Oracle Form Builder: Forms Fundamentals

Audience

Application developers database administrators designer/developers and technical support professionals. Prior to taking this course participants should be familiar with SQL and PL/SQL or have taken courses 61110 61111 61112 and 60113.

Objective

• Identify the key features components and capabilities of Developer/2000.
• Identify the features of the Form Builder environment.
• Run and create a basic form module.
• Customize a form module.

Topics Include

Unit 1: Developer/2000 and Form Builder: An Overview

• Identify the features of Developer/2000.
• Match the components of Developer/2000 with the tasks that they enable.
• Identify the common features of Developer/2000 Components.
• Identify the features of Oracle Toolkit.
• Identify the features of the Developer/2000 main menu.
• Set preferences to customize a Developer/2000 session by using the Preferences dialog box.
• Match the main environment variables with their descriptions.
• Identify the tasks that various Form Builder executables enable.
• Match each Form Builder module type with its corresponding description.
• Identify the descriptions of the main components of a Form Module.
• Identify the features of the Form Builder block types.
• Match each Form module object type with its description.

Unit 2: Running and Creating a Form Module

• Match the components of the Form Builder runtime environment with their features.
• Match the different methods for navigating the Form Builder Runtime with their features.
• Identify the tasks that can be performed in the two modes of Forms Runtime operation.
• Perform an unrestricted query by using the default functionality.
• Perform a restricted query by using the Query Where dialog box.
• Insert a record by using the default functionality.
• Update a record by using default functionality.
• Delete a record by using the default functionality.
• Make changes permanent by using the menu option.
• Display runtime errors by using the help option.
• Exit a runtime session by using the menu option.
• Using a specified option create a new form module by invoking the Form Builder Wizard.
• Create a new form module in a Form Builder component by using a given method.
• Set the properties of a form module in the Object Navigator by using the Property Palette.
• Identify the features of the Form Builder wizards.
• Create a new data block by using the Data Block Wizard.
• Modify a layout of a data block by using the Layout Wizard in reentrant mode.
• Deliver a form module based on given specifics.
• Match the module type extensions with their storage format.
• Identify and create a master-detail relationship.
• Identify the definition of a master-detail relationship.
• Create a master-detail form module by using the Data Block Wizard.

Unit 3: Customizing a Form Module

• Match the component names with their components in the Property Palette.
• Create a visual attribute in the Object Navigator by using the Create icon.
• Modify the properties that control the behavior of a data block by using the Property Palette.
• Modify the properties that control the appearance of a data block by using the Property Palette.
• Modify the frame properties of a data block by using the Property Palette.
• Set properties on multiple objects by using the Property Palette.
• Create a control block in the Object Navigator by using the Create icon.
• Delete a data block in the Object Navigator by using the Delete icon.
• Create a text item in a builder component by using a specific method.
• Modify the appearance of a text item by using the Property Palette.
• Modify the properties that control the data of a text item by using the Property Palette.
• Modify the properties that enhance the relationship between text item and database by using the Property Palette.
• Modify the properties that add functionality to a text item by using the Property Palette.
• Modify the properties that alter the navigational behavior of a text item by using the Property Palette.
• Modify the properties that provide context sensitive help by using the Property Palette.

Duration

8

Minimum Requirements

The CDROM version of this course requires:

• At least a 486DX 33Mhz CPU.
• Microsoft Windows 3.1 or higher and a Microsoft compatible mouse.
• At least 8MB RAM.
• At least VGA graphics capability with a minimum 512K video RAM (1MB video RAM recommended).
• At least a double speed CDROM drive.
• An MPC compliant sound card with attached speakers or headphones is recommended (Currently only the CDROM version supports audio).

• At least a 486DX 33Mhz CPU.
• Microsoft Windows 3.1 or higher and a Microsoft compatible mouse.
• At least 8MB RAM and 22MB available hard disk space or file server space.
• At least VGA graphics capability with a minimum 512K video RAM (1MB video RAM recommended).

Media

CDROM