Oracle Forms 12c New Features

Oracle Forms has been one of the most widely used back-office application development technology for more than thirty years. This proven technology has evolved over the years and still remains the technology of choice for thousands of developers worldwide.

New features in the current release (12.2.1.0) include, but are not limited to the following:

• Integration with BI-Publisher
• New browser-less client configuration options
• Form Builder productivity improvements
• New applet parameters for easily customizing runtime behavior
• New and enhanced object properties
• Customizable runtime Color Schemes
• Audio playback support
• New and improved security features
• New and improved JVM Controller features to improve performance and diagnosability
• Performance improvements for record/data handling
• Introduction of System Events
• Improved SSO integration
• Improved diagnostic features
• New installation options
• Support for new Java versions
• Support for new operating systems

With Cloud Computing being such an important part of today’s IT landscape, Oracle is investigating what possibilities the Cloud may offer for the Oracle Forms product and its customers.  Using Oracle Forms in the Oracle Public Cloud could offer significant cost savings simply by reducing the typical cost of hardware upgrades and maintenance.  For Independent Software Vendors (ISV), and other software providers, the use of the Oracle Public Cloud could make the delivery and accessibility of Oracle Forms based applications much easier and cost effective.

For more information about Forms 12c, see the documentation.