This course teaches you to develop and deploy Internet applications using Oracle 9i Forms. Working in a rapid development environment, participants learn how to customize forms through user input items and how to control data access by creating event-related triggers. In this practical course, you also learn how to test and debug your Web applications through the Forms environment.

This course helps Participants prepare to successfully pass the Oracle certification exam #1z1-141 to become an Oracle Forms Developer Certified Professional (OCP-Forms Developer).

Course schedule

Duration: 30 hours
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This course is valuable for those involved in developing applications with Developer, including consultants, engineers, analysts, manager and others.

Oracle 9i : Program with PL/SQL

Course Outline

Introduction to Oracle Forms Developer and Oracle Forms Services

• Internet Computing Solutions
• What Is the Oracle 9i Internet Platform?
• Oracle 9i AS Architecture and Components
• Forms Services Architecture
• Oracle 9i DS Components
• Oracle 9i Forms Developer Key Features
• Forms Builder Components
• Navigating the Forms Builder Interface

Running a Forms Developer Application

• Running a Form
• Web Form Tester
• Starting a Run Time Session
• What are the Forms Servlet and Listener Servlet?
• What Is the Forms Client?
• Defining Forms Environment Variables
• What You See at Run Time
• Identifying the Data Elements

Working in the Forms Developer Environment

• Forms Builder Key Features
• Forms Developer Executables
• Forms Builder, Forms Compiler
• Invoking Forms Executables
• Forms Builder Module Types
• Forms Builder Module Object Hierarchy
• Testing a Form with the Run Form button
• Starting OC4J

Creating a Basic Form Module

• Creating a New Form Module
• Creating and modifying a New Data Block
• Modifying the Layout
• Template Forms
• Saving and Compiling a Form Module
• Deploying a Form Module
• Moving the Form to the Middle Tier
• Generating on the Middle Tier

Working with Data Blocks and Frames

• Managing Object Properties
• Re-entrant Wizards
• Layout Editor
• Property Palette
• Controlling the Behavior of Data Blocks
• Setting Navigation and Database Properties
• Controlling the Appearance of Data Blocks
• Setting Record, Scrollbar and Frame Properties

Working with Text Items

• Creating a Text Item
• Modifying Appearance
• Controlling the Data of a Text Item
• Altering the Navigational Behavior of a Text Item
• Enhancing the Relationship between Text Item and Database
• Adding Functionality
• Displaying Helpful Messages

Creating LOVs and Editors

• LOVs and Record Groups
• Creating an LOV
• LOV Properties
• Creating an Editor
• Setting Editor Properties
• Associating an Editor with a Text Item

Creating Additional Input Items

• Creating a Check Box
• Setting Check Box Properties
• Creating a List Item
• Setting List Item Properties
• Creating a Radio Group
• Setting Radio Group Properties

Creating Noninput Items

• Creating a Display Item
• Creating an Image Item
• Setting Image Item Properties
• Creating a Push Button
• Setting Button Properties
• Creating a Calculated Item
• Setting Calculated Item Properties
• Creating a Hierarchical Tree Item

Creating Windows and Content Canvases

• What Are Windows and Canvases?
• Relationship between Windows and Content Canvases
• Displaying a Form Module in Multiple Windows
• Creating a Window
• Setting Window Properties
• Displaying a Form Module on Multiple Layouts
• Creating a New Content Canvas
• Setting Content Canvas Properties

Working with Other Canvas Types

• Overview of Canvas Types
• Creating a Stacked Canvas
• Setting Stacked Canvas Properties
• Setting Toolbar Properties
• Creating a Toolbar Canvas
• Creating a Tab Canvas
• Setting Tab Canvas Properties

Introduction to Triggers

• Trigger Components
• Type, Code and Scope
• Trigger Execution Hierarchy

Producing Triggers

• Creating Triggers
• Setting Trigger Properties
• PL/SQL Editor Features
• Database Trigger Editor Features
• Writing Trigger Code
• Adding Functionality with Built-in Subprograms
• Using Triggers

Debugging Triggers

• The Debugging Process
• The Debug Console
• Call Stack
• Variables
• Watch List
• Form Values
• PL/SQL Packages
• Global/System Variables

Adding Functionality to Items

• Item Interaction Triggers
• Defining Functionality for Input Items
• Interacting with Check Boxes
• Changing List Items at Run Time
• Defining Functionality for Noninput Items
• Displaying LOVs from Buttons
• Populating Image Items
• Populating Hierarchical Trees

Runtime Messages and Alerts

• Runtime Messages and Alerts Overview
• Built-Ins and Handling Errors
• Controlling System Messages
• The FORM_TRIGGER_FAILURE Exception
• Triggers for Intercepting System Messages
• Creating and Controlling Alerts
• Handling Errors Raised by the Oracle Database Server

Query Triggers

• Query Processing Overview
• SELECT Statements Issued During Query Processing
• WHERE and ORDER BY clauses
• The ONETIME_WHERE property
• Writing Query Triggers
• Query Array Processing
• Coding Triggers for Enter-Query Mode
• Overriding Default Query Processing

Validation

• Validation Process
• Controlling Validation Using Properties
• Form-level Properties
• Block-level Properties
• Item-level Properties
• Controlling Validation Using Triggers
• When-Validate-Item Trigger
• When-Validate-Record Trigger

Navigation

• Navigation Overview
• Understanding Internal Navigation
• Controlling Navigation Using Object Properties
• Writing Navigation Triggers
• Using Pre- and Post- Triggers
• Using When-New-<object>-Instance Triggers
• The Navigation Trap
• Using Navigation Built-Ins in Triggers

Transaction Processing

• Transaction Processing Overview
• The Commit Sequence of Events
• Characteristics of Commit Triggers
• Common Uses of Commit Triggers
• The Life of an Update
• Delete Validation
• Assigning Sequence Numbers
• Keeping an Audit Trail

Writing Flexible Code

• Using System Variables for Flexible Coding
• Using Built-in Subprograms for Flexible Coding
• Referencing Objects by Internal ID
• Referencing Items Indirectly

Sharing Objects and Code

• Benefits of Reusable Objects and Code
• What Are Property Classes?
• Creating a Property Class
• Inheriting from a Property Classes
• What Are Object Groups?
• Creating and Using Object Groups
• Copying and Subclassing Objects and Code
• What is an Object Library