Custom Form Development &

Deployment in Oracle Applications

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This Document will help to develop Custom Form with the Oracle Application Standards & Deploy in the
Oracle Application.

Prerequisites:

1. Forms Builder (6i or 9i or 10g) must be installed on Windows Platform & make sure Connection
String is entered in TNSNAMES.ora (e.g. C:\orant\NET80\ADMIN\ TNSNAMES.ora).

2. TEMPLATE.fmb, APPSTAND.fmb must be copied to FORMS_PATH (e.g. C:\orant\FORMS60)

from $AU_TOP/forms/US.

3. Copy APPCORE.pll, APPDAYPK.pll, FNDSQF.pll, CUSTOM.pll, GLOBE.pll, VERT.pll, JA.pll, JE.pll, and
JL.pll to FORMS_PATH (e.g. C:\orant\FORMS60) from $AU_TOP/resource.

4. Navigate to Form Builder.exe and Create Shortcut at Desktop.

Database Objects Required Developing this Form:

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Find the Attachment contains the Script to Create Database Objects & Sample Data’s to be Inserted.

5. Open Form Builder & Connect to the database using File à Connect.

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 6. Open the TEMPLATE.fmb from the FORMS_PATH (e.g. C:\orant\FORMS60) using File à Open.

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 7. Save As with the file name as per the requirement, using File à Save As.

Note: It is advisable to maintain certain standards in naming Objects, like Custom objects will
start with XX & no special character except “_”.

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 8. Place the Cursor on the Module TEMPLATE .Right Click & open Property Palette.

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 9. In the Property Palette, Change the Name Filed from TEMPLATE to the file name you saved (e.g.
XXGTS_EMPDTLS).

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 10. Go to Object Navigator using Window à 1. Object Navigator. In the Object Navigator Expand
the Triggers Node which is next to the Module XXGTS_EMPDTLS & go to the trigger PRE-FORM,
Place the Cursor on that, Right Click & select the PL/SQL Editor.

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 11. Change the Date, Time & Author. Date & Time is Current Date & Time in the Format
YYYY/MM/DD HH24: MI (e.g. 2009/10/29 14:52).Exit from PL/SQL Editor by pressing Close
Button.

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 12. As you opened the PRE-FORM PL/SQL Editor, open the WHEN-NEW-FORM-INSTANCE PL/SQL
Editor. In PL/SQL Editor, change” TEMPLATE.fmb” with the Current Form name i.e.
“XXGTS_EMPDTLS.fmb”. Change the Date & Time details as mentioned in the Last Step. Change
the Text “mzasowsk ship” with the Short Description of the Form i.e. XXGTS Sample Emp Form.
Exit from PL/SQL Editor by pressing Close Button.

13. Go to Object Navigator using Window à 1. Object Navigator. In the Object Navigator Expand
the Window Node, Place the Cursor on the Window “BLOCKNAME”, Right Click & open Property
Palette. In the Property Palette, Change the Name Filed from “BLOCKNAME” to the file name

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 you saved (e.g. XXGTS_EMPDTLS), Give a Title to the Window in the Title Field (e.g. XXGTS
Sample Emp Form).

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 14. Go to Object Navigator using Window à 1. Object Navigator. In the Object Navigator Expand
the Canvas Node, Place the Cursor on the Canvas “BLOCKNAME”, Right Click & open Property
Palette. In the Property Palette, Change the Name Filed from “BLOCKNAME” to the file name
you saved (e.g. XXGTS_EMPDTLS).

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 15. Go to Object Navigator using Window à 1. Object Navigator. In the Object Navigator Expand
the Triggers Node which is next to the Module XXGTS_EMPDTLS & go to the trigger PRE-FORM,
Place the Cursor on that, Right Click & select the PL/SQL Editor.

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 16. As displayed below, In the Code Change ‘BLOCKNAME’ to Window Name i.e. XXGTS_EMPDTLS.

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 17. Go to Object Navigator using Window à 1. Object Navigator. In the Object Navigator Expand
the Program Units, Place the Cursor on APP_CUSTOM (Package Body) & Right Click & select the
PL/SQL Editor.

18. In APP_CUSTOM (Package Body) PL/SQL Editor, in CLOSE_WINDOW Procedure, change the text
“<your first window>” with your Custom Window Name (e.g. XXGTS_EMPDTLS).

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 19. Go to Object Navigator using Window à 1. Object Navigator. In the Object Navigator Expand
the Data Blocks Node, Place the Cursor on the Block “BLOCKNAME”, in Left side Toolbar find the
button “Delete” , Click the Delete button in order to the Block “BLOCKNAME”. Do the same tp
delete the Block “DETAILBLOCK”.

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 20. Go to Object Navigator using Window à 1. Object Navigator. In the Object Navigator Expand
the Canvases Node, Still further Expand your Custom Canvas (e.g. XXGTS_EMPDTLS).Delete all
the elements(e.g. TEXT42, FRAME01, FRAME02) Under “Graphics” Node, by clicking the “Delete”
button which is in Left side Toolbar.

21. In the Object Navigator, Place the cursor on Data Blocks Node, Right Click & select the Data
Block Wizard.

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 22. Our Objective is to create a Multi Record Block for the Table EMP. Kindly follow the below
Screen Shots to achieve that.

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Enter Table or View name, if you know the Full name of that, or Select the Table or View name by
Clicking Browse button.

Press the Refresh Button to Populate the Available Columns of the Table or View.

Move the Required columns from Available Columns List to Database Items.

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After Pressing Finish button, you can see a Block is created in Data Block Node in the Name EMP.

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Enter the Prompts for each Column as you can understand.

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Select the layout Style “Tabular”, because we need to create a multi record Block.

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Enter a meaningful short description for the Frame in Frame Title, Enter the No. of records to be
displayed in the layout & Enable the Display Scrollbar.

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After Click Finish, Forms Builder will navigate to Grid Designer Layout of the Canvas “XXGTS_EMPDTLS”
& Block “EMP”.

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We are almost done; the last step is assigning appropriate Property Class to each item in this Canvas.
Below is some Property Classes normally used frequently.

1. TEXT_ITEM

2. TEXT_ITEM_DATE

3. TEXT_ITEM_DISPLAY_ONLY

4. FRAME_RECT

5. WINDOW

6. CANVAS

7. FRAME_RECT

8. BLOCK

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 9. BUTTON

10. DISPLAY_ITEM

23. Start with the Frame “Employee Details”, Place the Cursor on the Frame “Employee Details”,
Right Click & select the Property Palette. In the Property Palette, Change the Value of the
Property Update Layout from “Automatically” to “Manually”. Assign the Property Class
FRAME_RECT in the Property Subclass Information as showed in the Screen Shots.

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 24. Place the Cursor on the Item “EMPNO”, Right Click & select the Property Palette. In the Property
Palette, Assign the Property Class TEXT_ITEM in the Property Subclass Information as showed in
the Screen Shots.

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 25. Repeat the above step for all the items (ENAME, JOB, MGR, SAL, COMM, DEPTNO) except the
Item “HIREDATE”. For the Item “HIREDATE” Property Class need to be assign is
“TEXT_ITEM_DATE”.

26. Adjust the Canvas, as displayed below & Save the Changes using File à Save.

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 27. Move the form file (e.g. XXGTS_EMPDTLS.fmb) to AU_TOP/forms/US & Compile it. Let assume
there is a Custom Top (GAA_TOP) for all the Customizations.

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 28. Now we will see, How to register our Custom form in Oracle Applications. Login into Oracle
Applications, go to Application Developer Responsibility.

Application Developer à Application à Form

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Application Developer à Application à Function

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Application Developer à Application à Menu

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