COST EFFECTIVE AND FAST ORACLE FORMS MIGRATION
We offer a comprehensive Oracle forms and application migration service
for clients which can help significantly reduce the cost of conversion.
We can take an application, migrate it to the newer versions of the Oracle tools, and return it ready for testing. It will be complete with all the necessary documentation and tools for your staff to continue to maintain the new application.
Methodsoft's migration service supports migration to client/server, thin-client and 9i/10g web based Oracle forms environments. In fact we cover all of the versions you might want to migrate to.
FORMS*Facelift
The Forms*Facelift service can take any Forms application from any version of Forms and convert it to look superb in any newer version.
GUI/Web Mode Migration
If you have a GUI application in forms 4.5, 5 or 6i that is lacking that
sparkle or lustre that makes an application both look good and operate just
as it should, Forms*Facelist can add colour, texture and operability to
your application. It can add softprompts and multi-lingual capabilities
too.
Character Mode Migration
If you are runing character mode forms of any version (3.0 though to 6.0),
high speed and cost effective migration is achieved using automated tools.
The tools provides many GUI facilities automatically, producing an attractive
colourful Windows or Web style Forms application. The key aspect to a GUI
migration is getting the mouse navigation to work correctly. This can be
very difficult to achieve in a manual migration, but the automated tools
solve all of the problems. The end result is an attractive GUI or Web application.
Facelift provides a migration service for the other legacy components that
comprise your application : Examples of these are SQL*Menu 5.0, Reportwriter
1.1, and reports written in RPT, Reports 2.5, or 3.0. Most applications
needing migration also have a reporting element. It is important to bring
the whole system up to scratch and thus provide a complete service.
Provide a migration service for your database: Moving between Oracle versions
is often quite straightforward. However, at times there can be complications.
Tuning, backup & recovery, and proactive DBA activities can all prove
challenging. Help from the experts can make it easy again.
Methodsoft's migration service supports migration to client/server, thin-client and web-based enabled Oracle Forms environments. This service uses an automated Forms conversion tool. The use of a migration tool helps reduce cost and increase the reliability of the conversion.
KEY BENEFITS
- A fast and complete Forms migration
- A professional Windows and/or Web look and feel to the converted system
- Convenience and reduced impact on your staff
- A quality based migration methodology
- A migration completed at about half the cost of an in-house manual conversion
AUTOMATED TOOLS
Forms*Facelift
A tool to Transform and Improve GUI/Web mode Forms application to Forms
6i and Web Forms Applications. Migrates Forms 4.5, 5.0 or 6i
Legacy*convert
A Microsoft Windows (95/98 and NT) based migration tool that converts SQL*
Forms 3.0 applications to Oracle Developer (Forms 4.5, Forms 5.0, Forms
6.0 and Forms 6i).
CAPABILITIES
Methodsoft migration staff are skilled at using both the Forms migration tools and the Oracle Developer tools so you achieve a quality result in the minimum time.
We have very reasonable consultancy rates so it is often much more cost effective for Methodsoft to perform the complete task, than for a company to use the migration tool themselves.
The methodology we use is based on a stage, tasks and deliverables model.
The migration is split into 4 stages, Planning, Preparation, Conversion
and Testing. Each stage is broken down into a number of tasks. At the end
of each stage there are predefined deliverables to be produced and signed
off. This guarantees that the stage has been fully and correctly completed
before work is commenced on the next one.