Windows development - moderate complexity 1

[klm2klm2]

Hello friends,

I've been out of the Oracle development world for some years now. My previous Oracle contract was in the early-to-mid 90s using Forms 3.0 and ReportWriter 1.1. The app exists on a single PC with a single user. I enjoyed developing in that environment, but I'm sure all of the rules have changed since then. Since that time, I've been doing mostly data architecture and app design -- not heads down development.

I'm now being asked to bring that app into state-of-the-art tools. I'll be doing all of the work. In the new configuration, there *may* be more than one user on a LAN. Still, it will be a basic, but not trivial, business app consisting of a relational database, forms, menus, and reports.

What tools should I use? Stick with Oracle? Switch to something else? Should I consider MS Access (sounds shaky), VB (presumed significant learning curve), Delphi, Crystal, others? Assume that I am knowledgeable about SQL, Forms 3, and VBA. What do you recommend? I seek your advice.

Thank you very much,
Kim

 

[Hehenka]

I advice you to use Oracle Forms6i/Reports6i. I work with it and I think that it can satisfy all your needs. It can run also on WEB ...
Here you can find more about it (also demo):

http://technet.oracle.com

I hope this will be a little help for you.

Helena

 

[klm2klm2]

Did you mean to say Oracle9i/Forms9i?

 

[lewisp]

AFAIK Forms 9i will *only* run on the web.

 

[klm2klm2]

I very much appreciate the comments from Hehenka and lewisp. I hate to be dense about this, but I'm having trouble finding information about Oracle Forms6i/Reports6i on

http://technet.oracle.com.

If you can find a more specific URL, please forward it to me. Thanks!!!

 

[Hehenka]

Here is an address:

http://otn.oracle.com/products/forms/content.html

 

[klm2klm2]

In a previous post, Hehenka mentioned Oracle Forms6i/Reports6i. All I see on OTN refers to 9i. Was the reference to 6i a typo or is there a 6i version that I should consider?

 

[Hehenka]

There are both Oracle9i Forms Technical Information and Oracle Forms Release6i Technical Information
in

http://otn.oracle.com/products/forms/content.html

there.

 

[klm2klm2]

Fantastic. Thank, Hehenka!