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	Date/Time	Made By	Edit Note	Type	Scope
	Jun 13 2008, 4:34 PM EDT	chriscmuir	Added article section + link to our article.	edit	43 words added
Change: interface looks somewhat dated.Articles(Note it is intended this section be broken into its own wiki page once there is enough content to merit it)A list of articles beyond the Oracle documentation set about Oracle Forms:Return to Formsville (Chris Muir and Penny Cookson) View changes from previous version. (Word count: 401)
	May 24 2008, 5:06 AM EDT	vesterli	Added more overview info + version/licensening + pro/con	edit	232 words added 86 words deleted
Change: implications: You need an application server, adding license cost. You need a very specific version of Java in the browser on the client. Many consider Oracle Forms to be a legacy technology. It is slowly getting harder to find Oracle Forms developers, and the default user interface looks somewhat dated. View changes from previous version. (Word count: 359)
	May 3 2008, 10:36 AM EDT	vesterli	Added c/s vs. web licensing	edit	81 words added
Change: In Client/server deployment, you did not pay per user and could therefore deploy Oracle Forms freely. In web deployment, you need an Oracle Application Server View changes from previous version. (Word count: 209)
	Nov 13 2007, 6:13 PM EST	vesterli	Added a bit about versions	edit	45 words added
Change: deployment options. Versions up to 6i could run in client/server mode, but 9i and later only runs in web deployment. The upcoming version 11g contains features to better integrate the Forms User Interface Applet with the web page it runs on (ie. you can call forms fromJavaScript) View changes from previous version. (Word count: 127)
	Nov 9 2007, 3:43 AM EST	spilgrim	typos	edit	3 words added 2 words deleted
Change: a runnable application for you.you). It later gained a user interface for development and a scripting language (client side PL/SQL). While the first incarnations only ran in Character Mode and Block mode terminals, later versions added Motif, Windows, MacintoshandMacintosh and Web deployment options. View changes from previous version. (Word count: 80)
	Oct 24 2007, 2:01 PM EDT	jan_carlin	Initial entry	edit	78 words added
Change: Oracle Forms is the oldest development tool in Oracle toobox that is still in active development. It was first conceived in the late 80ies as View changes from previous version. (Word count: 80)
	Oct 18 2007, 7:45 AM EDT	brendan.flanagan		create	No content added or deleted.
Change: Created by brendan.flanagan Oct 18 2007, 7:45 AM EDT for: no reason given

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