The InterLabs Seminar on April 27 2011, at the Concentra building, Antwerp, Belgium. To upgrade your Oracle Forms 10g applications, there is no silver bullet sollution. What are the possibilities and their (dis)advantages?

1. Oracle Forms, what’snext ? Concentra Bedrijvencentrum 2011-04-27

2. Welcome @ InterLabs ! Steve Lannoye – Managing Director AboutInterLabs – Innovationcentre of IAB Possibilities: Interactive programs onactual hot market topics Seminars (InterLabs invites) Fullycustomizedcoaching programs

3. Patrick Hellemans – Competence Manager Technology Sessions intro

4. Agenda Welcome @ InterLabs – Steve Lannoye Sessions intro – Patrick Hellemans Session 1: Java – Marco Barberio Session 2: APEX 4.0 – Geert Guldentops Break Sessions intro – Patrick Hellemans Session 3: ADF 11g & Forms 11g – Shintaro Nagaoka Wrap up – Patrick Hellemans Next steps & opening reception – Steve Lannoye

5. Does Forms 10g still have a future ?

6. Possiblemigrationpaths

7. Marco Barberio – Senior Java Solution Engineer Why Java Migration paths Demo Conclusion Session 1: Java

8. Forms 10g application requires integration with other applications. Java development provides much lower development costs. The use of open source technology is beneficial to the organization. The organization has determined that proprietary is no longer beneficial. Why Java

9. Reuse Database CRUD screens will be managed in Java. Call custom made stored procedures. Create new GUI in JSF. Solution: Step 1

10. Rewrite stored procedures in Java code. Write all the custom made PL/SQL code in Java. Re-factor GUI. Solution: Step 2

11. Architecture PL/SQL

12. Demo Hands on

13. “open” technology Easy interaction with other applications Platform independency :"Write once, run anywhere" Conclusion

14. Geert Guldentops – Oracle APEX SolutionEngineer Possiblemigrationpaths How to convert Oracle Forms 10g to APEX Demo migration Conclusion Session 2: APEX 4.0

15. Use Oracle Forms ‘converter’ to convertForms 10g front-end to APEX Build APEX applicationsbasedonexisting PL/SQL back-end Createnew APEX applicationsusing a framework PossibleMigrationPaths

16. 1. Convert Oracle Forms to XML. 2. Createan APEX workspaceassociatedwith the Forms schema. 3. Create a migration project and upload the necessaryxmls. 4. Analyse the Oracle Formsconversionresults. 5. Generate Oracle APEX application. 6. FurtherCustomize the APEX application. How To Convert Oracle Forms 10g To APEX

17. Demo Migration Hands on

18. Oracle FormsConverter does notworkforForms 10g Build APEX applicationson top of existing PL/SQL back-endwhenpossible Useframeworks and otherreusablecomponents to enable RAD and easilyenhancecommonapplicationfunctionalities Conclusion

20. Patrick Hellemans – Competence Manager Technology Sessions intro Patrick Hellemans – Competence Manager Technology

21. Shintaro Nagaoka – Principal Product Sales Consultant Oracle Oracle Forms 11g Oracle ADF 11g Session 3: ADF 11g & Forms 11g

22. Oracle Forms 11g Technically the safest migration ( upgrade ) Suitable for the intranet type applications Oracle’s commitment to continue Forms development Runs on Oracle Fusion Middleware 11g Some new features in Oracle Forms 11g

23. Upgrading 6i & 10g Applications to 11g 6i Forms FMB 11g Forms FMB 11g Forms FMX 10g Forms FMB 6iForms FMT open Forms Builder 6i Forms Compiler Oracle Forms Builder 11g open generate

24. Quotes from the Oracle Whitepaper : Sep 2009 Oracle Forms and Reports Oracle has no plan to desupport these products. Furthermore, new version of Oracle Forms, Oracle Reports will continue to be released as part of Oracle Fusion Middleware and Oracle Forms 11g and Oracle Reports 11g are components of Oracle Fusion Middleware 11g. In line with our product strategy, future development activities will be aimed at smoother version-to-version upgrade, integration with features of the platform/ technology stack and product stability.

25. Oracle Fusion Middleware ( FMW ) 11g

26. Oracle Forms 11g Forms Server

27. 11g Forms New Features External events Javascript integration Java events Proxy user support PL/SQL tracing Oracle diagnostic logging (ODL)

28. External Events FormsClient BPEL thru AQ FormsServer Timers FormsServer 2 Databasethru AQ Making it possible to call into Forms from the outside world

29. New trigger for programming External Events

30. New SOA integration architecture with Oracle Forms application Customer solution Partner solution Forms Application Oracle Service Bus

31. Oracle JDeveloper ADF Application Rewrite PL/SQL codes need to be rewritten in Java JDEV : Mainstream development tool at Oracle Used by the Oracle developers Proven productivity through Application Development Framework ( ADF ) Application deployment requires a middleware platform, typically Oracle Fusion Middleware

32. Java EE Web User Interfaces Web Services SOA WebCenter / Portlets Database XML Oracle JDeveloper - Enterprise IDE JDeveloper

33. JDeveloper - Unified Visual Development SOA Web 2.0 Java

34. Choice of Development Styles Visual Dialog Code

35. Full Lifecycle Support

36. A Common Development Framework Oracle Application Development Framework Increase productivity & ease-of-use Visual and declarative development Takes care of the “plumbing” code Implements best practices Promote service oriented development Re-usable business services Composite applications development Standards-based Choice of technology, deployment platform End-to-end coverage MVC, security, customization

37. Portals / WebCenter ADF Architecture Channels Mobile Browsers Excel Desktop Browsers Disconnected Mobile Unified Binding and UI Orchestration Service Interfaces Database ServiceOrchestration WebServices EBus / PSoft Siebel

38. Oracle ADF - Major Benefits Faster and simpler standard-based development Forrester - the Oracle 11g development environment may finally be the “Visual Basic for Java” Partners report 30% productivity improvement over .Net Rich interactive user interfaces without the cost Single set of developer skills Mobile, BI, Geographic Information, Cubic data Common infrastructure Declarative customization (company, department, personal, portal) End-to-end security Drag-and-drop binding Reliable certification and support Advanced Tooling

39. Patrick Hellemans – Competence Manager Technology No extended support forForms 10g 4 possiblemigrationpaths 2 PL/SQL based : APEX 4.0 & Forms 11g 2 Java based: ADF 11g & Java No silverbulletsolution, butmigrationapproachwillmake the difference Wrap up

40. Next steps and opening reception Steve Lannoye – Managing Director

41. References

42. Questions ?