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Oracle Forms Modernization site on OTN

25 April 2008 at 13:01 CEST | In Forms, Oracle, Web components |

I just noticed that Grant Ronald, an Oracle Forms product manager, blogged about a new subsite on OTN “Oracle Forms Modernization”

I knew this was coming and I think it’s a good thing. It proves that Oracle is still committed to Oracle Forms as a product. They are helping Oracle Forms customers to get the most out of their investment in showing how Oracle Forms can still be used in the changing technology environment of today. I’m hoping to get my OraFormsFaces solution included on the page as well. It allows you to integrate Forms and JSF/ADF seamlessly which, I think, fits perfectly with the “Forms Modernization” theme.

I just fear the people who keep claiming that Oracle is dropping Forms will use this site as another argument for their cause. They can (will?) argue that Oracle is pushing Forms customers to new technology and that this site is just another means to accomplish this. I guess, there’s nothing Oracle can do to please these people. I think, you should see this site as a positive thing. It’s not telling people to move away from Forms and move to any new technology. It’s just explaining to Forms users how they can integrate Forms with new technology IF they want to (there’s no pressure there). It fits perfectly with the Oracle Forms strategy of “Upgrade and Integrate”; upgrade your Oracle Forms installation to the latest version and benefit from the advantages of new technologies by integrating the two worlds. That happens to fit perfectly with the OraFormsFaces approach as well. It allows you to integrate Forms and JSF seamlessly, in a way that cannot be accomplished with the out-of-the-box Oracle Forms product.