About Exam

• Why Upgrade to Oracle9i /10g Forms?
• Deploying Forms Applications on the Internet
• Deploying Forms Applications Globally
• Migrating Existing Applications to Oracle9i /10g Forms
• Designing Forms Modules Outside the Builder
• Enhancing the User Experience
• Troubleshooting Forms Applications
• Integrating Java into Forms Applications

Exam Objectives

• Why Upgrade to Oracle9i /10g Forms?
• Describe the benefits provided by Oracle9i /10g Forms
• Explain the reasons why Forms has been optimized for the Web
• Describe Oracle9i /10g Forms productivity enhancements
• Explain the features for global deployment of Forms applications
• Explain how Oracle9i /10g Forms provides integration features
• Describe the openness of Oracle9i /10g Forms
• Explain how Oracle9i /10g Forms has been streamlined
• Explain the types of features removed from the product
• Explain components that have been removed from the product
  
• Deploying Forms Applications on the Internet
• Describe the architecture of Oracle9i /10g Application Server
• Explain the role of Oracle Containers for J2EE (OC4J) in deploying applications
• Describe the components of Oracle9i /10g Forms Services
• Describe the process of starting a run-time session
• Run a form from the Forms Builder using OC4J
• Start and stop an OC4J session
• Set Forms Builder perferences to use OC4J
• Customize the Forms Services configuration
• Define environment variables
• Define Forms Servlet parameters
• Deploying Forms Applications Globally
• Specify item length for single-byte, multi-byte, and variable-byte character sets
• Adjust functionality for different time zones
• Explain how time zone conversion works
• Modify environment variables to enable time zone conversion
• Use built-ins to manipulate time zones
• Publish one URL for applications that will be displayed in different languages based on the browser setting
• Explain how browser language settings are communicated to the application server
• Describe how the language setting determines the application that runs
• Deploy language-specific applications
• Describe the TranslationHub tool to translate Forms modules into different languages
• Explain how to start TranslationHub
• Describe the TranslationHub user interface
• Explain the steps to translate an application
• Migrating Existing Applications to Oracle9i /10g Forms
• Describe the migration path for applications written in previous versions of Forms
• Explain the methods you can use to upgrade applications
• Use the Oracle9i /10g Forms Migration Assistant to upgrade a Forms6i application
• Explain issues that can be encountered when upgrading from Forms versions prior to 6i
• Describe design and upgrade issues with applications previously deployed by other means
• Explain how to integrate graphs from Forms6i applications
• Run Reports from Oracle9i /10g Forms
• Designing Forms Modules Outside the Builder
• Explain the batch methods of modifying Forms modules
• Describe the benefits of modifying Forms with a batch method
• Use the Java API (JDAPI) to modify Forms modules
• Explain the advantages of using JDAPI