Developer 6i/6.0 Forms

Course Number:  591-JK
Recommended Duration:  5 days

Intended Audience
People who will use Developer 6i/6.0 Forms to create applications.

Course Overview
A thorough introduction with hands-on exercises using Oracle Forms, graphical user interface (GUI) controls, PL/SQL, pop-ups, trigger processing, and object support.  Students working with MS-Windows will be introduced to OLE and OCX controls.  There are thirteen machine exercises.

(Oracle Forms Version 5.0  available)

Objectives
Participants will learn to use Developer Forms Builder 6i/6 to build applications to create systems that are transportable between Developer platforms (including the web), minimize resource use, reduce overhead and improve user response time.  Students will create Forms using coordinated blocks, graphics, and GUI objects.

Prerequisites
Participants should be familiar with Oracle and SQL concepts; however, previous Oracle Forms experience is not assumed.

Topics

• Developer 6i/6 Overview

• Oracle Forms Developer Graphical Environment and Wizards

• Creating a simple form

• Support for Oracle8 objects

• Object Navigator

• Property Palette

• LOV Wizard

• GUI Development and Controls

• Master-Detail Block Coordination

• PL/SQL 8 in Oracle Forms

• PL/SQL Syntax Palette and debugger

• PL/SQL Program Units

• Using the GUI Interface

• Stacked Views (Pop-up Windows)

• Using System and Global Variables

• Advanced Trigger Processing

• Menu Processing

• Using Oracle Graphics

• Java Beans and Object Linking and Embedding (OLE)

• Oracle Provided Development Objects

• Creating and testing web-based forms

• Developer Server overview