Oracle Forms and JVx - simply great
Oracle Forms is a great technology/platform to write database applications (for Oracle DBs) - There is no doubt!
But nobody knows how long it will exist! Oracle tries to replace Forms with ADF and or APEX, since years. APEX has limited functionality, ADF is too complex and is very "special"!
Have you ever tried to migrate an Oracle Forms Application to Java or .NET? Good luck 
There are several tools that allows "automatic migration". But this is not more than an attempt!
Simple and small Forms Applications are surely migrated to another technology, but what is with the more important - large - applications?
We are not magicians, but have a modern technolgogy which enables a gradual migration.
Why is Oracle Forms so successful?
It is simple and does its job. You create User Interfaces for your Oracle Database very fast and ready for production. With JVx we offer a framework that solves the same problems but it is UI and database independent, is 100% Java and is Open Source.
And more...
Use JVx in your Forms applications.
Every developer knows that it is not so easy to replace a full-blown application with another one. Would it be cool to use existing features and Oracle Forms User Interfaces and integrate/implement new features and User Interfaces with JVx. Of course it would be very cool, but you need exactly one application that is consistent and still "simply works"!
And after all your Forms features are migrated, simply use a JVx application without Forms. You have no effort to switch, because it does not matter whether JVx runs with or without Forms!
Are you curious?
I assure you that no other framework is better suited than JVx.
Why?
- Re-use your existing database logic (triggers, packages, views, functions, procedures) without changes.
It is possible but not necessary to move your business logic to the server tier (middleware). Of course, it is recommended, if you plan to replace your Oracle database with antother database system. To be honest... Oracle has a damn good RDBMS.
- Why sould you create tons of source code and use ORMs if your data model is clean.
I'm sure you want maintainable applications - as usual?
- Money, money, money
Use your preferred Open Source application server and don't pay expensive license fees.
- And one of the most important things: You don't need a new development team.
What happens if you decide to replace your Forms Application with ADF? Have your developers the needed skils?
Do you need an example?
Oracle Forms with JVx
The example uses JVx UI (layout, panel, table, button), the generic model, a remote connection and life-cycle objecs as usual. Not bad 
And if you want to develop faster than ever before, use VisionX on top. You have never used a better Application development tool!
Development | rjahn | 23/01/2012
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i have done an entire tour of your blog and i don't see any tutorial or video to show how you do that and i don't know if the solution is paid or free. I'll be very happy to know what you use to do this and if i want to do see what are prerequies.
What kind of information do you need?
JVx is an open source framework and you can use it without additional costs. The integration of JVx in Oracle Forms is like any other PJC integration. If you want a seamless integration of work-screens like Oracle Forms’ best friends or Oracle Forms together with JVx/Swing (modernization), there is a commercial java library. The library lets you integrate whole applications in your forms without PJC knowledge. If you only integrate specific controls like tables, you won't need more than JVx.
Could you please Gide me where can I found documents to use JVx in oracle forms 10gR2 Special For Charts.
What's your plan? Give me a little bit more information about your use-case.
The integration of JVx is like any other java library (include jvxclient.jar).
If you want to use work-screens designed with VisionX, we have an out-of-the-box integration for VisionX.