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From: | John_Nowlan |
Subject: | Re: [Oracle Forms replacement] Ways to start this project |
Date: | Tue, 28 Feb 2012 12:50:56 -0500 |
‘Oracle Forms has the ability to use another database because of its transaction and database triggers replacement.’ Could you elaborate on this bit? Examples? I also think this project is the missing piece for many organizations to move from an Oracle + Forms environment to something like PostgreSQL, but where I am, the lock-in prevents many people (mgmnt) from considering it. From: address@hidden [mailto:address@hidden On Behalf Of Jorge Cabezudo Perez It also could be called GNU Forms or something like that, using an open source database is a must, people that could be part of the project should assume an specific role, for example, arquitect, programmers, project leaders, dba, etc. The tools we know exist in the commercial release are: Forms Builder Forms Compiler Forms Runtime (now using an application server) Forms Converter Reports Builder Reports Converter The software was developed using C/C++ and then Java plus AWT/Swing. The advantage of using PL/SQL inside the Forms Builder is one of the powerful features to build programs faster. I know that postgress use a similar language and there is a commercial implementation called Enterprise DB which serves like an Oracle replacement for non-critical implementations of Oracle. The core or kernel of the Forms is a CRUD engine that only needs the name of the tables that the application use. If we can build a program with these feature, it could be a good start point. There is no need of a Builder, we can use ascii text file to implement the forms (or XML), one of the options would be the database, the connection (JDBC?) and so on. On Tue, Feb 28, 2012 at 5:25 AM, Justo Perez <address@hidden> wrote: I m very interesting in this project, and I think that is a good idea to make something like Oracle Forms but using a free DB like Postgres... something like Postgres Forms or like Mysql-forms, more flexible... and engine-form indepent from the DataBase. What do you think about it ??? El 28 de febrero de 2012 07:33, Jorge Cabezudo Perez <address@hidden> escribió: Many people are still using Oracle Forms to build their tools because it's features to create forms fast and built-in buttons and options that every user normally use. _______________________________________________ -- -- |
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