The Forms to XML conversion tool, Forms2XML
, creates an XML file
corresponding to the specified Forms Module. The tool follows these general
steps in processing the Forms Module:
For information about the generated XML, see Understanding the Generated XML.
The Forms2XML
conversion tool does not
preserve persistent client information. Any persistent client information stored
within the Form on any of the objects will be lost.
To be valid XML, the conversion tool automatically substitutes all occurrences of illegal characters (for example, >, <, &, and so on) with their equivalent escape characters. Because the Oracle XDK is used to create the XML, this is done automatically. The conversion tool also preserves line breaks in PL/SQL code. See HTML Substitutions for Illegal Characters for the list of character substitutions that the conversion tool makes (this can be downloaded from http://otn.oracle.com/software/content.html).
If you edit the XML without using the Oracle XDK (for example, if you are using
your own XML parser or software, or if you are using the public domain org.w3c/org.xml
classes), you must ensure that these substitutions are in your code
Using the Forms to XML Conversion Tool
Forms to XML USE_PROPERTY_IDS Parameter
Understanding the Generated XML
HTML Substitutions for Illegal Characters