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Form Builder includes three executables (components) that we can access as the designer of applications. Form Builder This is the main application-building component of Oracle Developer. It allow us to design and store the definitions of form, menu, and library documents. In Form Builder, we can invoke the Form Compiler and Forms Runtime. You must run the Form Builder component in a GUI environment in order to use its graphical design facilities. Form Compiler Once our form is built, Form Compiler reads the definition of our module and creates an executable run file. Forms Runtime This is the program that runs an executable form application, and the modules within it. The files used at run time must already have been compiled by the Form Compiler component. Invoking Form Builder Executables In a GUI environment, you usually store commands to invoke Form Builder components in menus and window icons for convenient access. You can also enter these commands on the command line. For example:
IFRUN60 my_form scott/tiger
Note: Commands for invoking the product components vary according to platform.
Control Blocks A control block is not associated with a database, and its items do not relate to any columns within any database table. Its items are called control items. For example, we create many buttons in our module to initiate certain actions and to logically group these buttons in a control block.