EBS Object Types - Forms

A component of Oracle Fusion Middleware used to develop and deploy Forms applications. The Forms applications provide a user interface to access Oracle Database in an efficient and tightly coupled way. The applications can be integrated with Java and web services to take advantage of service-oriented architectures (SOA).

Object Type Identification

Files with the extensions .fmb, .fmx are included regardless of location

File Extensions

Name	Description

Name	Description
.fmb	A module, specifically, a Forms module binary file, created by Forms Builder. It uses Oracle for its back-end database
.fmx	A compiled form.

Object Type

Name	Code

Name	Code
Forms	`FORM`

Object Type Attributes

Name	Code	Description	Default Value	Supported Values

Name	Code	Description	Default Value	Supported Values
Source	`SOURCE`	Object Source Location Type	SCM	SCM
Target Location	`TARGET_LOCATION`	Path to where the file should be deployed to.	$<PROD_TOP>/forms/
Stage Location	`STAGE_LOCATION`	Path to where the file is staged.	$AU_TOP/forms/
Country	`COUNTRY`	Specifies the current country of the session.
Module Type	`MODULE_TYPE`	Specifies the type of module to make from the Form.	FORM	FORM \| LIBRARY \| MENU
Compile All	`COMPILE_ALL`	Package compile preference.	special	special \| YES \| NO
Additional Parameters	`ADDITIONAL_PARAMS`	Optional parameters to supply to the FNDLOAD command.
Classpath	`CLASSPATH`	Specifies the location of classes and packages.	$FORMS_PATH:$AU_TOP/forms/:$XXHR_TOP/forms/:$AU_TOP/resource/:
File Permissions	`FILE_PERMISSIONS`	Permissions to apply to the file after it is deployed	Defaults to the project property FDEBS_FILE_PERMISSIONS

Related Project Properties

Name	Code	Description	Default Value

Name	Code	Description	Default Value
Forms Root Source Directory	`FDEBS_FORMS_ROOT_SOURCE_DIR`	Source folder for Forms (e.g. Form).	forms
Forms Root Stage Directory	`FDEBS_FORMS_ROOT_STAGE_DIR`	Stage directory for form files (fmb). (e.g. $XXAR_TOP/forms).	$AU_TOP/forms
Forms Root Destination Directory	`FDEBS_FORMS_ROOT_DESTINATION_DIR`	Target directory for form files (fmx). (e.g. $XXAR_TOP/forms).	$<PROD_TOP>/forms
Forms Classpath	`FDEBS_FORMS_CLASSPATH`	Set the classpath if needed for Forms compilation.
File Permissions	`FDEBS_FILE_PERMISSIONS`	Target File Permission. Will be set to target file after deployment using chmod. eg: 755

Sample Build Commands

N/A - Build commands not supported for this type.

Sample Deploy Commands

cp "$SOURCE_FILE" "$AU_TOP/forms/US/";
export FORMS_PATH=$FORMS_PATH:$AU_TOP/forms/US/:$XXHR_TOP/forms/US/:$AU_TOP/resource/:;
frmcmp_batch $AU_TOP/forms/US/AKDATTRS.fmb $FDEBS_DB_USER/$FDEBS_DB_PASSWORD output_file=$XXHR_TOP/forms/US/AKDATTRS.fmx compile_all=special