Oracle 10G Form Builder and Report Builder

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Oracle 10G Form Builder and 

Report Builder 

By Anna Sidorova 

Tutorial plan 

• Create, modify tables, insert, select data in SQL 

• Create interface in Oracle designer 

– Forms based on one table or two tables 

– Custom forms 

– A switchboard 

– Reports 

Introduction to Oracle Form Builder 2 

By Anna SidorovaIntro to Oracle Form 

Builder 1

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Example: 

STUDENT 

SID Name Major 

Grade_ 

Level 

Age 

100 Jones History SR 21 

150 Parks Acctg SO 19 

200 Baker Math GR 32 

250 Glass History SR 28 

300 Baker Acctg SR 24 

350 Russell Math JR 20 

400 Rogers Acctg FR 18 

450 Jones History SR 25 

COURSE 

Name Time Room 

ACC220 M-F9 BA110 

ACC415 MWF3 BA210 

CSI312 MWF8 SS213 

MAT101 MWF3 ES123 

MIS520 MWF12 BA224 

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COURSE_STUDENT 

SID CourseName 

100 MIS520 

150 ACC220 

200 MIS520 

200 CSI312 

300 ACC415 

400 ACC220 

400 CSI312 

400 MAT101 

450 ACC220 

Creating tables and inserting data in 

SQL Plus 

• Start SQL Plus and log in 

• Download file Dev_Tutorial_SQL_SQL_Plus from the course web 

site 

• Create tables STUDENT, COURSE, COURSE_STUDENT 

• Insert data using INSERT statements 

Starting Oracle Designer 4 



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Start Oracle Form Builder 


CREATING A FORM USING A 

WIZARD 




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Oracle Form Builder 


Create a new form based on MODULE1 

• Go to File/New/Form – a new module is added 

to your object navigator window 

• Click on MODULE2 and rename it into 

STUDENT 

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Create a data block based on a table 

• Right click on the STUDENT module and select Data 

Block Wizard 

• Click next on the Data Block Wizard welcome page 


Creating a data block (cont’s) 

• Select Table/view option 

• Select a table by clicking on Browse button 




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Selecting a table (cont’d) 

• When you click browse, you will be prompted to log in 

• Login into your usual account and select table 

STUDENT from the displayed list 


Select database items 

• Move all the attributes into selected attributes 

pane using arrow buttons 




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Name your data block 


Select the “… then call the Layout wizard” 

option 




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Creating a layout 

• Layout wizard allows you to create a form layout 

• Click next on the welcome page and select content 

canvas type 


Select items to be displayed 

• Select items to be displayed 

• Modify the labels (prompts) and widths of 

corresponding text boxes if necessary 




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Select a layout 

• Select form layout 

• Name the frame 

• Select the number of students to be displayed 


Complete and view the form 

• Complete and view the form design 




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MODIFYING A FORM 


• To change color, 

select the form of its 

element 

• Go to Property 

palette 

• Modify Foreground 

and background color 

properties 

Modifying the form 




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Add a title to your form 

• Add a label using the toolbox on the left 


Testing your form 

• Go to Program/Run to view the form 

• Use Enter Query button to enter the query 

• Use Execute Query button to view corresponding 

records 




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Convert Major into List Item 

• In the Property palette, change item type to list 

item 


Converting Major into a list item 

• Add item values using the property palette 




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Converting an item into a radio group 

• Change Item type for Grade_level to Radio Group. The 

corresponding textbox will disappear. 


Adding radio buttons 

• Add a radio button (by clicking on the toolbox) for each of the grade 

levels (Freshman, Sophomore, Junior, Senior and Graduate). 

All the radio buttons will correspond to the grade level radio group. 




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Format your radio buttons 

If necessary, change background color of the radio buttons. 

Add a label and a border (a rectangle). 


Save and test your form 




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CREATING A FORM BASED 

ON TWO TABLES 


Creating a Form Based on Table Student 

• In order to create a form based on 2 tables: 

– Create a form similar to the STUDENT form we created (name it 

REGISTRATION) 




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Creating a form based on two linked 

tables 

• In order to create a form based on 2 tables: 

– Create an additional data block using a wizard based on the 

table course_student 

– Establish master-detail relationship 



tables 

• Follow the steps suggested by the wizard 

• Include only course name as a visible attribute 




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tables 

• For the Courses frame, select tabular layout, 5 

records per page and a scrollbar. 


Compile and run your form 




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Create an LOV 

• Right-click anywhere in module REGISTRATION 

and select LOV wizard 

• Select record group based on a query 


Create an LOV 

• Type in a query that would retrieve all records from table 

course (do not put a semi-column at the end) 

• Here you will may be asked to log into the DB 




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Create an LOV 

• Select all the columns that you want to appear in you 

LOV 


Create an LOV 

• Specify the return value for COURSE_NAME field 

– Return value is a field where the course name from your LOV 

will be inserted 




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Create an LOV 

• Specify title and dimensions 

• Specify the number of rows displayed at once 


Create an LOV 

• Select COURSENAME as assigned value 

• Complete your LOV 




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• To test your LOV: 

– Run the form 

– Click on 

CourseName field 

– Press CTRL+L 

Create an LOV 


Create an LOV control button 

• Close your form in 

the browser 

• Return to the Form 

buikder, Layout 

editor 

• Click on the Control 

Button item in the 

toolbar on the left 

and drag it to a 

desired location on 

your canvas 

• Name your button 

using Property 

pallete 




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Create an LOV control button 

• Right click on the button, and open PL/SQL editor 

• Select Type – TRIGGER, Name – 

WHEN_MOUSE_CLICKED 

• Type in code the code below 


• Compile and test 

your button 

Test an LOV button 




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CREATING A CUSTOM FORM 


Creating a custom form 

• Create a new form module and name it COURSE 

• Click on data bloc and then on the plus icon. Select Build 

a data block manually 

• Rename your block into COURSE_BLOCK 




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Create and modify a canvas 

• Add a canvas by clicking on Canvas in object navigator 

and then on a plus sign 

• Rename your canvas into COURSE, and open it with 

Layout Editor 


Create and modify a canvas 

• Change the background color of the canvas using the 

Property palette 

• Add a header “Course Information” 

• Add a picture (download any picture from the web, save 

in in C:\\temp, then go to Edit, Import) 

• 




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Add text boxes and prompts 

• Using the toolbox on the left, add the following text items 

and a corresponding prompts: 

– Course name 

– Meeting Time 

– Room 


Add control buttons 

• Using toolbox on the left, add four control buttons. 

• Name them New, Find, Save and Clear 




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Adding PL/SQL code 

• Create triggers for each of New and Clear 

buttons 

• Add PL/SQL code to the triggers 



• Create triggers for each of the Save button 





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• Create triggers for each of the Find button 




• Create triggers for each the Exit button 





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Creating a switchboard 

• Create a new form 

• Create a control block, similar to the one in form 

COURSE 

• Add four control buttons 

– Add student 

– Add course 

– Register student 

– Exit 

• Add code to open forms 






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• Add triggers to corresponding buttons 


Creating reports 




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Opening report builder 


Use report wizard to create a report 




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Using report wizard 

• Click OK on the welcome page and then specify the type 

of report that you want to create 



• Name your report and select the desired style 




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• Select SQL query as a basis for the report 

• Build your query (you may be asked to log in at this point) 



• Designate columns as group fields 




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• Select columns to appear in the report 



• Specify labels and field length for each of the items 




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• Select a template 




• Finish and view your report 




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