Contents

Title and Copyright Information

Preface

• Intended Audience
• Documentation Accessibility
• Related Documents
• Conventions

1 Why Upgrade?

• 1.1 Overview
• 1.2 About Upgrading Your Forms Applications to 11g (11.1.1)
• 1.3 Forms 10g Features Removed from Oracle Forms
• 1.4 Forms 6i Features Removed from Oracle Forms
• 1.5 Components of 6i Developer Product Suite Removed
• 1.6 How are Obsolete Item Types Handled when Upgrading Forms 6i Applications?
• 1.7 Are Tools Available to Assist with the Migration of Obsolete Features?

2 Using the Oracle Forms Migration Assistant

• 2.1 What Does the Oracle Forms Migration Assistant Do?
  • 2.1.1 Multiple Log Support
• 2.2 Editing the converter.properties File
• 2.3 Editing the search_replace.properties File
  • 2.3.1 Adding Search-and-Replace Strings
  • 2.3.2 Modifying Warnings for Obsolete Built-Ins
• 2.4 Starting the Oracle Forms Migration Assistant
  • 2.4.1 About the Migration Assistant in Batch Mode
  • 2.4.2 Starting the Migration Assistant in Batch Mode
    • 2.4.2.1 Starting the Migration Assistant in batch mode in Windows
    • 2.4.2.2 Starting the Migration Assistant in Batch Mode in UNIX
  • 2.4.3 Running the Wizard Version of the Forms Migration Assistant
    • 2.4.3.1 Starting the Wizard Version of the Forms Migration Assistant
    • 2.4.3.2 Setting Advanced Converter Options

3 Converting Forms 6i FMTs to Oracle Forms FMBs

• 3.1 Converting a Forms 6i FMT to an Oracle Forms FMB

4 Built-ins, Packages, Constants, and Syntax

• 4.1 Obsolete Menu Built-ins
• 4.2 Other Obsolete Built-ins
• 4.3 Obsolete Built-in Packages
• 4.4 Obsolete Constants
• 4.5 Obsolete Syntax

5 Triggers

• 5.1 Obsolete Triggers
• 5.2 Stricter Enforcement of Triggers

6 Properties

• 6.1 Obsolete Properties

7 Changes to Client/Server Deployment and Forms Runtime

• 7.1 Overview
• 7.2 Effect on Forms Development
• 7.3 Obsolete Forms Runtime Command Line Options
• 7.4 Obsolete Character Mode Runtime

8 Item Types

• 8.1 Obsolete Item Types
• 8.2 Item Types Specific to Operating Systems

9 Logical and GUI Attributes

• 9.1 Use Visual Attributes to Replace Logical and GUI Attributes
• 9.2 Obsolete Logical and GUI Attributes

10 List of Values (LOVs)

• 10.1 Obsolete List of Values (LOVs)

11 User Exits

• 11.1 Obsolete V2 User Exits

12 Menu Parameters

• 12.1 Predefined Menu Parameters
• 12.2 User-Defined Menu Parameters

13 Java-Related Issues

• 13.1 Using oracle.ewt Classes in Pluggable Java Components
• 13.2 JDK Versions and Font-Rendering Issues

14 Integration with Oracle Reports

• 14.1 Overview
• 14.2 About Integration with Oracle Reports
  • 14.2.1 Displaying Reports in Oracle Forms
  • 14.2.2 Example
  • 14.2.3 Notes About the Example
  • 14.2.4 Using Parameter Lists in RUN_REPORT_OBJECT
  • 14.2.5 Upgrade Steps

15 Upgrading Client/Server Applications to the Web

• 15.1 Guidelines for Upgrade
• 15.2 About Client/Server-Based Architecture
• 15.3 About Web-Based Architecture

16 Upgrading from Pre-Forms 6i Applications to Oracle Forms

• 16.1 Upgrading a Form
• 16.2 Upgrading files saved in Database
• 16.3 Compatibility with Earlier Versions of PL/SQL
• 16.4 Forms Developer Runtime Behavior

Index