Oracle Form Builder: Managing Module Types

This course is the fourth in a six-part Oracle Form Builder series that is based on Oracle Developer/2000 Release 2. This course will introduce participants to Project Builder and teach them how to create and manage a menu module. In addition users will learn how to customize and implement menu security.

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Duration: 8 hours Training Presented in: English

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. In addition participants should have taken the first three parts of the Oracle Form Builder series courses 61211 61212 and 61213.

Objective

• Identify the benefits and terminology of Project Builder.
• Create a project.
• Establish dependencies.
• Deliver a project.
• Create a menu module containing menus menu items menu toolbars and popup menus in Form Builder.
• Manage a menu module by control.
• Customize and implement security by using builtins and substitution parameters.

Topics Include

Unit 1: Project Builder

• Identify the benefits of using Project Builder.
• Match the terms used in Project Builder with their definitions.
• Create a connection in Project Builder by using the pop-up menu.
• Create an empty standalone project using the Project Wizard.
• Add files to an empty project using Project Wizard.
• Identify the operations that are possible using the Project Builder.
• Establish explicit dependency in a project using Project Builder.
• Build dependencies in Projects by using the Project Builder compile options.
• Deliver a project using the Project Builder.
• Identify the items from which an entry can inherit properties.
• Create a new file type in the Project Builder by using the Default Menu.
• Match the Project Builder action types with their features.
• Modify a type by adding actions using the pop-up menu.
• Match the types of macros with their descriptions.
• Create a macro in a project by using the pop-up menu.
• Customize the Launcher by using the Project Builder default menu.

Unit 2: Menu Module Creation

• Match components of the Menu Module with their functions.
• Match the menu styles in Form Builder with their menus they display.
• Match the components of Menu Editor toolbar with their functions.
• Create a Menu Module by using the Menu Editor.
• Match the menu Module properties with their functions.
• Match the menu properties with their functions.
• Match the menu item properties with their functions.
• Manipulate the menu item properties to change the appearance and behavior of a menu item by using the Property Palette.
• Create a Menu Toolbar by using the Property Palette visible in the horizontal Menu Toolbar visible in the vertical Menu Toolbar.
• Attach the Menu Module to a Form Module by using the Property Palette.
• Create a pop-up menu in a Form Module.

Unit 3: Menu Module Management

• Identify the methods by which a form module and a menu module share code.
• Match the menu item built-ins with their functions.
• Replace the current menu in a form module by using the REPLACE_MENU built-in.
• Match the predefined substitution parameters with their descriptions.
• Create a user-named substitution parameter from the Form Builder Object Navigator.
• Reference a substitution parameter by using the QUERY_PARAMETER built-in.
• Validate a substitution parameter value by using the QUERY_PARAMETER built-in.
• Sequence the steps to implement menu security in a form module.
• Assign a role to a menu module by using the Menu Module Property Palette.
• Assign access to a menu item by using the Menu Editor.

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

• Oracle Form Builder: Enhancing the User Interface
• Oracle Form Builder: Forms Fundamentals
• Oracle Form Builder: Handling Multiple Object Relationships
• Oracle Form Builder: Including Reusable Oracle Components
• Oracle Form Builder: Writing and Debugging Code