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1 Oracle 9i Forms Developer: New Features Student Guide D14298GC10 Production 1.0 October 2002 D37332

2 Author Pam Gamer Technical Contributors and Reviewers Yanti Chang Laurent Dereac Ellen Gravina Jonas Jacobi Chris Lewis Chris Lowes Marcelo Manzano Duncan Mills Frank Nimphius Kavitha Prakash Jasmin Robayo Bryan Roberts Grant Ronald Raza Siddiqui Sarah Spicer Jack Walsh Ken Woolfe Robin Zimmerman Publisher Christine Markusic Copyright Oracle Corporation, All rights reserved. This documentation contains proprietary information of Oracle Corporation. It is provided under a license agreement containing restrictions on use and disclosure and is also protected by copyright law. Reverse engineering of the software is prohibited. If this documentation is delivered to a U.S. Government Agency of the Department of Defense, then it is delivered with Restricted Rights and the following legend is applicable: Restricted Rights Legend Use, duplication or disclosure by the Government is subject to restrictions for commercial computer software and shall be deemed to be Restricted Rights software under Federal law, as set forth in subparagraph (c)(1)(ii) of DFARS , Rights in Technical Data and Computer Software (October 1988). This material or any portion of it may not be copied in any form or by any means without the express prior written permission of Oracle Corporation. Any other copying is a violation of copyright law and may result in civil and/or criminal penalties. If this documentation is delivered to a U.S. Government Agency not within the Department of Defense, then it is delivered with Restricted Rights, as defined in FAR , Rights in Data-General, including Alternate III (June 1987). The information in this document is subject to change without notice. If you find any problems in the documentation, please report them in writing to Education Products, Oracle Corporation, 500 Oracle Parkway, Box SB-6, Redwood Shores, CA Oracle Corporation does not warrant that this document is error-free. Oracle and Express, Express Analyzer, Express Objects, Express Server, Personal Express are trademarks or registered trademarks of Oracle Corporation. All other products or company names are used for identification purposes only, and may be trademarks of their respective owners.

3 Contents Preface Introduction Course Objectives I-2 Agenda I-3 Summit Office Supply Schema I-7 The Course Application I-8 1 Why Upgrade to Oracle9i Forms? Objectives 1-2 Oracle9i Products 1-3 Oracle9iDS Application Development 1-4 Oracle9iDS Business Intelligence 1-5 Benefits of Oracle9i Developer Suite 1-6 Oracle9i Forms Overview 1-7 Optimized for the Web 1-8 Productivity Enhancements 1-9 Globalization 1-10 Integration 1-11 Openness 1-12 Benefits of Oracle9i Forms 1-13 Streamlining Oracle9i Forms 1-14 Summary Deploying Forms Applications on the Internet Objectives 2-2 Oracle 9iAS Architecture 2-3 Oracle 9iAS Components 2-4 What Is OC4J? 2-5 What Is Oracle Forms Services? 2-6 Forms Services Architecture Overview 2-7 The Forms Servlet 2-8 The Forms Client 2-9 The Forms Listener Servlet 2-10 Benefits of the Forms Listener Servlet 2-11 The Forms Runtime Engine 2-12 Running a Form: Browser 2-13 Running a Form: Web Form Tester 2-14 Starting a Run-Time Session 2-15 iii

4 The Java Run-time Environment 2-19 Applet Instance Caching and JInitiator Testing a Form: Starting Oracle Containers for Java (OC4J) 2-21 Testing a Form: Starting OC4J 2-22 Testing a Form: The Run Form Button 2-23 Customizing the Forms Services Configuration 2-24 Defining Forms Environment Variables for Run Time 2-25 Defining Forms Environment Variables for Design Time 2-26 Defining Forms Servlet Parameters 2-27 Defining Application-Specific Configurations 2-28 Summary 2-29 Practice 2 Overview Migrating Existing Applications to Oracle9i Forms Objectives 3-2 Migration Path 3-3 Upgrading from Older Versions 3-4 Upgrading from Forms Listener Deployment 3-6 Upgrading from Client-Server Deployment 3-8 Upgrading from Character Mode Deployment 3-10 Upgrading to Oracle9i Forms 3-11 Using the Oracle9i Forms Migration Assistant 3-12 Functions of the Migration Assistant 3-14 Configuring the Migration Assistant 3-15 Practice 3a 3-16 Integrating Graphics 3-18 Integrating Reports 3-19 Using RUN_REPORT_OBJECT 3-20 Step 1: Create a Report Object 3-21 Step 2: Set Properties of the Report Object 3-22 Step 3: Define Data to Pass to the Report 3-23 Step 4: Run the Report 3-24 Step 5: Display the Report 3-25 Using WEB.SHOW_DOCUMENT to Run a Report 3-26 Summary 3-27 Practice 3b Designing Forms Outside the Builder Objectives 4-2 How to Design Forms Without Forms Builder 4-3 What Can You Do with an API? 4-4 Advantages of Using an API 4-5 Using the Java API to Modify Modules 4-6 Advantages of JDAPI 4-7 JDAPI Architecture 4-8 The JDAPI Session 4-10 Creating New Modules 4-11 Adding Objects to Modules 4-12 iv

5 Saving and Compiling Modules 4-13 Loading Existing Modules 4-15 Using an Iterator 4-16 Modifying Forms Objects 4-17 Deleting Forms Objects 4-18 Copying and Subclassing 4-20 Handling Exceptions 4-21 Writing Generic Code 4-22 Special Cases in JDAPI Programming 4-23 Practice 4a 4-24 Why Convert Forms to XML? 4-27 XML Conversion Utilities 4-28 Converting a Forms Module to XML 4-29 Converting XML to a Forms Module: 4-30 Generating the Forms XML Schema File 4-31 Validating XML 4-32 XML Conversion Utilities Example 4-33 Summary 4-36 Practice 4b Troubleshooting Forms Applications Objectives 5-2 Debugging Tips 5-3 The Debugging Process 5-4 Setting Breakpoints 5-5 Setting Breakpoints: Stored Code 5-6 The Debug Console 5-7 Running a Form in Debug Mode 5-16 Stepping Through Code 5-17 Debugging a Forms Module 5-18 Remotely Debugging a Running Form 5-20 Practice 5a 5-23 Tracing and Logging Tools 5-28 Using Forms Trace 5-29 Configuring Forms Trace 5-30 Starting the Trace 5-31 Traceable Events 5-33 Obtaining Event Details 5-36 Viewing Forms Trace Output 5-38 Servlet Logging 5-41 Viewing the Log 5-43 Summary 5-45 Practice 5b 5-48 v

6 6 Integrating Java into Forms Applications Objectives 6-2 Using Java in Forms 6-3 Support for Java Using Client-Side Code 6-5 What Are JavaBeans? 6-7 What Are Pluggable Java Components? 6-8 Interacting with JavaBeans 6-9 Introducing the FBean Package 6-10 The FBean Package 6-11 Registering the Bean 6-13 Setting Bean Area Item Properties 6-14 Setting JavaBean Properties 6-15 Responding to Events 6-16 Interacting with Non-Event JavaBeans 6-18 Deploying JavaBeans for Forms Applications 6-19 Summary 6-21 Practice 6 Overview Enhancing the User Experience Objectives 7-2 The Cancelable LOV 7-3 Retrieving the Forms Version 7-4 The One Time Where Clause 7-5 Summary 7-6 Practice 7 Overview Deploying Forms Applications Globally Objectives 8-2 Defining Item Length for Different Character Sets 8-3 Adjusting for Different Time Zones 8-4 The Time Zone Data File 8-6 Implementing Time Zone Support 8-7 Time Zone Properties and Built-in 8-9 Time Zone Implementation Example 8-10 Displaying Applications in Multiple Languages 8-11 Detecting Browser Language Settings 8-12 Translated Applications at Run Time 8-13 Deploying Language-Specific Applications 8-14 Translating an Application 8-15 vi

7 Installing the TranslationHub Schema 8-16 Starting TranslationHub 8-17 The TranslationHub User Interface 8-18 Translating Applications 8-19 Constructing a Translation Project 8-20 Translating the Text 8-22 Building the Translated Software 8-23 Summary 8-24 Practice 8 Overview 8-27 A Practice Solutions B Integrating Oracle9i Forms with Oracle 9i Application Server C Managing the Team Development of Forms Applications D Table Descriptions vii

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