Introduction to Oracle Forms Developer

and Oracle Forms Services

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 Objectives

After completing this lesson, you should be able to do

the following:
• Define grid computing
• Explain how Oracle 10g products implement grid
computing
• Describe the components of Oracle Application
Server 10g and Oracle Developer Suite 10g
• Describe the features and benefits of Oracle
Forms Services and Oracle Forms Developer
• Describe the architecture of Oracle Forms
Services
• Describe the course application

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 Internet Computing Solutions

Application Type Product Oracle

and Audience Approach
Repository-based
Enterprise applications,
modeling & generation,
business developers
declarative
Products
Oracle Designer,
Oracle Forms Developer,
& Oracle Forms Services

Java components, Two-way coding, Oracle JDeveloper,

component developers Java and JavaBeans Oracle Application Server 10g

Self-service applications &

Browser-based, Oracle Portal,
content management,
dynamic HTML Oracle Database Server
Web site developers

Oracle Reports Developer,

Reporting and Dynamic Web
Oracle Reports Services,
analytical applications, reporting, Drill,
Oracle Discoverer, and
MIS and business users analyzing, forecasting
Oracle Express

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 Plugging into the Grid

Grid computing is:

• Software infrastructure that uses low-cost servers
and modular storage to:
– Balance workloads
– Provide capacity on demand
• Made possible by innovations in hardware
• Powered by software

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 Oracle Enterprise Grid Computing

Oracle’s grid infrastructure products:

• Oracle Database 10g
• Oracle Application Server 10g
• Oracle Enterprise Manager 10g
Grid Control

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 Oracle 10g Products and Forms
Development

Forms Services Forms Developer

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 Oracle Application Server 10g
Architecture

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 Oracle Application Server 10g
Components

Oracle Application Server

Forms Services

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 Oracle Forms Services: Overview

A component of Oracle
Application Server that
deploys Forms applications
to Java clients in a Web Oracle Application Server
environment Forms Services

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 Forms Services Architecture
Middle Tier:
Client Tier Application Server Database Tier

Forms Listener
Servlet
Forms Servlet

Incrementally Forms Runtime

downloaded User interface Net
layer Services DB

Application
logic layer
Data manager/
JRE PL/SQL engine

Java applet
File containing
application code

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 Benefits and Components of Oracle
Developer Suite 10g

Application Development

• OWB
• JDeveloper
• Discoverer
• Forms
• Reports
• Designer
• SCM

Business Intelligence

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 Oracle Developer Suite 10g
Application Development

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 Oracle Developer Suite 10g
Business Intelligence

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 Oracle Forms Developer: Overview

Oracle Forms Developer:

• Is a productive development environment
for Internet business applications
• Provides for:
– Data entry
– Queries

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 Oracle Forms Developer 10g: Key Features

• Tools for rapid application development

• Application partitioning
• Flexible source control
• Extended scalability
• Object reuse

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 Summit Office Supply Schema
Order Entry
Application

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 Summit Application

CV_Customer canvas
CUSTOMERS Customers
CUSTOMERS block
table form

CV_Order Canvas
ORDERS
ORDERS block
table
Orders form
ORDER_ITEMS ORDER_ITEMS block
table CV_Inventory canvas
INVENTORIES block

INVENTORIES
table

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 Summary

In this lesson, you should have learned that:

• Grid computing makes computing power available
without regard to its source
• Oracle 10g products provide the software to
implement enterprise grid computing
• Oracle Application Server 10g provides services
for building and deploying Web applications
• Oracle Developer Suite 10g includes components
for application development and business
intelligence

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 Summary

In this lesson, you should have learned that:

• Benefits of Oracle Forms Services include:
– Optimized Web deployment of Forms applications
– Rich Java UI without Java coding
– Generic Java applet to deploy any Forms
application
• Oracle Forms Services consists of the Forms
Client, the Forms Servlet, the Forms Listener
Servlet, and the Forms Runtime Engine
• Benefits of Oracle Forms Developer include rapid
application development, application partitioning,
flexible source control, extended scalability, and
object reuse
• The course application is a customer and order
entry application for Summit Office Supply

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