Oracle Forms Developer and Oracle Forms Services

Practice flashcards covering the deployment, architecture, runtime environment, and operational modes of Oracle Forms Services and Developer.

Default test-form

A form shown when an out-of-the-box Forms URL is run with no arguments, which displays the Forms version number information.

forms.conf

The configuration file where WebLogic handler mappings for the Oracle HTTP Server listener are defined.

Oracle HTTP Server (OHS)

An optional server component that can be placed in front of the WebLogic Server; it requires post-installation configuration of forms.conf.

formsweb.cfg

The default servlet configuration file located in $DOMAIN\_HOME/config/fmwconfig/servers/WLS\_FORMS/applications/formsapp\_12.2.1/config$.

baseHTML

The file read by the Forms servlet to return an HTML or JNLP page to the browser after performing variable substitutions (e.g., replacing %%form%% with a specific value).

Forms applet

A thin client that runs in the JVM environment provided by Oracle Java plug-in, Web Start, or standalone Java executable.

Forms Listener servlet

The specific servlet at the URL http://example.com:9001/forms/lservlet that the applet contacts to start a session.

frmweb

The Forms run-time process (identified as frmweb.exe on Windows) started by the Forms Listener servlet.

FORMS_PATH

An environment setting defined in the environment file (default.env by default) that lists directories where form files like hrapp.fmx must be located.

exit_form(no_validate)

A PL/SQL built-in function call that exits the form without prompting the user to save changes.

Default menu

A standard component of Oracle Forms Developer applications that serves as an alternative to keystroke operations and can be customized or replaced.

Menu toolbar

A component containing buttons corresponding to menu items that appears above user-defined toolbars at run time.

Console

The generic name for standard features at the bottom of the window, consisting of the message line and the status line.

Message line

The part of the console that displays both Forms and application-specific messages.

Status line

The part of the console that displays a variety of indicators reflecting the current state of the form module.

Enter-Query mode

A mode of operation allowing unrestricted and restricted queries but prohibiting navigation out of the current data block or record insertion, updating, and deletion.

Normal mode

The typical mode upon entering a form module where typing into a blank record is an insert and typing over an existing record is an update.

Query mode

A mode that occurs while Forms is processing a query, during which the user cannot interact with the form.

Data elements

The various components of a Forms application including prompts, text items, check boxes, boilerplate graphics, boilerplate text, display items, list items, push buttons, and image items.

Display Error

A feature accessed via Help > Display Error that shows the Database Error window including the SQL statement and error information.