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Oracle Forms 12cThe Beginning of a New Day

Michael FerrantePrincipal Product Manager

Application Development ToolsOctober 26, 2015


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Safe Harbor StatementThe following is intended to outline our general product direction. It is inteninformation purposes only, and may not be incorporated into any contract. commitment to deliver any material, code, or functionality, and should not in making purchasing decisions. The development, release, and timing of anfunctionality described for Oracle’s products remains at the sole discretion


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Program Agenda

Support Lifecycle

Feature Comparison

v12.2.1.0 New Features Overview

Beyond v12.2.1

Q & A

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Product support timeline

Lifetime Support Policy

http://www.oracle.com/us/support/lifetime-support

Note: Oracle Forms and Reports 12c (12.2.1.0) will be added to the Lifetime Support Policy shortly after its release.


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Highlighted features and enhancements

Oracle Forms

Oracle Forms 11.1.1

• WLS Integration

• JavaScript Integration

• Enhanced Java support

• Server-side events

• DB Proxy user support

• Enhanced sql logging

• Integration with ODL

GA 2005 GA 2009 GA 2011

Oracle Forms 10.1.2

• Runtime Pooling

• JVM Pooling

• Improved SSO Integration

• Improved EM Interface

• XML Conversion

Oracle Forms 11.1.2

• Support for OVAB

• Integration with OAM

• Schedule Runtime Prestart

• Forms Metric Agent

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Enhanced Net Diagnostics• Oracle RUEI

• URLs in Image Items

• guiMode Parameter

• True window maximizing

• New installation options

Oracle Fo

• BI-Publisher in

• System Events

• Client configu

• JVM Controlle

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OPSS support • SSO Logout su

• Tab canvas lab

• Record Manag

• New applet pa

• Customizable

• And many, ma

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The FeaturesHere we go…



Runtime



Client Deployment Configurations

• Google Chrome, no longer supports plugins. Oracle Java Plugin can no lo – https://java.com/en/download/faq/chrome.xml

– https://www.chromium.org/administrators/turning-off-auto-updates

– https://support.google.com/installer/answer/146164

• Mozilla Firefox to support NPAPI until December 2016*.

– https://blogs.oracle.com/java-platform-group/entry/npapi_plugin_perspectives_and_the

• Microsoft has not officially stated they will desupport NPAPI. Windows 1both IE-11 and Edge (aka Spartan). Edge does not support the Java Plugin

*Reminder: Oracle Forms 11gR2 Premier Support ends December 2016

https://java.com/en/download/faq/chrome.xmlhttps://www.chromium.org/administrators/turning-off-auto-updateshttps://support.google.com/installer/answer/146164https://blogs.oracle.com/java-platform-group/entry/npapi_plugin_perspectives_and_thehttps://blogs.oracle.com/java-platform-group/entry/npapi_plugin_perspectives_and_thehttps://blogs.oracle.com/java-platform-group/entry/npapi_plugin_perspectives_and_thehttps://blogs.oracle.com/java-platform-group/entry/npapi_plugin_perspectives_and_thehttps://blogs.oracle.com/java-platform-group/entry/npapi_plugin_perspectives_and_thehttps://blogs.oracle.com/java-platform-group/entry/npapi_plugin_perspectives_and_thehttps://blogs.oracle.com/java-platform-group/entry/npapi_plugin_perspectives_and_thehttps://support.google.com/installer/answer/146164https://www.chromium.org/administrators/turning-off-auto-updateshttps://www.chromium.org/administrators/turning-off-auto-updateshttps://www.chromium.org/administrators/turning-off-auto-updateshttps://www.chromium.org/administrators/turning-off-auto-updateshttps://www.chromium.org/administrators/turning-off-auto-updateshttps://www.chromium.org/administrators/turning-off-auto-updateshttps://www.chromium.org/administrators/turning-off-auto-updateshttps://java.com/en/download/faq/chrome.xml



• Applet embedded in HTML

– Default configuration. – Support for SSO, SSO Logout, and Java

Script integration.

– Requires Java Plugin and browser.

• JNLP embedded in HTM

– Support for SSO, SSO LogScript integration.

– Base64 encodes JNLP coside html source.

– Requires Java Plugin and



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• Java Web Start

– Limited SSO support (requiresbrowser). SSO cookie will not be sharedwith browsers launched from Forms.

– No support for SSO Logout or JavaScript Integration.

– Requires either JDK or Java Plugin (JRE).

– Browser optional (required with SSO).

– Presents application with nativeappearance.

• Standalone

– No support for SSO, SSOScript Integration.

– Requires either JDK or Jainstallation.

– Browser not required.

– Presents application withappearance .

– Example page available a/forms/html/fsal.htm



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Oracle Forms and Microsoft Edge Oracle Forms and Goog


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BI-Publisher integration

Oracle Forms

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Provides an optional alternative to using Oracle Reports.• Can be used in conjunction with Oracle Reports.

• Communicate with Oracle BI-Publisher via Web Services.

• Send report output to several delivery destinations simultaneously (e

printer, ftp, etc).

• All calls to BI-Publisher are asynchronous.

• Coding syntax similar to integration with Oracle Reports.• Integration with BI-Publisher can be performance enhanced using th

Pooling feature(s).


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JVM Pooling

• DEJVM load balancing. – Random (default)

– Least Loaded First

– Round Robin

• DEJVM auto removal of child jvm.

• DEJVM enhanced logging.

• DEJVM free global references.


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Oracle Forms

• By default, leverage in-memory archive record storage rather t• Reduces record memory usage for both Data Blocks and Recor

• Customizable.

• Expose Record Manager status via new built-in (GET_RECMGR_

• New System Variables to inspect memory used by RecMan.

Record Manager


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Audio Playback

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Provides audio playback support.• Audio files stored in jar files on a remote server.

• Audio files will not be associated with a database record in this relea

• End of file playback can be detected using the Audio Completion Syst

• Audio playback is based on JavaFX, therefore most audio formats sup

JFX will be supported by Forms with the exception of the streaming f

• Playback control includes PLAY, PAUSE, STOP, TOGGLE MUTE.


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New System Events

Allows applications to react to a variety of events. Developers decide how to react.

• Client-Idle

• DB-Idle

• Single-Sign-Off

• Notification

• Media Completion


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•

Create a customized colorScheme without changing application code.• Colors are set in Registry.dat.

• Nine attributes are settable in this release. More planned for future releases.

• Uses new applet parameter “customColorScheme” (e.g. customColorScheme=sam

Customizable ColorSchemes

# Sample custom color schemecolorScheme.sample.description=Sample custom color schemecolorScheme.sample.lightest=0xFFFF33

colorScheme.sample.lighter=0xFFCC33colorScheme.sample.light=0xCC3333colorScheme.sample.dark=0x993333colorScheme.sample.darker=0x660033colorScheme.sample.darkest=0x003333colorScheme.sample.selection=0x4169E1colorScheme.sample.pinstripe1=0xEE82EEcolorScheme.sample.pinstripe2=0xF5DEB3


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Tab Label Icons

• Supports web formatted images (e.g. gif, jpg, etc).

• Tab label will grow relative to the image size. 16x16 pixel size recommended.

• Can only be set in plsql. Builder support planned in a later versions.

SET_TAB_PAGE_PROPERTY(‘tab1’,ICON_NAME,’blueDot.gif’);


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Add custom text

Logon and Change Password Dialogs

• Add up to 255 single-byte characters of alphanumeric to either of these dialogs

FORMS_LOGON_HINT and/or FORMS_CHANGE_PASSWORD_HINT

Password change example (210 characters):

Password must; contain at least 2 letters, be at least 8

long, contain at least 1 number, contain at least 1 upp

not match or contain user ID, not match or contain firs

Logon example (48 characters):

Username and password fields are case sensitive.


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Designtime


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Form Builder

Reset multiple item Properties at one time for significant time savings.

Multiple Property Inherit


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Mouse sizing icons for making UI object resizing and moving easier

Enhanced Layout Editor


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Integrated XML Converter

• Accessible from within the Builder. Select File > Convert from the menu.

• The Overwrite checkbox determines whether or not to prompt if a file already exis

• The Keep window open checkbox is helpful when more than one file is to be conve


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New object group excluding third party libraries

WebUtil Object Library

• WEBUTIL_NO_OLE can be used when OLE functionality is not used in the module.

• JACOB libraries are not needed when WEBUTIL_NO_OLE is used.

• Existing modules need to be manually altered to replace WEBUTIL with WEBUTIL_


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File Open/Save Dialogs

• Uses more modern Microsoft Windows file dialog.


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Help Menu

Oracle Forms Documentation

• Easy access to Forms documentation and other resources


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Applet Parameters

• idleTimeout

• ssoLogout

• customColorScheme

• alwaysOnTop*

• centerOnStartup*

• isResizable

•

dynamicLayout• hideActivityBar

• WebUtilVersion

• hideClientExceptions

* Not supported with Java Web Start

Properties• SET_APPLICATION_PROPERTY

(RECORD_COUNT_DISPLAYED)• SET_TAB_PAGE_PROPERTY

(ICON_NAME)

• SET_ITEM_PROPERTY(CURSOR_STYLE)

• SET_APPLICATON_PROPERTY(MAX_EVENT_WAIT)

• GET_APPLICATION_PROPERTY(USER_IP_ADDRESS)

• GET_FORM_PROPERTY(FORM_QUERY_ONLY)

• GET_RECMGR_STATS (…)

– all_record_data

– archived_record_data

– active_record_data

– record_anchors

Environment

• FORMS_SELECT_O

• FORMS_LOGON_

• FORMS_CHANGE

• FORMS_HTTP_PR

• FORMS_HTTP_PR

• FORMS_HTTPS_P

• FORMS_HTTPS_P

• FORMS_PROXY_B

Miscellaneous


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Miscellaneous

• Improvements to JDAPI (e.g. compile PLX, compile_all, etc).

•Send custom messages to ODL logging from running form.

• Get/Set value in non-current item

• Returned values from Java Script events increased in size from

• Store RADs in OPSS

• Perform most RAD administration tasks in Fusion Middleware C

• Various new Builder Preferences

• Form Builder Only install option

• And many more …


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Beyond 12.2.1.0A look into the crystal ball …


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On-going development

Oracle Forms

Features being reviewed for future releases:

• Oracle Cloud

• Application packaging and deployment utilities

• Fusion Middleware Control Forms Advanced configuration

• New applet parameters

• Enhancements to customColorscheme feature

• Form Builder improvements

•New and/or enhanced UI components

• WebUtil improvements

• New and improved security features

• Improved diagnostic features

• Enhancements to client deployment options

• Installation/configuration improvements


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Contact InformationStay in touch with the Oracle Forms family


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Stay in touch with the family

Oracle Forms

Oracle Forms on the Oracle Technology Networkhttp://www.oracle.com/technetwork/developer-tools/forms

Oracle Technology Network Forms Forumhttps://community.oracle.com/community/development_tools/forms

Oracle Communities (My-Oracle-Support)https://community.oracle.com/community/support/middleware/oracle_forms

Follow us on Twitter@OracleFormsPM


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