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Developer 2000
CSE 4504/6504 Lab
Developer 2000
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A group of tools for developing
Client/Server application.
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Two important tools:
Form Builder -- For designing data entry forms.
Report Builder -- For designing reports.
How to run the tools in ra?
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Enter swsetup oradev to add the Oracle 8.0
developer 2000 design tools to your path
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f60desm to start the Form Builder
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f60runm to run the executable form file
What is Form Builder?
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Form is a window the user interacts with.
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Form Builder is a tool that can do most of
the development without a great deal of
coding.
Main Components in Form Builder
Object Navigator
 Property palette
 Layout editor
 PL/SQL editor
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Object Navigator
Layout Editor
To design the outlook of the interface.
Property Palette
Click the control component and press mouse right key,
then select the option ‘Property Palette’.
PL/SQL Editor
PL/SQL Editor is where all PL/SQL code can be added,
modified, removed, and compiled.
Log into Database
Put your user name and password
(same as sqlplus), and click connect.
Create a single block form
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In general, a Data Block on a form corresponds
to a table or a view in the database. This is
called the Base Table for the data block.
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A canvas is the place to show the data in data
block.
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Create a module named “orders”.
Step 1 create a data block for table department
1.In the Module you want to add a block, right click on the
Data blocks, select Data Block wizard in the popup menu.
2.select a table from database and add all columns
Step 2 create Layout for data block department
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1.In menu Tools click the Layout wizard
2.The layout for a data block may be placed on any
existing canvas. In this case, there are no canvases so the
only option available is to create a new canvas.
3.select the data block and add all columns
4.select style
There are two main styles for forms. A Tabular layout
arranges the field labels across the top of the form with a
number of records below as in a spreadsheet.
A Form layout places the field labels to the left of the
fields. Generally only one record is displayed at a time.
5.select the title and the num of record showed at the
same time.
Step 3 run the form
In menu program click run form, a execution window will
pop up. In the menu bar “Query”, click on “enter query”,
then click on “execute query”, the data requested will be
displayed in the blocks.
Step 4 Do a simple query on a condition
Change the property of data block ORDERS
to do a simple query
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Right click on data block ORDERS
Select property palette
Change where property to
ORDERDATE > ’01-AUG-2000’
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Run the form again to see the changes
Smart Trigger
“when-new-form-instance”
In the PL/SQL editor:
execute_query;
The query will be automatically
executed when the form runs.
Create a Master-Detail Form
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The Master-Detail relationship is a common
relationship between entities. In an EntityRelationship diagram, these are shown as "One
to Many" relationships. In a physical database
design, a single Master record references one or
more detail records in another table. A record in
the detail table will relate to exactly one master
record in the master table.
It is based on a single data block created before.
Create a Master-Detail Form (cont.)
Step1 create a master data block for ORDERS
Create a single block form whose data block is
associated with master table
Step 2 create the layout for data block ORDERS
Same as before
Create a Master-Detail Form (cont.)
Step 3 create a detail data block for ORDERS
 Use data block wizard to create the relationship
 De-select the Auto-join data blocks option
 Arrange the Detail Item (ORDERID) and Master
Item (ORDERID) as that the join condition
becomes:
ORDER_ITEM.ORDERID =ORDER_.ORDERID
Create a Master-Detail Form (cont.)
Create a Master-Detail Form (cont.)
Step 4. create the layout for data block employee.
Don’t create a new layout, select the layout for
data block ORDERS. Others are the same.
Create a Menu
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Creating the menu module and menu items
Assigning commands to menu items
Attaching a menu module to a form
Create a menu (cont.)
Step 1 Creating a menu module and menu items
Navigate down to the Menus subtree in the Object
Navigator, pull down the Navigator menu and
choose the Create “new menu” item
Right click your module named as “MENU_TRY”,
select menu editor, add three menu item:
orders, customers, exit in the menu editor.
Create a menu (cont.)
Step 2 Assigning commands to menu items
right click the menu item select PL/SQL editor
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Add in exit: EXIT_FORM;
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Add in orders:
BEGIN
run_product(forms,'orders',synchronous,runtime,filesystem,'','');
exit_form;
END;
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Add in employee:
BEGIN
run_product(forms,‘customer',synchronous,runtime,filesystem,'','');
exit_form;
END;
Note : the module name (form file name) is case sensitive.
Create a menu (cont.)
Step 3 Attach a menu module to a form
 Before you use the menu, you must compile it.
To compile the menu, highlight the module in file
menu, select “administration” from menu “File”
then select “compile file”.
 Menu module name is the file name of the
menu. For example, MAIN_MENU.mmb
 In the property palette of the form “orders” (the
form you want to attach the menu to), input
your menu module name in menu_module
property.
Summary
Form
Menu
Source file
.fmb
.mmb
Executable file
.fmx
.mmx