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Forms Bean : HTML Browser bean updated

Oracle Forms

Par Francois Degrelle

Hello, I received, today, a request from a person who wanted to display HTML text stored in a database column in his Forms application. I suggested to use the HTML pane Java Bean, but he claimed that his HTML text contains hyperlinks, so I thought about...

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Oracle Forms LAF 1.3.6 : minor update

Oracle Forms

Par Francois Degrelle

I have just added the keyboard navigation function to the Scrolling Image Panel new function. You can, then, navigate through the images using the Left, Right, Home and End arrows on the keyboard. As it is really a minor modification, I decided not to...

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Oracle Forms : article about parameters

Oracle Forms

Par Francois Degrelle

Here is a nice article written by Rosario Vigilante about how to deal with the Forms parameters. Download the document (MSWord document).

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Forms Java Bean contest

Oracle Forms

Par Francois Degrelle

To mark the third anniversary of the forms-pjc-bean site, I am pleased to launch a Forms Java Bean contest . To take part, all you need to do is to show a developed Forms application that contains an interesting, innovative, or just plain "cool" use of...

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Oracle Forms Look and Feel version 1.3.6

Oracle Forms

Par Francois Degrelle

Main new feature : Scrolling Image Viewer Allowing you to display your images in a scrolling panel. Ideal for a photo album or a commercial catalog. In this version, the images can also be read from a BLOB database column. Get the new version

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Forms : displaying graphics with minimal effort (Google Chart)

Oracle Forms

Par Francois Degrelle

I saw a blog entry, today, about the Google Chart APIs, and it immediatly made me thinking about the enhanced HTML browser or the other enhanced HTML browser Forms Java beans to render simple graphics in the application frame. Of course, you can display...

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Using the Forms Look & Feel Project ? poll

Oracle Forms

Par Francois Degrelle

Do you use the Forms Look and Feel Project in your applications? Yes ? No ? Please, Answer this simple poll

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Oracle Forms : a few books

Oracle Forms

Par Francois Degrelle

Here is a few links to point to some Forms books (Amazon): Oracle Developer Forms Techniques (Paperback) Oracle Forms Developer -- The Complete Video Course Oracle Forms Interactive Workbook (Interactive Workbook Series) (Paperback) Programming with Oracle...

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Oracle Forms Look and Feel version 1.3.5.1

Oracle Forms

Par Francois Degrelle

Sized multi-stops linear gradients: Reflected images: Get the new version

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Forms : 2 new Java Beans for the new year!

Oracle Forms

Par Francois Degrelle

These days, we received two new Java Beans to add to the forms-pjc-bean library A first one from Mark Striekwold about another solution to display a full Web browser with Flash animation, and documents like Powerpoint, MSWord or MSExcel inside the Forms...

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