Why you have to convert FMB to XML format?

Oracle Forms 10g Release 2 has changed the binary format of the source code particularly in masking trigger code.
If you load a Form from Release 2 to Release 1, you cannot open the form.
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How to do it?



Step 1: On the PC with Developer Suite Release 2 installed

To convert the xml back to fmb in 10g Release 2, in DOS prompt,

To convert all FMB in the same folder
C:\YourCodeFolder> frmf2xml *.fmb

To convert a particular FMB file, just specified the filename
C:\YourCodeFolder> frmf2xml social.fmb



Step 2: On another PC with Developer Suite Release 1 installed

To convert the xml back to fmb in 10g Release 1,

To convert all XML back to FMB
C:\YourCodeFolder> Ifxml2f90 *.xml OVERWRITE=Y

Please note that if there is an existing FMB file, it will be overwritten with Release 1 format. Release 1 FMB can be accessed from both Forms Builder Release 1 and 2.

You can use Forms Builder 10g Release 1 to open the form now.

thank you man
nice effort
I'll check it now