The E-Business Suite (EBS) user interface developed with Oracle Forms Builder is known as the Professional User Interface. The core modules have all been built using this development tool. However, the user interface for new modules is now developed using JDeveloper and is known as the Self Service User Interface.
Oracle provides a TEMPLATE form to get us started with developing forms. It has some referenced objects that allow us to develop forms in a consistent manner using the same standards and look and feel as all of the other forms within EBS. The referenced objects contain property classes and visual attributes, the standard toolbar, and the standard calendar. It also comes with code already written in triggers and program units. These help us to provide hooks to events that occur at runtime. This in turn ensures that any forms developed using the TEMPLATE.fmb
conforms to Oracle standards and behaviors. Also, it makes it much easier for developers knowing that forms...