1. © 2007 by Prentice Hall8-1 Introduction to Oracle 10g Chapter 8 Understanding and Using Forms Builder James Perry and Gerald Post

2. © 2007 by Prentice Hall8-2 Chapter Outline Introduction to Forms Creating a Simple Main Form with the Forms Builder Modifying Forms Creating Tabular Forms and Sub Forms

3. © 2007 by Prentice Hall8-3 8.1: The Agent form for Redwood Realty shows one agent at a time Sample forms

4. © 2007 by Prentice Hall8-4 8.2: The License Status form uses a grid layout to display multiple rows

5. © 2007 by Prentice Hall8-5 8.3: The Agent Contacts from combines a main form with a tabular form

6. © 2007 by Prentice Hall8-6 8.6 Web services architecture Developer User Database server Application server Forms builder Name.fmb Compiled form Name.fmx Java- enabled Web browser Forms and data Overview of forms architecture on the Web

7. © 2007 by Prentice Hall8-7 8.5 Design view of the structure of an Oracle form Object Navigator Canvas Tools Property Palette Items

8. © 2007 by Prentice Hall8-8 8.6 Choosing tables with the data block wizard The Browse button gives you the list of tables Creating a form with the wizards

9. © 2007 by Prentice Hall8-9 8.7 Choosing columns with the data block wizard

10. © 2007 by Prentice Hall8-10 8.8 Setting prompts and column widths in the layout wizard

11. © 2007 by Prentice Hall8-11 8.9 Choosing the number of records in the layout wizard

12. © 2007 by Prentice Hall8-12 8.10 Design of the initial Customer form

13. © 2007 by Prentice Hall8-13 8.11 First step of JInitiator setup Running the form

14. © 2007 by Prentice Hall8-14 8.12 Initial Customer form and form controls Execute Query Select prior or next record Add or delete records Save changes Close form

15. © 2007 by Prentice Hall8-15 8.13 Simple form query to find all customers with a last name beginning with the letter B Enter QueryExecute QueryCancel Query Displaying data with form queries

16. © 2007 by Prentice Hall8-16 8.14 Rows filtered by the query

17. © 2007 by Prentice Hall8-17 8.15 Object alignment options The Layout Editor

18. © 2007 by Prentice Hall8-18 8.16 The object navigator

19. © 2007 by Prentice Hall8-19 8.17 Common form modifications Alignment options

20. © 2007 by Prentice Hall8-20 8.18 Adding a static image

21. © 2007 by Prentice Hall8-21 8.19 Design for the Listings form

22. © 2007 by Prentice Hall8-22 8.20 Loading an image to the database

23. © 2007 by Prentice Hall8-23 Table 8.1: Property changes for query lookup values PropertyNew Value NameFIRSTNAME PromptFirst Name Prompt Attachment Offset7 Database ItemYes Column NameFIRSTNAME Primary KeyNo Query OnlyYes Adding lookup columns with a List Of Values

24. © 2007 by Prentice Hall8-24 8.21 Choosing the return item with the List of Values wizard

25. © 2007 by Prentice Hall8-25 8.22 List of values for selecting the listing agent

26. © 2007 by Prentice Hall8-26 8.23 Changing an item type to Radio Group Adding Radio buttons

27. © 2007 by Prentice Hall8-27 8.24 Properties for the radio button

28. © 2007 by Prentice Hall8-28 8.25 Radio buttons on the form

29. © 2007 by Prentice Hall8-29 8.26 Setting the initial properties for a tabular form Creating tabular forms

30. © 2007 by Prentice Hall8-30 8.27 Tabular design for license status values

31. © 2007 by Prentice Hall8-31 8.28 Creating a relationship for a main/sub form Creating a main with sub form

32. © 2007 by Prentice Hall8-32 8.29 Initial main form and sub form design

33. © 2007 by Prentice Hall8-33 Table 8.2: Properties to change to add a display column PropertyValue NameFIRSTNAME EnabledNo Column NameFIRSTNAME Query OnlyYes PromptFirst Name

34. © 2007 by Prentice Hall8-34 Table 8.3: Common entries for format masks Formatting CharacterDisplay Effect XAny character or digit. AOnly alphabetic characters. 9Only numbers. 0Only numbers and displays leading zeros. YYYYFour digit year. MMTwo digit year number. DDDay of month.