Creating Oracle Form With TEMPLATE.fmb

Form Name: Customers.fmb
Deployed Application: Custom AR Application
Responsibility: US Receivables Super User

Step 1: COPYING FILES FROM THE SERVER
a) Copy TEMPLATE.fmb file from $AU_TOP/forms/US folder to a local directory. Also download APPSTAND.fmb file and place it in D:\DevSuiteHome_1\forms

b) Copy All PL/SQL Libraries from $AU_TOP/resource/US folder (one time only). Download all the .pll and .plx files to D:\DevSuiteHome_1\forms

LIST OF .PLL
APPCORE.PLL
APPCORE2.PLL
APPDAYPK.PLL
APPFLDR.PLL
CUSTOM.PLL
FNDMOAC.PLL
FNDSQF.PLL
FV.PLL
GHR.PLL
GLOBE.PLL
GMS.PLL
HRKPI.PLL
JA.PLL
JE.PLL
JL.PLL
OPM.PLL
PQH_GEN.PLL
PSA.PLL
PSAC.PLL
PSB.PLL
VERT.PLL
VERT1.PLL
VERT2.PLL
VERT3.PLL
VERT4.PLL

Step 2: DESIGN THE FROM IN ORACLE FORMS BUILDER
a) Remove the Defaults
                        >Open Oracle Forms Builder
                        >Open the form TEMPLATE.fmb
                        >Rename the form (ex XX_abcd1)
                        >Delete the followings from object nevigator.
                                    >Go to Data Blocks and delete BLOCKNAME, DETAILBLOCK
                                    >Go to Windows and delete BLOCKNAME
                                    >Go to Canvases and delete BLOCKNAME

b) Create a new Window (ex WINDOW10)
c) Create a new Canvas (ex CANVAS10) and attached it to the new Window via Property Palate
d) Create a new Datablock (ex CUSTOMERS) wth items  from a table.
e) Create a frame in the Canvas and attached the items
f) Modify the PRE-FORM Trigger
                        >Go to triggers—PREFORM
                        >Original Code:
                  
FND_STANDARD.FORM_INFO(‘$Revision: 120.0 $’, ‘Template Form’, ‘FND’,
‘$Date: 2005/05/06 23:25  $’, ‘$Author: appldev $’);
 app_standard.event(‘PRE-FORM’);
 app_window.set_window_position(‘BLOCKNAME’, ‘FIRST_WINDOW’);
                     
                        >Modified Code:
                     
  FND_STANDARD.FORM_INFO(‘$Revision: 1.0 $’, ‘XXARCUST_1’,’CUST_FORM’,
  ’$Date: 2010/01/06 16:25  $’, ‘$Author: Dibyajyoti $’);
   app_standard.event(‘PRE-FORM’);
    app_window.set_window_position(‘WINDOW10′, ‘FIRST_WINDOW’);
                     
                        > Compile the code

g) Modification for Program unit
                        > Go to APP_CUSTOM*(Package Body)
                        >Type your First window name in place of <your first window>
                        > Compile the code

h) If any Item in the Datablock is of Date type and you want to attach a standard calender to it
    (ex Orderdate item of Customers datablock), do the following
                        > Go to Orderdate > Property palate > Subclass Information > Property Class
                        > Give property class name as TEXT_ITEM_DATE
                        > Attach LOV as ENABLE_LIST_LAMP
                        > Create KEY-LISTVAL item level trigger & add following code into it
                           calendar.show; and compile the trigger.

Step 3: DEPLOY THE FORM IN THE SERVER
                         > Upload your .fmb file

Step 4: CREATE THE .fmx FILE IN THE SERVER
>Type the code
$ORACLE_HOME/bin/frmcmp_batch module=$XXAR_TOP/forms/US/CUSTOMERS.fmb         userid=<username>/<password>  output_file=$XXAR_TOP/forms/US/ CUSTOMERS.fmx module_type=form  compile_all=special

Step 5: REGISTARING THE FORM IN ORACLE APPS
a) Registaring the FORM in Oracle Apps
                        > Go to Application Developer  —> Application —> Form
                        > Give the details:
                     
                         FORM: CUSTOMERS(name of the custom form)
                         APPLICATION: Custom AR Application
                         User Form Name: CUSTOMERS_DETAIL
                         Description: Customer Detail form
                        > save

b) Registaring the FORM to a form function
                        > System Administrator —->Application —-> Function
                        > Give the details:

                         Form—->form:CUSTOMERS_DETAIL
                         Function:XX_CUSTOMER_DETAIL
                         APPLICATION: Custom AR Application
                         Properties —> Type: Form
                         User Function Name: CUSTOMERS_DETAIL_FUNCTION

                        > save
c) Finding the menu to which the above form function is to be attached. Again the menu is attached to a responsibilty. So we have go in the reverse order to find the menu name.
                        > System Administrator —->Security —-> Responsibility —->Define
                        > Press F11
                        > Responsibility Name: %US%Rec (searching for US Receivables Super User)
                        > Press Ctrl + F11

                        > This things will come in the form
                         Responsibility Name: US Receivables Super User
                          Application:Receivables (will come automatically )

                        >Take the Menu name   —>AR_NAVIGATE_GUI
                     
d) Attaching the function to a Submenu of the above Main menu
                        > System Administrator —->Application —> Menu
                        > Press F11
                        > Menu: AR_NAVIGATE_GUI
                        > Press Ctrl+F11

                        > Promt: Custom Interfaces
                        > Submenu: XXAR_CUSTOM

                        >System Administrator —->Application —> Menu
                        > Press F11
                        > Menu: XXAR_CUSTOM
                        > Press Ctrl+F11
                        > Create a new
                        > Promt: Customer Detail Form (It will display in the nevigator)
                        >Function: CUSTOMERS_DETAIL_FUNCTION (Attach the function to the submenu)
                        > save
                        >One request has been submitted to recompile your menus in the database
e) Viewing the request submitted in the background to recompile the menus to attach the function
                        > Go to View——–>Requests———>Find
                        >The status should be :Compiled  Normal

Step 6: VIEWING THE FORM IN ORACLE APPLICATION:
                        >Go to Oracle apps front end.
                        >Login with username and password
                        >Go to US Receivables Super User—>Custom Interfaces —>Customer Detail Form

FND_STANDARD.SET_WHO doesn't work / not working

Even though FND_STANDARD.SET_WHO is set in pre-insert and pre-update data block triggers it fails to show record history.

Use app_special.enable('ABOUT', PROPERTY_ON) in WHEN-NEW-BLOCK-INSTACE trigger of corresponding blocks along with set_who.