Oracle Designer Generation with CDROM [Paperback]

Ken Atkins (Author), Zikri I. Askin (Author), Kenneth Atkins (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: May 1, 1999

Take full advantage of Oracle Designer's ability to generate high-quality, Oracle Developer application systems.

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Create quality, highly generated systems with Oracle Designer.

Take full advantage of Oracle Designer's ability to generate high-quality, Oracle Developer application systems. One of Oracle Designer's greatest strengths is its code-generation capabilities. Oracle Designer Generation details how to design and build modules that maximize the use of the Forms, Reports, Servers and MS Help generators. Following detailed, step-by-step examples, you will increase your productivity and improve the quality of your Oracle Developer application systems.

You will learn to:

Generate server-side application logic, including procedures, functions, packages, database triggers, and the Table API Generate standard form features, including windows, canvases, blocks, text items, checkboxes, radio groups, pop lists, image items, buttons, and tab canvases Control the layout and functionality of your generated forms Use templates, object libraries, and preferences to implement your standards and generate specialized forms: LOV forms, splash screens, wizards, and menus Generate and integrate an MS Help or Forms-based help system Generate basic reports as well as sophisticated reports using user parameters, unbound items, format triggers, report-level triggers, and complex SQL Generate standard report layout styles, including tabular, form, address/mailing label, control break, and master detail and matrix styles

To get the most out of Oracle Designer's generators during the build phase of your project, look to the only officially Oracle-authorized book for all the details you need: Oracle Designer Generation.

Product Details

• Paperback: 1161 pages
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Companies (May 1, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0078824753
• ISBN-13: 978-0078824753
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 7.4 x 2.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.5 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,055,468 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Compulsory reading material for Forms/Reports generation, June 14, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Oracle Designer Generation with CDROM (Paperback)

It is unfortunate that a book of this kind has not been set in print before now. Fortunately, the book is an excellent publication written by people who know their subject very well. As a seasoned Oracle developer, Technical Consultant with Cap Gemini, I believe this book should be compulsory reading material for novice and senior developers involved in Forms, Reports, Server and MS Help Generation. Aside from the extent of coverage to Forms generation, over 700 pages, the content was thorough, extremely practical and easy to read. I cannot comment on the reporting generation section as this is not my forte, however, with approximately 200 pages, this is more in-depth than any other publication I have encountered. The only down side is that the authors do not provide a discussion of the Web and VB Generators.

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars One of the best, May 31, 2000

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David Shockey (Madison, AL USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Oracle Designer Generation with CDROM (Paperback)

This is one of the best organized and most clearly written technical books that I have ever read. The authors clearly put a lot of effort into making a quality book. This is refreshing to find with so many IT books that are obviously written in a rush to "scoop" other authors.

Be sure that you know what you are buying. This book spends the first few chapters laying the groundwork and describing the application generation process in general. Then they get into the details of generating Oracle applications using designer with the goal being 100% generation. If CASE methods for application generation using Oracle Designer is not what you are looking for then keep looking, that is exactly and and only what you will find in this book.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A bible for Des2K Developer, December 17, 1999

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binh ta - See all my reviews

This review is from: Oracle Designer Generation with CDROM (Paperback)

I'm 3/4 through the book and still impress with the quality of the contents. The authors did an outstanding job in explaining the many intricacies of Designer as well as down-to-earth examples. I wish there was a book like this 2 years ago when I started doing Des2k works. This is a definite Bible for anyone doing Des2k work. Kudos to the Authors.