Developer 2000

Forms and Reports (Oracle 9i)

Vandana Janeja
April 2004
For : Database Systems
22:198:603
Prof. Vijay Atluri
Adapted from material by Dr.Richard

ssh to pegasus, then ssh to penelope, password same as pegasus password

To create tables: initiate sqlplus from penelope

Sqlplus username: pegasususername@oradata2

Password if logging on first time is Spring2004
Change password after logging on first time using passw command

To be able to start forms initiate tunneling

You should have installed PC Xware before this

To start forms type: f90desm on penelope prompt

Change browser preferences using menu options:

Edit-> preferences-> runtime tab
Web Browser location /usr/local/bin/mozilla
After changing this you will have to close and start forms again for this to take effect

Connecting to database

Creating the data block using wizard

Browsing tables of existing user, if you have not

connected before you will be prompted to connect here

Selecting fields

Giving name to Data Block wizard

Layout Wizard is initiated to create a form layout

Selecting fields to be shown on the form

Changing width height of form components

This can be done in the layout editor also

Selecting type of form

Layout Editor

Saving form as .fmb file

For Other detailed notes please refer to:

http://www.pegasus.rutgers.edu/~youssefm/oracle/forms/index.html
And
http://cimic.rutgers.edu/~holowcza/oracle/