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=== Forms 2.x === Forms 2.0 included a forms design editor that included a [[screen generator|screen painter]]. This release was character-based (rather than GUI) so forms were developed and runtime typically in a terminal. The [[source file]] was an *.INP [[ASCII]] file and was edited using the screen painter, however the file was an ASCII file and editing this file directly in a text editor was a common practice due to the limitations of the form editor. This version of Forms did not include the [[PL/SQL]] language and instead it used its own custom language based on trigger steps. The language was more primitive than the PL/SQL language that was available in SQL*Plus. The limited language was augmented by [[user exit]]s that compiled language code linked to the [[binary file|binary]] of the Oracle-provided [[run-time system|run-time]]. Forms 2.3 was used as the basis for the Oracle Financials accounting package. As a result, 2.3 remained in use long after Forms 3 and 4 became available in order to support customer forms that were created to integrate with Oracle Financials.
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