Oracle Forms

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Mr. Sandeep M Shinde www.eTutorInfotech.com
10g Developer Suite

• Oracle Developer Suite is the most complete and
integrated development environment, combining
the power of application development and
business intelligence tools in a single suite that is
based on the latest industry standards. Oracle
Developer Suite lets developers quickly build
high-quality transactional applications, which can
be deployed to multiple channels - including
portals, Web services, and wireless devices, and
which can be extended with business intelligence
capabilities - including ad hoc query and analysis,
Oracle Forms
10g Developer Suite

• Oracle Developer Suite is the most complete and
integrated development environment, combining the
power of application development and business
intelligence tools in a single suite that is based on the
latest industry standards. Oracle Developer Suite lets
developers quickly build high-quality transactional
applications, which can be deployed to multiple
channels - including portals, Web services, and
wireless devices, and which can be extended with
business intelligence capabilities - including ad hoc
query and analysis, high-quality Web reporting, and

advanced analysis.
10g Developer Suite Components

• Oracle Jdeveloper
• Oracle Forms
• Oracle Reports
• Oracle Discoverer
• Oracle Designer
• Oracle Business Intelligence Beans
• Developer Suite Configuration Beans

Oracle Application Server

• Oracle Internet Application Server provides a
single integrated packaged solution of for
middleware infrastructure including Oracle
Containers for J2EE, Oracle Web Cache, Oracle
HTTP Server, Oracle Forms, Oracle Reports,
Oracle Portal and Oracle Discoverer. Also
included in this infrastructure are integrated
security, management and integration
technologies.
• Oracle Internet Application Server is a member
of the Oracle Fusion Middleware family of
products, which bring greater agility, better
decision-making, and reduced cost and risk to

diverse IT environments today.
Oracle Application Server Components

• Adapters
• B2B
• Business Rules
• Containers for J2EE
• Content Management SDK
• Developer Tools
• Discoverer
• Forms
• Reports
• HTTP Server
• Identity Management
• Portal
• Toplink
• Web Cache
Oracle Forms Execution

Architecture
Benefits/Features of Oracle Forms

• Run on any network
• Login only once
• Deploy to multiple languages
• Run your applications from any time zone
• Browser language detection
• Performance and scalability
Oracle Form Builder Components

• Alerts
• Blocks
• Canvases
• Co-ordinates
• Editors
• List of Values
• Record Groups
• Program Unit
• Property Classes
• Visual Attributes
• Triggers
• Windows
• Object Groups
• Attached Libraries
Oracle Forms Object Navigator

Oracle Forms Object Navigator

• Forms - Contains form objects and all of their sub-objects such as
data blocks, triggers, alerts, canvases, program units (procedures
and functions), parameters and windows. More than one form can
be open at a time.
• Menus - Contains menu objects and all of their sub-objects such as
menu items, parameters and program units. More than one menu
can be open at a time.
• PL/SQL Libraries - These are libraries of PL/SQL code (stored
either in the database or in .plb files). Libraries can be shared
among different forms and among different developers.
• Object Libraries - These are libraries containing a collection
of objects (anything that can appear on a form).
• Built-in Packages - Lists all of the packages (PL/SQL
procedures) available by default to all forms, reports, etc.
• Database Objects - Lists all of the database objects (Tables,

Views, PL/SQL Libraries, and Stored Program Units) in the user's
Oracle database schema.
Oracle Forms Menu Bar

• The File menu has options to create, open, save and print forms. This menu also includes an option to
connect to the database and the Administration option that is used to compile forms and menu code.
The last option on the File menu is the Exit option that will exit Oracle Forms Builder.
• The Edit menu has options to cut, copy and paste objects, to invoke an editor and to undo an
operation.
• The View menu toggles the object navigator display between visual elements and ownership
elements.
• The Layout menu has items that control objects on a form much in the way a drawing package does.
Objects can be resized, moved, painted and otherwise manipulated using items on this menu.
• The Program menu has items that control form compilation, generation and execution (Run).
Triggers, Procedures and other PL/SQL code can also be created from this menu. The Smart
Triggers menu option displays the most commonly used triggers according to the type of object
currently selected in the object navigator.
• The Debug menu has options for debugging forms as they are running. It includes menu items to
establish break points and to step over the execution of code one line at a time.
• The Tools menu has options to switch between several different screens including the Layout editor,
Menu editor and Object Navigator. There are also several wizards that can be launched from this menu
including the Data Block wizard, the Layout wizard, and the LOV (List of Values) wizard.
• The Windows menu displays menu items for each of the windows you have open. By default,
only one item - the Object Navigator - is displayed.
• Finally, the Help menu can be used to display help topics.
Connecting to the Database

• The first step in working with any of the
Developer tools is to establish a connection to
an Oracle database. This is accomplished by
pulling down the File menu and selecting the
Connect menu item.
Tables Used for Oracle Forms

• CREATE TABLE employee (FNAME
VARCHAR2(15), MINIT VARCHAR2(2),
LNAME VARCHAR2(15), SSN NUMBER(12)
NOT NULL, BDATE DATE, ADDRESS
VARCHAR2(35), SEX VARCHAR2(1),
SALARY NUMBER(7) NOT NULL, SUPERSSN
NUMBER(12), DNO NUMBER(2) NOT NULL)
• ALTER TABLE employee ADD
CONSTRAINT pk_employee PRIMARY
KEY (ssn);
• CREATE TABLE DEPARTMENT (DNAME
VARCHAR2(15), DNUMBER NUMBER(2)
NOT NULL, MGRSSN NUMBER(12),

MGRSTARTDATE DATE)
• ALTER TABLE department ADD
CONSTRAINT pk_department PRIMARY
KEY (dnumber);
Tables Used for Oracle Forms

• CREATE TABLE DEPENDENT (ESSN
NUMBER(12), DEPENDENT_NAME
VARCHAR2(15), SEX VARCHAR2(1),
BDATE DATE, RELATIONSHIP
VARCHAR2(12)) ;
• ALTER TABLE dependent ADD
CONSTRAINT pk_dependent PRIMARY
KEY (essn, dependent_name);
• ALTER TABLE dependent ADD
CONSTRAINT
fk_employee FOREIGN KEY (essn)
REFERENCES employee (ssn);
• ALTER TABLE employee ADD

CONSTRAINT
fk_department FOREIGN KEY (dno)
REFERENCES department (dnumber);
Insert statement for Department Table

• INSERT INTO DEPARTMENT VALUES
('RESEARCH', 5, 333445555, '22-MAY-
1978') ;
('ADMINISTRATION', 4, 987654321, '01-
JAN-1985') ;

('HEADQUARTERS', 1, 888665555, '19-
JUN-1971') ;
Insert statement for Employee Table

• INSERT INTO EMPLOYEE VALUES
('JOHN','B','SMITH',123456789,'09-JAN-1955','731 FONDREN,
HOUSTON, TX', 'M',30000,333445555,5) ;
('FRANKLIN','T','WONG',333445555,'08-DEC-1945','638
VOSS,HOUSTON TX', 'M',40000,888665555,5) ;
('ALICIA','J','ZELAYA',999887777,'19-JUL-1958','3321 CASTLE,
SPRING, TX', 'F',25000,987654321,4) ;
('JENNIFER','S','WALLACE',987654321,'20-JUN-1931','291 BERRY,
BELLAIRE, TX', 'F',43000,888665555,4) ;
('RAMESH','K','NARAYAN',666884444,'15-SEP-1952','975 FIRE OAK,
HUMBLE, TX', 'M',38000,333445555,5) ;

('JOYCE','A','ENGLISH',453453453,'31-JUL-1962','5631 RICE,
HOUSTON, TX', 'F',25000,333445555,5);
('AHMAD','V','JABBAR',987987987,'29-MAR-1959','980 DALLAS,
HOUSTON, TX', 'M',25000,987654321,4) ;
('JAMES','E','BORG',888665555,'10-NOV-1927', '450 STONE,
HOUSTON, TX', 'M',55000,NULL,1) ;
Insert statement for Dependent Table

• INSERT INTO DEPENDENT VALUES
(333445555,'ALICE','F','05-APR-
1976','DAUGHTER') ;
(333445555,'THEODORE','M','25-OCT-
1973','SON') ;
(333445555,'JOY','F','03-MAY-
1948','SPOUSE');
(123456789,'MICHAEL','M','01-JAN-
1978','SON');

(123456789,'ALICE','F','31-DEC-
1978','DAUGHTER');
(123456789,'ELIZABETH','F','05-MAY-
1957','SPOUSE');
(987654321,'ABNER','M','26-FEB-
1932','SPOUSE');
Forms Design
• By default, every form in Oracle Forms has the capability
to query existing data in a table, modify existing data and
add new data (records) to the table. A form is built up
using one or more data blocks that correspond to tables
in the database. Fields within the data block correspond
to columns in the database table.
• By default, forms also gives a button bar and a menu.
These can be used to scroll through the records in a
block, navigate between blocks, set up and perform
queries against the tables, insert, update and delete
records, clear the form and exit the form. Finally, at the
bottom of each form is a status bar that displays any
relevant prompts or error messages and an indication of

the records in the current data block.
Forms Design
Non-Input Items
• Display Items
• Image Items
• Button Item
• Calculated Field
Triggers
• Block processing triggers
• Interface event triggers
• Key triggers
• Master-Detail triggers
• Message-Handling triggers
• Mouse Event triggers
• Navigation triggers
• On triggers
• Post triggers
• Pre triggers
• Query-Time triggers
• Stored Procedure triggers
• Transactional triggers
• Validation triggers
• When triggers
Block processing triggers

• When-Clear-Block
• When-Create-Record
• When-Database-Record
• When-Remove-Record
Interface event triggers

• When-Button-Pressed
• When-Checkbox-Changed
• When-Image-Activated
• When-List-Activated
• When-List-Changed
• When-Mouse-Click
• When-Mouse-DoubleClick
• When-Mouse-Down
• When-Mouse-Enter
• When-Mouse-Leave
• When-Mouse-Move
• When-Mouse-Up
• When-Radio-Changed
• When-Timer-Expired
• When-Window-Activated
• When-Window-Closed
• When-Window-Deactivated
• When-Window-Resized
Key Triggers
• Key-Fn
• Key-Others
Master Detail Triggers

• On-Check-Delete-Master
• On-Clear-Details
• On-Populate-Details
Message handling triggers

• On-Error
• On-Message
Mouse Event Triggers

• When-Custom-Item-Event
• When-Mouse-Down
• When-Mouse-Move
• When-Mouse-Up
Navigation Triggers
• Post-Block
• Post-Form
• Post-Record
• Post-Text-Item
• Pre-Block
• Pre-Form
• Pre-Record
• Pre-Text-Item
• User-Named
• When-New-Block-Instance
• When-New-Form-Instance
• When-New-Item-Instance
• When-New-Record-Instance
On Triggers
• On-Check-Unique
• On-Close
• On-Column-Security
• On-Commit
• On-Count
• On-Delete
• On-Error
• On-Fetch
• On-Insert
• On-Lock
• On-Logon
• On-Logout
• On-Message
• On-Rollback
• On-Savepoint
• On-Select
• On-Sequence-Number
• On-Update
Pre triggers
• Pre-Block
• Pre-Commit
• Pre-Delete
• Pre-Form
• Pre-Insert
• Pre-Logon
• Pre-Logout
• Pre-Popup-Menu
• Pre-Query
• Pre-Record
• Pre-Select
• Pre-Text-Item
• Pre-Update
Post Triggers
• Post-Block
• Post-Change
• Post-Database-Commit
• Post-Delete
• Post-Form
• Post-Forms-Commit
• Post-Insert
• Post-Logon
• Post-Logout
• Post-Query
• Post-Record
• Post-Select
• Post-Text-Item
• Post-Update
Query-Time Triggers
• Post-Query
• Pre-Query
Stored Procedure Triggers

• Delete-Procedure
• Insert-Procedure
• Lock-Procedure
• Query-Procedure
• Update-Procedure
Transactional Triggers
• On-Check-Unique
• On-Close
• On-Column-Security
• On-Commit
• On-Count
• On-Delete
• On-Error
• On-Fetch
• On-Insert
• On-Lock
• On-Logon
• On-Logout
• On-Message
• On-Rollback
• On-Savepoint
• On-Select
• On-Sequence-Number
• On-Update
Transactional Triggers
• Post-Block
• Post-Change
• Post-Database-Commit
• Post-Delete
• Post-Form
• Post-Forms-Commit
• Post-Insert
• Post-Logon
• Post-Logout
• Post-Query
• Post-Record
• Post-Select
• Post-Text-Item
• Post-Update
• Pre-Block
• Pre-Commit
• Pre-Delete
• Pre-Form
• Pre-Insert
• Pre-Logon
• Pre-Query
• Pre-Select
• Pre-Text-Item
• Pre-Update
Validation Triggers
• When-Validate-Item
• When-Validate-Record
When Triggers
• When-Button-Pressed
• When-Checkbox-Changed
• When-Clear-Block
• When-Create-Record
• When-Database-Record
• When-Form-Navigate
• When-Image-Activated
• When-Image-Pressed
• When-List-Activated
• When-List-Changed
• When-Mouse-Down
When Triggers
• When-Mouse-Move
• When-Mouse-Up
• When-New-Block-Instance
• When-New-Form-Instance
• When-New-Item-Instance
• When-New-Record-Instance
• When-Radio-Changed
• When-Remove-Record
• When-Tab-Page-Changed
• When-Timer-Expired
• When-Validate-Item
• When-Validate-Record
• When-Window-Activated
• When-Window-Closed
• When-Window-Deactivated
• When-Window-Resized
Built In packages
• Alert Built-ins
• Application Built-ins
• Block Built-ins
• Canvas Built-ins
• Chart Built-ins
• Form Built-ins
• Item Built-ins
• Menu Built-ins
• Message Built-ins
• Multiple Form Built-ins
• Parameter List Built-ins
• Query Built-ins
• Record Built-ins
• Relation Built-ins
• Report Built-ins
• Tab Page Built-ins
• Transactional Built-ins
• Web Built-ins
• Window Built-ins
Alert Built-ins
• FIND_ALERT
• ID_NULL
• SET_ALERT_BUTTON_PROPERTY
• SET_ALERT_PROPERTY
• SHOW_ALERT
Application Built-ins
• DO_KEY
• GET_APPLICATION_PROPERTY
• HOST
• PAUSE
• SET_APPLICATION_PROPERTY
• USER_EXIT
Block Built-ins
• CLEAR_BLOCK
• FIND_BLOCK
• GET_BLOCK_PROPERTY
• GO_BLOCK
• ID_NULL
• PREVIOUS_BLOCK
• SET_BLOCK_PROPERTY
Canvas Built-ins
• FIND_CANVAS
• FIND_VIEW
• GET_CANVAS_PROPERTY
• GET_VIEW_PROPERTY
• HIDE_VIEW
• ID_NULL
• PRINT
• SCROLL_VIEW
• SET_CANVAS_PROPERTY
• SET_VIEW_PROPERTY
• SHOW_VIEW
Chart Built-ins
• UPDATE_CHART
Item Built-ins
• CHECKBOX_CHECKED
• CLEAR_EOL
• CLEAR_ITEM
• CONVERT_OTHER_VALUE
• COPY
• COPY_REGION
• CUT_REGION
• DEFAULT_VALUE
• DISPLAY_ITEM
• DUMMY_REFERENCE
• DUPLICATE_ITEM
• EDIT_TEXTITEM
• FIND_ITEM
• GET_FILE_NAME
• GET_ITEM_INSTANCE_PROPERTY
• GET_ITEM_PROPERTY
• GET_RADIO_BUTTON_PROPERTY
• GO_ITEM
Item Built-ins
• ID_NULL
• IMAGE_SCROLL
• IMAGE_ZOOM
• NAME_IN
• NEXT_ITEM
• NEXT_KEY
• PASTE_REGION
• PREVIOUS_ITEM
• READ_IMAGE_FILE
• RECALCULATE
• SELECT_ALL
• SET_ITEM_INSTANCE_PROPERTY
• SET_ITEM_PROPERTY
• SET_RADIO_BUTTON_PROPERTY
• WRITE_IMAGE_FILE
Menu Built-ins
• FIND_MENU_ITEM
• GET_MENU_ITEM_PROPERTY
• REPLACE_MENU
• SET_MENU_ITEM_PROPERTY
MESSAGE Built-in
• Message
• PROCEDURE MESSAGE
(message_string
VARCHAR2, user_response
NUMBER);
Multiple Form Built-ins

• CLOSE_FORM
• GO_FORM
• NEW_FORM
• NEXT_FORM
• OPEN_FORM
• PREVIOUS_FORM
Parameter List Built-ins

• ADD_PARAMETER
• CREATE_PARAMETER_LIST
• DELETE_PARAMETER
• DESTROY_PARAMETER_LIST
• GET_PARAMETER_ATTR
• ID_NULL
• RUN_PRODUCT
• SET_PARAMETER_ATTR
Query Built-ins
• ABORT_QUERY
• COUNT_QUERY
• ENTER_QUERY
• EXECUTE_QUERY
Record Built-ins
• CHECK_RECORD_UNIQUENESS
• CLEAR_RECORD
• CREATE_QUERIED_RECORD
• CREATE_RECORD
• DELETE_RECORD
• DOWN
• DUPLICATE_RECORD
• FIRST_RECORD
• GENERATE_SEQUENCE_NUMBER
• GET_RECORD_PROPERTY
• GO_RECORD
• INSERT_RECORD
• LAST_RECORD
• LOCK_RECORD
• NEXT_RECORD
• NEXT_SET
• PREVIOUS_RECORD
• SCROLL_DOWN
• SCROLL_UP
• SELECT_RECORDS
• SET_RECORD_PROPERTY
• UP
• UPDATE_RECORD
Relation Built-ins
• FIND_RELATION
• GET_RELATION_PROPERTY
• ID_NULL
• SET_RELATION_PROPERTY
Report Built-ins
• CANCEL_REPORT_OBJECT
• COPY_REPORT_OUTPUT
• FIND_REPORT_OBJECT
• GET_REPORT_OBJECT_PROPERTY
• RUN_REPORT_OBJECT
• SET_REPORT_OBJECT_PROPERTY
Tab Page Built-ins

• FIND_TAB_PAGE
• GET_TAB_PAGE_PROPERTY
• SET_TAB_PAGE_PROPERTY
Transaction Built-ins
• CHECK_RECORD_UNIQUENESS
• DELETE_RECORD
• ENFORCE_COLUMN_SECURITY
• FETCH_RECORDS
• FORMS_DDL
• GENERATE_SEQUENCE_NUMBER
• INSERT_RECORD
• ISSUE_ROLLBACK
• ISSUE_SAVEPOINT
• LOGON
• LOGON_SCREEN
• LOGOUT
• SELECT_RECORDS
• UPDATE_RECORD
Web Built-ins
• WEB.SHOW_DOCUMENT
About System Variables

• A system variable is an Forms Developer
variable that keeps track of an internal Forms
Developer state. You can reference the value
of a system variable to control the way an
application behaves.
• Forms Developer maintains the values of
system variables on a per form basis. That is,
the values of all system variables correspond
only to the current form. The names of the

available system variables are:

• SYSTEM.BLOCK_STATUS
• SYSTEM.COORDINATION_OPERATION
• SYSTEM.CURRENT_BLOCK
• SYSTEM.CURRENT_DATETIME
• SYSTEM.CURRENT_FORM
• SYSTEM.CURRENT_ITEM
• SYSTEM.CURRENT_VALUE
• SYSTEM.CURSOR_BLOCK
• SYSTEM.CURSOR_ITEM
• SYSTEM.CURSOR_RECORD
• SYSTEM.CURSOR_VALUE
• SYSTEM.DATE_THRESHOLD*
• SYSTEM.EFFECTIVE_DATE*
• SYSTEM.EVENT_WINDOW
• SYSTEM.FORM_STATUS
• SYSTEM.LAST_QUERY
• SYSTEM.LAST_RECORD
• SYSTEM.MASTER_BLOCK

• SYSTEM.MESSAGE_LEVEL*
• SYSTEM.MODE
• SYSTEM.MOUSE_BUTTON_PRESSED
• SYSTEM.MOUSE_BUTTON_SHIFT_STATE
• SYSTEM.MOUSE_ITEM
• SYSTEM.MOUSE_CANVAS
• SYSTEM.MOUSE_X_POS
• SYSTEM.MOUSE_Y_POS
• SYSTEM.MOUSE_RECORD
• SYSTEM.MOUSE_RECORD_OFFSET
• SYSTEM.RECORD_STATUS
• SYSTEM.SUPPRESS_WORKING*
• SYSTEM.TAB_NEW_PAGE
• SYSTEM.TAB_PREVIOUS_PAGE
• SYSTEM.TRIGGER_BLOCK
• SYSTEM.TRIGGER_ITEM
• SYSTEM.TRIGGER_RECORD
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Date and Time System

Default Values
• Forms Developer supplies six special default
values $$DATE$$,
$$DATETIME$$, $ $TIME$$, $
$DBDATE$$, $$ DBDATETIME$$, and
$$DBTIME$$ that supply date and time
information. These variables have the and the
following special restrictions on their use:
• When accessing a non-ORACLE datasource,
avoid using
$$DBDATE$$ and $$DBDATETIME$$.
Instead, use a When-Create-Record trigger to
select the current date in a datasource-specific
manner.
• Use $$DATE$$, $$DATETIME$$, and
$$TIME$$ to obtain the local system date/time;
use $$DBDATE$$, $$DBDATETIME$$, and
$$DBTIME$$ to obtain the database date/time,
which may differ from the local system date/time
when, for example, connecting to a remote
database in a different time zone.
• Use these variables only to set the value of the
Initial Value, Highest Allowed Value or Lowest
Allowed Value property.

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10g Developer Suite

10g Developer Suite

query and analysis, high-quality Web reporting, and

10g Developer Suite Components

• Developer Suite Configuration Beans

Oracle Application Server

decision-making, and reduced cost and risk to

Oracle Application Server Components

Oracle Forms Execution

Benefits/Features of Oracle Forms

Oracle Form Builder Components

Oracle Forms Object Navigator

Oracle Forms Object Navigator

• Database Objects - Lists all of the database objects (Tables,

Oracle Forms Menu Bar

Connecting to the Database

Tables Used for Oracle Forms

NOT NULL, MGRSSN NUMBER(12),

Tables Used for Oracle Forms

• ALTER TABLE employee ADD

Insert statement for Department Table

• INSERT INTO DEPARTMENT VALUES

Insert statement for Employee Table

• INSERT INTO EMPLOYEE VALUES

Insert statement for Dependent Table

• INSERT INTO DEPENDENT VALUES

relevant prompts or error messages and an indication of

Block processing triggers

Interface event triggers

Master Detail Triggers

Message handling triggers

Mouse Event Triggers

Stored Procedure Triggers

Multiple Form Built-ins

Parameter List Built-ins

Tab Page Built-ins

About System Variables

only to the current form. The names of the

About System Variables

About System Variables

Date and Time System

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