I have done quite a bit of traveling since October last year. Every other week or so I've been at a conference, training event, user group or special interest group. When I'm back at my desk, I spend a good chunk of time doing webcasts and demos for small groups of people. In all I have noticed that there are growing SQL Developer and Data Modeler audiences, which is great. What I've also found is that lots of folk are using a lot of the features and not investigating further to see what the product has to offer.

We have just released the first patch release for SQL Developer 2.1. SQL Developer patch releases are full downloads and installs - see the release notes - we call them "patch releases" because they exist only to provide fixes to issues. Most of these are found and reported in the early adopter releases and did not make the production release, some were older issues and some found in the production release. A patch release is not a vehicle for introducing new functionality.

We have just released the first patch release for SQL Developer 2.1. SQL Developer patch releases are full downloads and installs - see the release notes - we call them "patch releases" because they exist only to provide fixes to issues. Most of these are found and reported in the early adopter releases and did not make the production release, some were older issues and some found in the production release. A patch release is not a vehicle for introducing new functionality.

An ongoing request in SQL Developer is to have the ability to update the font size in a Data Grid. In the all the releases up to and including SQL Developer 2.1, you can't change the font in the data grid, you can control the full IDE font and the font for the editors, but that's it. Well SQL Developer 2.1.1 has an update to that.

I wrote about changing fonts when we first started SQL Developer, so I'm going to recap the functionality before adding the 2.1.1 tidbit.

An ongoing request in SQL Developer is to have the ability to update the font size in a Data Grid. In the all the releases up to and including SQL Developer 2.1, you can't change the font in the data grid, you can control the full IDE font and the font for the editors, but that's it. Well SQL Developer 2.1.1 has an update to that.

I wrote about changing fonts when we first started SQL Developer, so I'm going to recap the functionality before adding the 2.1.1 tidbit.

There's a new listener EA released today go grab it and try out.  There's 2 real changes.  First the MIME_TYPE on file uploads is fixed. 

 The second is a result of sitting down at RMOUG last week and talking over the excel parsing with Scott.   That conversation resulted in a few new knobs to change some configuration options. 

1) I found an API which takes the item_id and gives back the

Strictly speaking, an automated activity does not have a human actor as role involved, and from that perspective the automated one does not belong in the swim-lane of that role, but in the one of the "automatic" role instead.

You may say that this is smells like over-designing the thing, and moreover it takes extra space, so rather not.

One of the core values of using a method is that it provides a common "language". That holds for all kind of methods, including those for software engineering. It for example helps when everybody has a same understanding of what a "use case" is. It also helps to have a common format for use cases. Similar to the agreement that (at least in the western culture) we write from left to right, top to bottom, contents at the beginning, index at the end.

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Want to know the inner secret of being an ADF Ninja. Awesome video!

I've just posted the details of the latest client side certification of Forms 10g. This includes support for Windows 7 and IE8 running Oracle Forms.

I've just posted a HOW TO on Oracle Forms 11g calling a Web service. This is an update to an earlier example I had put together on calling an SMS from Oracle Forms 10g.

This might be nice functionality to add a to a Forms application where you are able to SMS a customer order or alert an administrator when something threshold is reached.

..In London for Oracle partners. If you would like to register please click here. This will be an introduction to Fusion, JDeveloper, ADF and will also involve an afternoon of hands-on labs. So, bring a laptop!

The 10th of Feb the UKOUG are running a development SIG focused specifically at SOA. So, if you are based in the UK and looking too find out more about SOA and hook up with SOA experts then you better move quickly as there are only a few more places left.

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We just pushed the next EA for the Application Express Listener. There's a few base bugs fixes in this like the file upload issue people on the forums posted about. The other significant bug fixed is when there's multiple listeners in one webserver.

I'm still testing how I can interact from Oracle Forms with Flash. I can sent the text from the text, field to the flash component. You can see in the image below that the text "This is a text" is inside the Form field and it is also displayed inside the Flash component.

I still have the problem that when I update my java runtime to the latest version 1.6.0_18 then the component containing the flash component turns gray. It works when I downgrade my java runtime again.

in fact, the use cases you think work might actually be buggy too...

Playing around with Flash inside Oracle Forms. Here is an image from a demo I tried to include inside Oracle Forms. It works but I still have a few issues to solve.

Next week we head for Denver and the Rocky Mountain User Group. This is a great conference; lots of technical talks, lots of networking - sharing ideas and making contacts, and of course, meeting a few friends too!

Part 1 of this series demonstrated taking a NetBeans 6.8 SessionEJB application that uses Maven 2.2.1 and creating a JDeveloper 11.1.1.2.0 project based on the POM. This entry extends this concept by clearly demonstrating the process and then extending the application in JDeveloper.

On the OTN Forms Forum you will find the question "What new features would you want to see in Oracle Forms?" Oracle is interested to hear feedback from the OTN forum users on what new features they would like to see in Oracle Forms.

It's a time of wild speculation, occasional confusion, and opportunity.   When looking for facts about the Oracle - Sun Merger and how it impacts Java developers, here are a few places to find truth and ongoing conversation.

The main developer FAQ:

http://www.oracle.com/technology/community/sun-oracle-community-continuity.html

The main developer tools FAQ:

This entry demonstrates taking a NetBeans 6.8 SessionEJB application that uses Maven 2.2.1 and creating a JDeveloper 11.1.1.2.0 project based on the POM.

Requirements:

Everything seems fine when there is no problems.

My son at an exhibition game.
Then something goes wrong.

or why would anyone code without Source Control?

Why would someone do either?

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