<s>
Oracle	B-Application
Forms	I-Application
is	O
a	O
software	O
product	O
for	O
creating	O
screens	O
that	O
interact	O
with	O
an	O
Oracle	B-General_Concept
database	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
has	O
an	O
IDE	B-Application
that	O
includes	O
an	O
object	O
navigator	O
,	O
property	O
sheet	O
,	O
and	O
code	B-Application
editor	I-Application
that	O
uses	O
PL/SQL	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
originally	O
developed	O
to	O
run	O
server-side	B-Application
in	O
character-mode	O
terminal	O
sessions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
ported	O
to	O
other	O
platforms	O
,	O
including	O
Windows	O
,	O
to	O
function	O
in	O
a	O
client	B-Operating_System
–	I-Operating_System
server	I-Operating_System
environment	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Later	O
versions	O
were	O
ported	O
to	O
Java	B-Device
where	O
it	O
runs	O
in	O
a	O
Java	B-Language
EE	I-Language
container	O
and	O
can	O
integrate	O
with	O
Java	B-Device
,	O
and	O
web	O
services	O
that	O
can	O
be	O
launched	O
from	O
a	O
URL	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Recent	O
versions	O
provide	O
a	O
means	O
to	O
run	O
the	O
forms	O
from	O
a	O
desktop	O
computer	O
without	O
requiring	O
a	O
browser	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
primary	O
focus	O
of	O
Forms	O
is	O
to	O
create	O
data	O
entry	O
systems	O
that	O
access	O
an	O
Oracle	B-General_Concept
database	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
Oracle	B-Application
Forms	I-Application
accesses	O
the	O
Oracle	B-General_Concept
database	I-General_Concept
and	O
generates	O
a	O
screen	O
that	O
presents	O
the	O
data	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
source	O
form	O
( *	O
.fmb	O
)	O
is	O
compiled	B-Language
into	O
a	O
platform-specific	O
"	O
executable	O
"	O
( *	O
.fmx	O
)	O
,	O
that	O
is	O
run	O
(	O
interpreted	O
)	O
by	O
the	O
forms	O
runtime	O
module	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Various	O
GUI	B-Application
elements	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
buttons	O
,	O
menus	O
,	O
scrollbars	O
,	O
and	O
graphics	O
can	O
be	O
placed	O
on	O
the	O
form	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Source	O
code	O
may	O
also	O
be	O
placed	O
in	O
library	O
files	O
( *	O
.pll	O
)	O
which	O
are	O
compiled	B-Language
into	O
library	O
executables	O
( *	O
.plx	O
)	O
used	O
at	O
runtime	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
environment	O
supplies	O
built-in	O
record	O
creation	O
,	O
query	O
,	O
and	O
update	O
modes	O
,	O
each	O
with	O
its	O
own	O
default	B-General_Concept
data	O
manipulations	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
is	O
normal	O
with	O
event	B-Application
driven	I-Application
interfaces	O
,	O
the	O
software	O
implements	O
event-handling	O
functions	O
called	O
triggers	O
which	O
are	O
automatically	O
invoked	O
at	O
critical	O
steps	O
in	O
the	O
processing	O
of	O
records	O
,	O
the	O
receipt	O
of	O
keyboard	O
strokes	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
receipt	O
of	O
mouse	O
movements	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Each	O
trigger	O
function	O
is	O
initially	O
a	O
stub	O
,	O
containing	O
a	O
default	B-General_Concept
action	O
or	O
nothing	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Programming	O
Oracle	B-Application
Forms	I-Application
therefore	O
generally	O
consists	O
of	O
modifying	O
the	O
contents	O
of	O
these	O
triggers	O
in	O
order	O
to	O
alter	O
the	O
default	B-General_Concept
behavior	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Some	O
triggers	O
,	O
if	O
provided	O
by	O
the	O
programmer	O
,	O
replace	O
the	O
default	B-General_Concept
action	O
while	O
others	O
augment	O
it	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
a	O
result	O
of	O
this	O
strategy	O
,	O
it	O
is	O
possible	O
to	O
create	O
a	O
number	O
of	O
default	B-General_Concept
form	O
layouts	O
which	O
possess	O
complete	O
database	O
functionality	O
yet	O
contain	O
no	O
programmer-written	O
code	O
at	O
all	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Oracle	B-Application
Forms	I-Application
is	O
sold	O
and	O
released	O
separately	O
from	O
the	O
Oracle	B-General_Concept
Database	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
major	O
releases	O
of	O
an	O
Oracle	B-General_Concept
database	I-General_Concept
usually	O
result	O
in	O
a	O
new	O
major	O
version	O
of	O
Oracle	B-Application
Forms	I-Application
to	O
support	O
new	O
features	O
in	O
the	O
database	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Oracle	B-Application
Forms	I-Application
started	O
as	O
Interactive	O
Application	O
Facility	O
(	O
IAF	O
)	O
,	O
which	O
had	O
two	O
main	O
components	O
:	O
the	O
compiler	B-Language
(	O
Interactive	O
Application	B-Application
Generator	I-Application
-	O
IAG	O
)	O
and	O
the	O
runtime	B-Application
interpreter	I-Application
(	O
Interactive	O
Application	O
Processor	O
-	O
IAP	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Released	O
with	O
the	O
first	O
Oracle	B-General_Concept
Database	I-General_Concept
version	O
2	O
(	O
there	O
was	O
no	O
version	O
1	O
)	O
,	O
IAF	O
provided	O
a	O
character	O
mode	O
interface	B-Application
to	O
allow	O
users	O
to	O
enter	O
and	O
query	O
data	O
from	O
an	O
Oracle	B-General_Concept
database	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
renamed	O
to	O
FastForms	O
with	O
Oracle	B-General_Concept
Database	I-General_Concept
version	O
4	O
and	O
added	O
an	O
additional	O
tool	O
to	O
help	O
generate	O
a	O
default	B-General_Concept
form	O
to	O
edit	O
with	O
IAG	O
,	O
the	O
form	O
editor	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
renamed	O
a	O
third	O
time	O
to	O
SQL*Forms	O
version	O
2	O
along	O
with	O
the	O
Oracle	B-General_Concept
5	O
database	O
version	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
source	O
file	O
was	O
an	O
*	O
.INP	O
ASCII	B-Protocol
file	I-Protocol
and	O
was	O
edited	O
using	O
the	O
screen	O
painter	O
,	O
however	O
the	O
file	O
was	O
an	O
ASCII	B-Protocol
file	I-Protocol
and	O
editing	O
this	O
file	O
directly	O
in	O
a	O
text	O
editor	O
was	O
a	O
common	O
practise	O
due	O
to	O
the	O
limitations	O
of	O
the	O
form	O
editor	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
version	O
of	O
Forms	O
did	O
not	O
include	O
the	O
PL/SQL	B-Language
language	O
and	O
instead	O
it	O
used	O
its	O
own	O
custom	O
language	O
based	O
on	O
trigger	O
steps	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
language	O
was	O
more	O
primitive	O
than	O
the	O
PL/SQL	B-Language
language	O
that	O
was	O
available	O
in	O
SQL*Plus	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
limited	O
language	O
was	O
augmented	O
by	O
user	O
exits	O
that	O
compiled	B-Language
language	O
code	O
linked	O
to	O
the	O
binary	O
of	O
the	O
Oracle-provided	O
run-time	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Forms	O
2.3	O
was	O
used	O
as	O
the	O
basis	O
for	O
the	O
Oracle	B-Application
Financials	I-Application
accounting	O
package	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
a	O
result	O
,	O
2.3	O
remained	O
in	O
use	O
long	O
after	O
Forms	O
3	O
and	O
4	O
became	O
available	O
in	O
order	O
to	O
support	O
customer	O
forms	O
that	O
were	O
created	O
to	O
integrate	O
with	O
Oracle	B-Application
Financials	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Oracle	B-Application
Forms	I-Application
3	O
was	O
the	O
first	O
version	O
to	O
allow	O
PL/SQL	B-Language
to	O
be	O
used	O
within	O
Forms	O
triggers	O
and	O
procedures	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
PL/SQL	B-Language
Functions	O
could	O
also	O
used	O
as	O
an	O
undocumented	O
feature	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
could	O
run	O
under	O
X	B-Operating_System
but	O
did	O
not	O
support	O
any	O
X	B-Operating_System
interface-specific	O
features	O
such	O
as	O
checkboxes	O
,	O
so	O
it	O
was	O
basically	O
a	O
character	O
mode	O
application	O
running	O
in	O
a	O
GUI	B-Application
window	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
source	O
file	O
was	O
an	O
*	O
.INP	O
ASCII	B-Protocol
file	I-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
IDE	B-Application
was	O
greatly	O
improved	O
to	O
allow	O
editing	O
of	O
PL/SQL	B-Language
code	O
and	O
this	O
reduced	O
the	O
common	O
practise	O
of	O
editing	O
the	O
INP	O
source	O
file	O
directly	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Constraints	O
could	O
be	O
defined	O
,	O
but	O
not	O
enforced	O
in	O
the	O
Oracle	B-General_Concept
6	O
database	O
at	O
this	O
time	O
,	O
so	O
Oracle	B-General_Concept
used	O
Forms	O
3	O
to	O
claim	O
that	O
it	O
supported	O
constraints	O
in	O
its	O
technology	O
stack	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Oracle	B-Application
Forms	I-Application
version	O
4.0	O
was	O
the	O
first	O
true	O
GUI	B-Application
based	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
product	O
that	O
supported	O
GUI	B-Application
elements	O
such	O
as	O
checkboxes	O
and	O
radio	O
groups	O
in	O
the	O
Forms	O
editor	O
and	O
at	O
runtime	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
arrival	O
of	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
3	I-Application
and	O
competitive	O
products	O
running	O
under	O
Windows	O
forced	O
Oracle	B-General_Concept
to	O
release	O
this	O
GUI	B-Application
version	O
of	O
Forms	O
for	O
commercial	O
reasons	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Forms	O
4.0	O
accompanied	O
Oracle	B-General_Concept
database	I-General_Concept
version	O
6	O
with	O
support	O
for	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
and	O
X	B-Operating_System
Windows	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
new	O
IDE	B-Application
was	O
introduced	O
in	O
this	O
version	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
*	O
.OLB	O
files	O
were	O
compiled	B-Language
into	O
the	O
FMX	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Oracle	B-Application
Financials	I-Application
software	O
suite	O
did	O
not	O
use	O
this	O
version	O
of	O
Forms	O
and	O
instead	O
continued	O
to	O
use	O
Forms	O
2.3	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Oracle	B-Application
Forms	I-Application
version	O
4.5	O
was	O
really	O
a	O
major	O
release	O
rather	O
than	O
a	O
"	O
point	O
release	O
"	O
of	O
4.0	O
despite	O
its	O
"	O
.5	O
"	O
version	O
number	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
version	O
contained	O
significant	O
functional	O
changes	O
and	O
a	O
brand	O
new	O
IDE	B-Application
,	O
replacing	O
the	O
IDE	B-Application
that	O
was	O
introduced	O
in	O
4.0	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
added	O
GUI-based	O
triggers	O
,	O
and	O
provided	O
a	O
modern	O
IDE	B-Application
with	O
an	O
object	O
navigator	O
,	O
property	O
sheets	O
and	O
code	B-Application
editor	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Oracle	B-Application
Forms	I-Application
version	O
5	O
accompanied	O
Oracle	B-General_Concept
database	I-General_Concept
version	O
7	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Forms	O
6	O
was	O
released	O
with	O
Oracle	B-General_Concept
8.0	O
database	O
and	O
was	O
rereleased	O
as	O
Forms	O
6i	O
with	O
Oracle	B-General_Concept
8i	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
Forms	O
Server	O
was	O
supplied	O
to	O
solve	O
the	O
problem	O
of	O
adapting	O
Oracle	B-Application
Forms	I-Application
to	O
a	O
three-tier	B-Operating_System
,	O
browser-based	O
delivery	O
,	O
without	O
incurring	O
major	O
changes	O
in	O
its	O
programmatic	O
interface	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
complex	O
,	O
highly	O
interactive	O
form	O
interface	B-Application
was	O
provided	O
by	O
a	O
Java	B-Application
applet	I-Application
which	O
communicated	O
directly	O
with	O
the	O
Forms	O
server	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
the	O
web	O
version	O
did	O
not	O
work	O
very	O
well	O
over	O
HTTP	B-Protocol
.	I-Protocol
</s>
<s>
The	O
naming	O
and	O
numbering	O
system	O
applied	O
to	O
Oracle	B-Application
Forms	I-Application
underwent	O
several	O
changes	O
due	O
to	O
marketing	O
factors	O
,	O
without	O
altering	O
the	O
essential	O
nature	O
of	O
the	O
product	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
ability	O
to	O
code	O
in	O
Java	B-Device
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
PL/SQL	B-Language
,	O
was	O
added	O
in	O
this	O
period	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
version	O
number	O
jumped	O
straight	O
from	O
6	O
to	O
9	O
in	O
order	O
to	O
keep	O
the	O
number	O
the	O
same	O
as	O
the	O
Oracle	B-General_Concept
database	I-General_Concept
version	O
released	O
at	O
a	O
similar	O
time	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Support	O
was	O
removed	O
for	O
Windows	O
client-server	B-Operating_System
runtime	O
,	O
character-based	O
interfaces	O
and	O
instead	O
the	O
three-tier	B-Operating_System
,	O
web	B-Application
browser	I-Application
based	O
user	B-Application
interface	I-Application
is	O
the	O
only	O
deployment	O
option	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
ability	O
to	O
import	O
java	B-Device
classes	O
means	O
that	O
it	O
can	O
act	O
as	O
a	O
web	O
service	O
client	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Starting	O
with	O
this	O
release	O
the	O
version	O
number	O
of	O
Oracle	B-Application
Forms	I-Application
moving	O
forward	O
would	O
keep	O
in	O
synch	O
with	O
the	O
Oracle	B-General_Concept
database	I-General_Concept
version	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
this	O
release	O
,	O
there	O
were	O
very	O
few	O
product	O
changes	O
made	O
besides	O
keeping	O
the	O
version	O
number	O
in	O
sync	O
with	O
the	O
Oracle	B-General_Concept
database	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
Forms	O
11	O
included	O
some	O
new	O
features	O
,	O
relying	O
on	O
Oracle	B-General_Concept
AQ	O
to	O
allow	O
it	O
to	O
interact	O
with	O
JMS	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
Java	B-Device
Web	O
Start	O
allows	O
users	O
to	O
run	O
Oracle	B-Application
Forms	I-Application
applications	O
without	O
having	O
a	O
parent	O
web	B-Application
browser	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Although	O
a	O
browser	B-Application
may	O
be	O
used	O
to	O
initially	O
obtain	O
the	O
application	O
's	O
Java	B-Device
Web	O
Start	O
launcher	O
file	O
(	O
.jnlp	O
)	O
,	O
the	O
browser	B-Application
is	O
not	O
responsible	O
for	O
hosting	O
the	O
application	O
and	O
can	O
be	O
closed	O
after	O
the	O
application	O
has	O
been	O
started	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Name	O
Version	O
( *	O
1	O
)	O
Database	O
Character/GUI	O
Comments	O
IAF	O
2	O
Character	O
No	O
IDE	B-Application
FastForms+IAG	O
4	O
Character	O
SQL*Forms	O
2	O
5	O
Character	O
New	O
IDE	B-Application
,	O
No	O
PL/SQL	B-Language
,	O
User	O
Exits	O
,	O
INP	O
ASCII	B-Protocol
File	I-Protocol
,	O
FRM	O
Runtime	O
File	O
SQL*Forms	O
2.3	O
5	O
Character	O
Runtime	O
improvements	O
SQL*Forms	O
3	O
6	O
Character	O
Major	O
Rewrite	O
,	O
Improved	O
IDE	B-Application
,	O
PL/SQL	B-Language
included	O
,	O
X	B-Operating_System
Support	O
,	O
Generate	O
code	O
to	O
enforce	O
constraints	O
Oracle	B-Application
Forms	I-Application
4.0	O
6-7	O
GUI	B-Application
/	O
Character	O
Major	O
Rewrite	O
,	O
New	O
IDE	B-Application
,	O
FMB	O
source	O
binary	O
file	O
,	O
FMX	O
Runtime	O
,	O
optimized	O
for	O
Client-Server	B-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
New	O
interface	B-Application
is	O
slow	O
,	O
buggy	O
and	O
not	O
popular	O
with	O
client	O
base	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Oracle	B-Application
Forms	I-Application
4.5	O
7	O
GUI	B-Application
/	O
Character	O
Major	O
Rewrite	O
,	O
New	O
IDE	B-Application
based	O
on	O
Object	O
Navigator	O
&	O
Property	O
Sheets	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Oracle	B-General_Concept
wanted	O
customers	O
to	O
upgrade	O
from	O
v4	O
quickly	O
because	O
v4	O
was	O
very	O
buggy	O
and	O
Oracle	B-General_Concept
was	O
contracted	O
to	O
support	O
v4	O
for	O
a	O
period	O
of	O
time	O
for	O
some	O
large	O
,	O
important	O
customers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
So	O
,	O
Oracle	B-General_Concept
named	O
this	O
release	O
4.5	O
(	O
rather	O
than	O
5	O
)	O
which	O
allowed	O
Oracle	B-General_Concept
to	O
claim	O
continued	O
support	O
for	O
v4	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Oracle	B-Application
Forms	I-Application
5	O
7	O
GUI	B-Application
/	O
Character	O
Oracle	B-Application
Forms	I-Application
6	O
8	O
GUI	B-Application
/	O
Character	O
Forms	O
Server	O
/	O
Web	O
Forms	O
introduced	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Client-Server	B-Operating_System
still	O
available	O
and	O
used	O
by	O
most	O
clients	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Oracle	B-Application
Forms	I-Application
6i	O
8	O
GUI	B-Application
/	O
Character	O
Oracle	B-Application
Forms	I-Application
9i	O
( *	O
2	O
)	O
9i	O
GUI	B-Application
Client-Server	B-Operating_System
runtime	O
removed	O
leaving	O
Forms	O
Server	O
(	O
Web	O
Interface	B-Application
)	O
as	O
only	O
runtime	O
option	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Major	O
Changes	O
at	O
the	O
Server	O
Level	O
,	O
more	O
effective	O
communication	O
between	O
user	O
browser	B-Application
and	O
the	O
server	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Oracle	B-Application
Forms	I-Application
10g	O
10g	O
GUI	B-Application
This	O
is	O
a	O
Forms	O
9	O
release	O
(	O
9.0.4.0.19	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Not	O
forward	B-General_Concept
compatible	I-General_Concept
with	O
10gr2	O
(	O
ca	O
n't	O
open	O
10gr2	O
forms	O
in	O
10g/904	O
)	O
Oracle	B-Application
Forms	I-Application
10gR2	O
10gR2	O
GUI	B-Application
version	O
10.1.2.0.2	O
-	O
registry	O
home	O
key	O
moved	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
( *	O
1	O
)	O
Each	O
version	O
of	O
Oracle	B-Application
Forms	I-Application
can	O
connect	O
to	O
numerous	O
versions	O
of	O
the	O
ORACLE	B-General_Concept
database	I-General_Concept
and	O
is	O
sold	O
and	O
released	O
separately	O
from	O
the	O
ORACLE	B-General_Concept
Database	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
Oracle	B-Application
Forms	I-Application
is	O
generally	O
forward	O
and	O
backward	O
compatible	O
with	O
the	O
Oracle	B-General_Concept
database	I-General_Concept
-	O
for	O
example	O
:	O
Oracle	B-Application
Forms	I-Application
9	O
can	O
connect	O
to	O
at	O
least	O
Oracle	B-General_Concept
8	O
,	O
9	O
,	O
10	O
and	O
11	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
( *	O
2	O
)	O
Oracle	B-General_Concept
products	O
have	O
historically	O
followed	O
their	O
own	O
release-numbering	O
and	O
naming	O
conventions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
changed	O
with	O
Oracle	B-General_Concept
RDBMS	I-General_Concept
9i	O
release	O
when	O
Oracle	B-General_Concept
Corporation	O
started	O
to	O
standardize	O
Oracle	B-Application
Forms	I-Application
(	O
and	O
Reports	O
and	O
Developer	O
)	O
to	O
use	O
the	O
same	O
major	O
version	O
number	O
as	O
the	O
database	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Oracle	B-Application
Designer	I-Application
is	O
a	O
Computer	B-Application
aided	I-Application
software	I-Application
engineering	I-Application
(	O
CASE	O
)	O
tool	O
that	O
was	O
sold	O
by	O
Oracle	B-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
able	O
to	O
generate	O
various	O
software	O
modules	O
including	O
Oracle	B-Application
Forms	I-Application
and	O
Oracle	B-General_Concept
Reports	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
last	O
release	O
of	O
Oracle	B-Application
Designer	I-Application
was	O
in	O
2010	O
and	O
it	O
has	O
since	O
been	O
discontinued	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Whilst	O
Oracle	B-General_Concept
's	O
preferred	O
approach	O
for	O
new	O
development	O
is	O
its	O
Java	B-Device
based	O
Oracle	B-Language
Application	I-Language
Development	I-Language
Framework	I-Language
or	O
Oracle	B-Application
Application	I-Application
Express	I-Application
,	O
Oracle	B-General_Concept
's	O
development	O
tools	O
statement	O
of	O
direction	O
is	O
quite	O
clear	O
in	O
its	O
commitment	O
to	O
continuing	O
to	O
support	O
Oracle	B-Application
Forms	I-Application
and	O
continue	O
to	O
develop	O
and	O
enhance	O
it	O
in	O
the	O
following	O
areas	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
Allowing	O
Forms	O
and	O
Reports	O
applications	O
to	O
take	O
full	O
advantage	O
of	O
the	O
application	O
server	O
services	O
and	O
inter-operate	O
with	O
Java	B-Language
EE	I-Language
applications	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
An	O
alternative	O
to	O
Oracle	B-Language
Application	I-Language
Development	I-Language
Framework	I-Language
is	O
also	O
Oracle	B-Application
Application	I-Application
Express	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
One	O
of	O
the	O
advantages	O
of	O
Oracle	B-Application
Application	I-Application
Express	I-Application
is	O
that	O
it	O
is	O
more	O
closely	O
related	O
to	O
Forms	O
as	O
it	O
also	O
relies	O
heavily	O
on	O
PL/SQL	B-Language
.	O
</s>
