountered and no additional patches are needed to run the Forms client with 1.6 of the JRE. The certification was done with Firefox 2.0 and MS Internet Explorer 7.
1-Apr-2008
Forms Modernization Webcast

Grant Ronald will be co-presenting with Oracle Partner PITSS at this webinar on modernizing Oracle Forms applications
20-May-2008

Oracle Forms and SOA Modernization Event, London

This is a co-hosted event by Oracle Product Management and 3i Infotech focused on upgrading and modernization your Oracle Forms applications. There will also be opportunties for 1-1 sessions with Oracle Product Management and 3i Infotech
10-April-2008

Oracle Forms Modernization Event in Spain Oracle Spain are running an event on modernization of Oracle Forms applications including strategy, SOA and web services.
25-Mar-2008
Reprise of the Forms event on the 17th of April

Run in cooperation with Oracle partner, IMEX of Canada, this online event covers upgrading your Forms applications to the latest version and recent and upcoming features in the next version of Forms. Its on the 17th of April, starting at 1:30 EST. Visit this page to learn how you can participate.

Oracle Forms Event in the US on the 3rd of April

Run in cooperation with Oracle partner, IMEX of Canada, this online event covers upgrading your Forms applications to the latest version and recent and upcoming features in the next version of Forms. Its on the 3rd of April, starting at 1:30 EST. Visit this page to learn how you can participate.
20-Feb-2008

Oracle Forms event on the 28th of March PITSS America is holding an event to showcase their tool PITSS.CON. Go to this page to learn more and to register for the event.
19-Mar-2008
Forms and SOA: The Hows and Whys The buzz around SOA is undeniable. But what is the impact and way forward for you as a Forms user?
9-Jun-2007
Integrating Forms with SOA This new whitepaper describes techniques for integrating Forms with a Service Oriented Architecture, SOA.
7-Jun-2007
Calling a Web Service from Forms 10.1.2 This how-to shows how you can call an external Web service from Oracle Forms 10.1.2
04-Apr-2007
Oracle Forms Event in Italy Run by partner Insirio, this event discusses Oracle Forms modernization, upgrade and SOA.
20-Feb-2008
Oracle Forms and SOA event in Sweden The next in a series of Forms and SOA events is being run for you on the 18th January 2008 in Sweden.
21-Dec-2007
Using Oracle Forms as a component in a JSF page Wilfred van der Deijl from Eurotransplant shows how you can integrate Forms as a component in a JSF page allowing you to mix Forms and JSF technologies
04-May-2007
Forms and SOA Presentation at DOAG This is the presentation on Forms and SOA given by Grant Ronald at the German Oracle User Group (DOAG)
23-Nov-2007
If you are based in Portugal and running Oracle Forms applications, an event is being run for you on the 13th December 2007 in Lisbon. The event is focused on modernising your Oracle Forms applications through upgrade, integration and service enabling.
Grant Ronald will be presenting Forms strategy as well as talking about Forms upgrades. He will also be demoing how a Forms application can integrate with technologies like web services and BPEL.
6-Dec-2007
Forms and SOA Presentation at DOAG This is the presentation on Forms and SOA given by Grant Ronald at the German Oracle User Group (DOAG)
23-Nov-2007
A new Look and Feel for Oracle Forms ZIP This community white paper shows how you can define the look of your Forms application from a CSS. Also, blog interview with the paper's author.
05-Apr-2007
Oracle Forms and SOA: An Executive Summary An Executive Summary of Forms in an SOA world.
23-Mar-2007
Oracle Forms Upgrade Free Event Come and meet the global experts in Oracle Forms at this free event. Find out how to upgrade your Forms applications. New!
5-Jun-2007
Oracle Forms, the roadmap to SOA event Events for Oracle partners who are looking to adopt SOA technologies. New!
15-May-2007
Oracle Support Webcast events Oracle Support are running a series of webcasts on technical features of Oracle Forms. Log into metalink and search for Note:423317.1 for the full schedule. New!
5-Jun-2007
Oracle Forms, JDeveloper, ADF and SOA Event Get hands-on and learn about integrating Forms with SOA technologies. Event runs on the 30th May 2007
09-May-2007
Customer Video La Capitale and Fujitsu Consulting leverage their Forms experience to deliver a Java based Internet Application in 90 days
26-Jan-2007
Advanced configuration of Oracle Forms Need to know how to set up multiple instance of OC4J on one machine? Need to load balance your Forms? Do you want to integrate Forms and J2EE applications. In that case you need this paper.
15-Jan-2007
Forms reacting to external events In his latest blog entry, Francois Degrelle shows how you can send events from external sources (like a telnet session) and have Forms asynchronously react to those events.
16-Oct-2006
Blog Interview In his second "blog interview", Grant Ronald speaks to Andreas Gaede, Managing Director of Forms Upgrade company, PITSS, on their upgrade tool and experiences.
30-Aug-2006
Blog Interview Grant Ronald "blog interviews" Wilfred van der Deijl from Eurotransplant on their experience of upgrading Oracle Forms and their first steps into J2EE development.
2-May-2006
Integrating Forms and Collab. Suite Find out how to manage and integrate with Collab. Suite email from Oracle Forms.
10-Apr-2006
Forms and BPEL Demo This demo shows how Forms can participate in a Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) environment. It uses one of the standard samples that are supplied when you install Oracle BPEL Process Manager, which you can download from OTN. In this demo Forms will invoke a web service, and also communicate with Oracle BPEL Process Manager using the Java API.
8-Mar-2006
Running Forms with upcoming versions of Microsoft Internet Explorer A new version of Internet Explorer and Oracle's plans to make it work as it used to with Forms.
28-Feb-2006
New site for PJCs and Java Beans One of our Forms customers has an initative to host a library of PJCs and Java Beans
20-Feb-2006
Free workshops - J2EE for Forms Developers To date, 11 dates around EMEA and North America. These free events are written specifically for the Forms audience as an introduction to the Java platform through JDeveloper and Oracle ADF.
11-Jan-2006
Community White Paper - Generic LOVs zip This paper explains how you can can build sophisticated LOVs which filter on different columns and can be easily customised by the end user.
26-Oct-2005
Forms Upgrade Developer Day Forms Upgrade Developer Day announced for the 6th April
27-Mar-2006
Advanced Configuration of Oracle Forms This new white paper explains some of the advanced techniques of configuring the Forms Server.
3-Oct-2005
Reference: Eurotransplant Read how Eurotransplant were successful in upgrading their Forms applications
03-Oct-2005
New release of Webutil available Webutil release 1.0.6 is now available for download. Webutil 1.0.6 can be used with 9.0.4 of Forms as well as 10.1.2.0.2
24-Aug-2005
Grant Ronald Blogs about Forms performance Grant Ronald blogs about whether you can expect to get client/server performance running on a WAN.
15-Jul-2005
New Website for Forms developers who are looking at J2EE As a Forms developer you are probably aware of the promotion around the J2EE platform. But what does it mean for you? We have now lauched a web page which specifically targets the Forms audience to introduce them to J2EE, JDeveloper and Oracle ADF.
28-Apr-2005
Yorkshire Building Society reap the benefits of upgrading to Oracle Forms 10g "By moving from client/server applications towards a browser-based architecture we were able to leverage our technology investment, share business logic and extend functionality without incurring additional development costs." -- Graham Brown, Development Architect, Yorkshire Building Society
14-Mar-2005
Forms Services 10g Release 2 (10.1.2.0.2) Available! Download Oracle Application Server and Developer Suite 10g Release 2 and see what Forms Services can do for you.
05-Sep-2005
Forms Roadmap Viewlet This viewlet gives an outline of Oracle's Tools strategy and the commitment to the future of Oracle Forms. It should be viewed in conjuntion with the Tool SOD
28-Apr-2005
Oracle Forms in the SOA world: Oracle Magazine Oracle Magazine have published an article on how your Forms can live in a Service Oriented Architecture
21-Mar-2005
Oracle Forms and J2EE: Oracle Magazine Oracle Magazine have published a great article explaining how Forms and J2EE are providing complementary technologies. Read how one of our customer has found a good balance in building their business applications
11-Jan-2005
Oracle Forms 10g - Capacity Planning Guide This paper is designed to help you understand the scalability features of Oracle Application Server Forms Services 10g (9.0.4) and how you can scale your Forms application
10-Feb-2005
Oracle Forms, Oracle Reports, Oracle Designer Statement of Direction. This article summarises Oracle's Software Development strategy for Oracle Forms, Oracle Reports and Oracle Designer.
25-Jun-2004
BI Graph Patch for Forms 10g Patch and additional features available to the BI Graph demo bean for Oracle Forms 10g
2-Feb-2005
Free Forms Upgrade Workshop Oracle Product Management are running another two of their highly successful Oracle Forms Upgrade to the Web workshops.
3-Feb-2005
Oracle Forms Developer 10g: Build Internet Applications We are announcing the availability of this new course on building Oracle Forms 10g Internet Applications.
14-Sep-2004
Learn how to debug web deployment issues through the Forms Listener Servlet This new paper gives an insight into how the Forms Listener Servlet can aid in the diagnosis and detection of runtime errors when running a web deployed Oracle Forms application
10-Sep-2004
New version of ORARRP available Orarrp provides local printing of web-based reports. Updated version available now.
11-Aug-2004
Free Oracle Forms Upgrade Workshops We are very please to announce two free workshops on upgrading your client/server application to the web. Learn the benefits and tricks to upgrading directly from Oracle's Product Management team. (Events Full - Registrations Now Closed)
10-Dec-2004
Oracle Forms 10g WebUtil Production Oracle has now released the production version of Oracle Forms Webutil, which gives you desktop integration, out of the box, on the Web.
4-Aug-2004
Oracle Forms Community White Paper This is a new paper written by a member of the Oracle Forms community. In this example, how a user can dynamically customize the colors in a Forms application
19-Jul-2004
Become a Forms Upgrade Expert We are very pleased to announce a free workshop on upgrading your client/server application to the Web. This event is being held in Oracle's Dublin office on the 5th of October. Learn all the upgrade tricks directly from Oracle's Product Management team.
22-Sep-2004
Calling a Web Service from Oracle Application Server 10g Check out this "Oracle By Example" module which explains how to call a Web service from Oracle Application Server 10g Forms Services.
24-Jun-2004
Oracle By Example - creating a Master/Detail Form This example will step you through how to create a Master/Detail Form with Oracle Forms Builder 10g.
24-Jun-2004
Oracle Forms 10g Demos Download and play with the new Oracle Forms 10g demos including PJCs, Java Beans and feature highlights. All package up and ready to go.
10-Jun-2004
Oracle Application Server 10g for Windows Download Oracle Application Server 10g and Oracle Developer Suite 10g for Windows.
14-Apr-2004
Oracle Application Server 10g - Integrating Reports in Oracle Forms This paper discusses how to call Oracle Reports that are integrated in Oracle Forms applications.
2-Apr-2004
Oracle Forms 10g New Features Read a full specification of the new features in Oracle Forms 10g
19-Mar-2004
Oracle Forms 10g featured in Oracle Magazine Read about Oracle Forms 10g in this newly published magazine article including how WebUtil saved "man years" of development effort.
2-Mar-2004
Oracle9i Forms Diagnostic Techniques Need to understand how to diagnose bugs, errors and performance issues on you web deployed Forms application? Our new white paper contains an outline of common causes of errors, verification of installation and diagnostic tools and techniques.
23-Jan-2004
Forms Upgrade Workshops Oracle are pleased to announce new dates for the "Forms Upgrade to the Web" Developer Day workshops. These events are presented by Product Management on how to move your application to the Web. Latest dates include Reading and Edinburgh.
16-Feb-2004
Oracle Forms Services - Secure Web.Show_Document calls to Oracle Reports This paper explains for Forms and Reports 9i/10g how to use a Java Bean to secure Reports called by Web.Show_Documents. The source code is available in a zip file.
15-Feb-2004
Oracle Forms Services - Using Run_Report_Object to call Reports with a Parameter Form This new whitepaper explains how to use Run_Report_Object() with a parameter form. Furthermore this paper introduces a new Forms Java Bean that allows the userid parameter to be stored in a temporary cookie. All PL/SQL sources and Java sources are contained in the zip file.
29-Jan-2004
New viewlet on Forms 10g and Enterprise Manager A new viewlet shows how you can control and manage your Forms application using Enterprise Manager..
19-Jan-2004
Running your Forms on the Web just got easier Act now and save 75% from your Forms upgrade. Check out this new offer for web deploying your Forms application.
21-Jan-2004
Forms/Reports Web Deployment made easier Deploying Oracle Forms and Reports on the Web just became easier and faster with the Forms/Reports Services only download and install option of Oracle Application Server 10g.
6-Jan-2004
Find out about Single Sign-on enabling your application A new viewlet and white paper are now available explaining the features of single sign-on and how to easily enable your Forms application. Go to the Viewlet and 10g Papers page.
18-Dec-2003
Get Oracle Application Server 10g Now!! Download Oracle Application Server 10g and Oracle Developer Suite 10g today and see first hand, what Forms Services can do you for you.
11-Dec-2003
New Oracle9i Forms Training A series of new Forms training courses including New Features and how to deploy your Forms applications on the Web.
24-Nov-2003
Basing a Block on a Join Looking to base a block on more that one table? Check out this HOW TO which show a block based on a Join condition.
04-Nov-2003
New WebUtil Demo This new demo showcases many of the feature of WebUtil: downloading files from client machine onto the database, client side Host commands, client side OLE, browser integration and much more!.
16-Oct-2003
New Timeout PJC This new demo PJC shows how you can timeout your Forms session in response to user inactivity.12-Sep-2003
Forms and J2EE: A Business Case for Application Development You are an enterprise architect. You are about to start a new development project. Do you use Forms or J2EE? Read our new paper which uses a business case to discuss your options.Jul-2003
Forms Upgrade Workshops Oracle are pleased to announce new dates for the "Forms Upgrade to the Web" Developer Day workshops. These are free events presented by Product Management on how to move your application to the Web. Latest dates include London and Edinburgh.
29-Oct-2003
Deploying on the Web Just Became Easier Check out this time limited special promotion offering existing Oracle Forms customers a cost effective way to upgrade their applications to the Web.
19-Sep-2003
WebUtil Preview Release. The power of desktop integration is now available on the Web. Find out how WebUtil easily allows you to call functionality like Text_IO, Host, OLE and much more...all on the client browser machine. Jun-2003
FREE Online seminar - Web enabling Oracle Forms Join the Forms Product Management team for a seminar on deploying your Forms application on the Web.
 Posted Jul 2003
Calling a Web Service from Forms Do you want to exploit the "new world" of Web Services from within your Forms application? Then read this new tech tip or our step by step How To
Posted Apr 2003
Oracle9i SCM and Oracle9i Forms Integration Find out how you can perform your software configuration management from within Forms.
 Posted Apr 2003
Oracle Forms Statement of Direction Revised and updated version of the Forms Statement of Direction including information about our support for XP.
 Posted Mar 2003
Trace and Debugging Check out this new white paper on tips and tricks for debugging and tracing your application.
 Posted Feb 2003
Oracle Forms Migration Workshops Half day workshops outlining the best practices for migration to the Web.
 Posted Feb 2003
Debugging PJCs Check out this new "How To" which gives you tips on debugging PJCs . Viewlet also available.
 Posted Feb 2003
Forms Migration Assistant New GUI Version of the Forms Migration Assistant now available.
 Posted Jan 2003
New Oracle9i Forms Demo Extension Pack Download the new extension to the Forms demo suite with three new demos
 Posted Jan 2003
How to migrate to the Web - Viewlet Want to know how to migrate to the Web? Watch our interactive viewlet. Posted Dec 2002
Oracle9i Forms Internet Seminars Tune in for these "on demand" seminars ranging from Forms new features, architecture and benefits of migrating to the web.
 Posted Dec 2002
Oracle9i Forms Training Course Be the first to learn the new features in Oracle9i Forms, then check out the newest Forms training course.
 Posted Oct 2002
Oracle9i Technical Briefing Are you interested in migrating your client-server or character-mode Forms to the web? Are you interested in the new features of Oracle9i Forms? Would you like to see a demo and speak with product experts?
Click here to register...

 Posted Sept 2002
Video -Customer talking about Forms Dave Lloyd from Tomax talks about their experiences with Forms.
 Posted Sept 2002
Everything you need to Upgrade your Forms to the Web! Deploying your Oracle Forms applications to the Web will reduce cost and simplify management and you'll benefit from the latest technologies while preserving existing investments. Visit our Upgrade Center to find all the information you need.
 
Posted Sept 2002
Learn Oracle9i Forms The new course for Oracle9i Forms Developer: Build Internet Applications, from Oracle University teaches you how to deploy Internet applications using Oracle9i Forms. Learn how to customize forms, data access, test and debug your Web applications.
 Posted Aug 2002
Download the new Oracle9i Forms Demos Download and play with the cool new Oracle9i Forms demos including PJCs, Java Beans, Reusable Components, feature highlights and much much more!!!. All packaged and ready to install in the blink of an eye!
 Posted May 2002
The continuing success of Forms Do you want to know how successful Oracle Forms really is? What are our future plans for Oracle Forms? Click here to find out.
 Posted Feb 2002
Metro - Goes live with 4000 Forms Users MGI, a subsidiary of METRO AG, the third largest retail grouping in the world, goes live with 4000 users.
 Posted Jan 2002
Tools Strategy Hear Oracle's VP of Application Tools talk about Forms and our tools strategy.
 Posted Jan 2002
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