1. Oracle Forms Oracle Forms Builder provides various tools, which have powerful Graphical User Interfaces (GUI's) to design such forms. All objects, properties, triggers required by a computerized form can be selected and manipulated by simply clicking on an appropriate icon. A Forms wizard is provided as part of the tool set. Even non- programmers can use the forms wizard to quickly create fully functional forms. Oracle Forms Builder allows commercial application developers to design forms that will capture, validate and store data with the very minimum of coding. The components of Forms Builder, Oracle's GUI based forms creation tool are:  Forms Builder  Forms Compiler  Forms Runtime

2. APPLICATION DEVELOPMENT IN FORMS Applications built using Oracle Forms Builder contain the following components: 1. Form Modules 2. Menus 3. PL/SQL Libraries 5. Database Objects Form Module The primary object created using Form Builder is a form. The Form module is nothing but a collection of objects such as blocks, canvases, frames, items and event based PL/SQL code blocks bound to triggers housed in an M.S. Windows Command Window.

3. Menus The menu module is a collection of objects such as menu items, sub menu items and event based PL/SQL code blocks that cause form-based work to be carried out. PL/SQL Libraries The library module is a collection of PL/SQL functions, and procedures stored in a single library file. This library file is then attached to a form/menu module. All other objects in the form or menu can now access and share the collection of PL/SQL functions and procedures. A FORM MODULE A Form module consists of the following components: o Blocks  Items  Frames  Canvas Views  Window  PL/SQL Code blocks