main()
method that creates and shows dialog. Name | Version | (*1) Database | Character/GUI | Comments |
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IAF | 2 | Character | No IDE | |
FastForms+IAG | 4 | Character | ||
SQL*Forms | 2 | 5 | Character | New IDE, No PL/SQL, User Exits, INP ASCII File, FRM Runtime File |
SQL*Forms | 2.3 | 5 | Character | Runtime improvements |
SQL*Forms | 3 | 6 | Character | Major Rewrite, Improved IDE, PL/SQL included, X Support, Generate code to enforce constraints |
Oracle Forms | 4.0 | 6-7 | GUI / Character | Major Rewrite, New IDE, FMB source binary file, FMX Runtime, optimized for Client-Server. New interface is slow, buggy and not popular with client base. |
Oracle Forms | 4.5 | 7 | GUI / Character | Major Rewrite, New IDE based on Object Navigator & Property Sheets. Good release, fast, popular with client base. Oracle wanted customers to upgrade from v4 quickly because v4 was very buggy and Oracle was contracted to support v4 for a period of time for some large, important customers. So, Oracle named this release 4.5 (rather than 5) which allowed Oracle to claim continued support for v4. This allowed some customers who were locked into v4 for the life of their project to upgrade from v4 to v4.5 by claiming that this was a patch release even though it was clearly a major release. |
Oracle Forms | 5 | 7 | GUI / Character | |
Oracle Forms | 6 | 8 | GUI / Character | Forms Server / Web Forms introduced. Client-Server still available and used by most clients. Forms Server mode is slow, buggy and uses a lot of memory per session. |
Oracle Forms | 6i | 8 | GUI / Character | |
Oracle Forms | 9i (*2) | 9i | GUI | Client-Server runtime removed leaving Forms Server (Web Interface) as only runtime option. Major Changes at the Server Level, more effective communication between user browser and the server. |
Oracle Forms | 10g | 10g | GUI | This is a Forms 9 release (9.0.4.0.19). Renamed externally to indicate support for 10g database. Menu-Help-About displays v9.0.4.0.19. Not forward compatible with 10gr2 (can't open 10gr2 forms in 10g/904) |
Oracle Forms | 10gR2 | 10gR2 | GUI | version 10.1.2.0.2 - registry home key moved. Max NUMBER length reduced from 40 to 38 |
Oracle Forms | 11g | 11g | GUI | version 11.1.1.X External Events, JavaScript[1] |
Oracle Forms | 11gR2 | 11gR2 | GUI | version 11.1.2.X Oracle Access Manager Integration, Performance and Monitoring, Real User Experience Interaction[2] |
Oracle Forms | 12c | 12c | GUI |