Editing Oracle Forms (section)

=== Forms 6.x ===
Forms 6 was released with Oracle 8.0 database and was re-released as Forms 6i with Oracle 8i.  This version was basically Forms 4.5 with some extra wizards and bug-fixes.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Oracle Forms Version History – A Timeline and Comprehensive Guide of How The Software Has Progressed |url=https://kumaran.com/blogs/oracle-forms-version-history-a-timeline-and-comprehensive-guide-of-how-the-software-has-progressed/ |website=Kumaran Systems|date=29 September 2023 }}</ref>  It included the facility to run inside a web server.  A Forms Server was supplied to solve the problem of adapting Oracle Forms to a [[three-tier]], [[web browser|browser]]-based delivery, without incurring major changes in its programmatic interface. The complex, highly interactive form interface was provided by a [[Java applet]] which communicated directly with the Forms server.  However the [[World Wide Web|web]] version did not work very well over [[HTTP]].  A fix from Forms 9i was retrofitted to later versions of 6i to address this.

The naming and numbering system applied to Oracle Forms underwent several changes due to marketing factors, without altering the essential nature of the product. The ability to code in Java, as well as PL/SQL, was added in this period.