Fortunately, 2009 is now gone. Really bad year as far as I am concerned. I lost my father in October after an illness. That does not justify the lack of posts or the updates on the various forms components I have here. The mood was not there unfortunately.
However, I did manage to squeeze out [...]
The long awaited Oracle Forms 11g version is now available. See this page on OTN.
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 2 so far )Frite is designed as an HTML editor for Oracle Forms and as such the content in the forms module when sent to report should also be available for output. The formats I had in mind are PDF and HTML.
Those beta-testing Frite did not encounter problems with reports in HTML format. For example, links are clickable [...]
A number of users asked whether the bean can be improved in order to have the same feature as the full fledge google map.
The answer is Yes. I already tried the zoom and pan controls to the Google static map. However, my time now is being spent on completing the HTML rich text editor and [...]
I have completed the development and testing phases for the Oracle Forms HTML editor. Most of the features I mentioned before are now in the editor.
Based on some suggestions, the editor is now officially named FRITE (pronounced like Freet).
Before I release it in the wild, I am looking for 5 or 10 beta-testers . You [...]
Glad to be reporting that I am almost done with the Oracle Forms rich text editor. Some issues with outputting the rich text item thru reports and deciding how to save the contents. For the time being, I checked query and insert modes and the set_custom_property and get_item_property are working fine without any loss.
I am [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 19 so far )Most of us already know what to use when you call a form and need to transfer information to the called form. However, when you need to transfer some info back to the calling form, do you use module parameters, global variables or what is the exact mechanism to use in this case [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )A project that I started in September 2008 was motivated by the lack of rich text editors in Forms applications. Francois Degrelle has already provided an HTML editable bean that can provide adequate styling.
However, there are situations where features, comparable to those found on such editors as TinyMCE, are needed.
Based on this requirement, I [...]
As I was finalizing the technical note for another gauge bean, it hit me that I wasted quite some time designing the visual part of the bean. In Oracle Forms, you create the bean on the canvas, assign it a height and width and then set up the implementation class.
Now, in order to customize it, [...]
Increasingly, power users are requiring more and more info in a manageable form. This is the case with dashboards and financial screens.
There are already a number of javabeans that can be quickly deployed with Oracle Forms 10g and the PJC depot at http://forms.pjc.bean.over-blog.com/ lists a number of very useful beans. On OTN, you can also [...]
Enterprise IT Tools and Thoughts, dealing mainly with Oracle Developer tools (Forms & Reports)
By Hafed Benteftifa
