in2j - Why migrate?
Quintessence Systems Limited is the creator of in2j, the 100% automated technology for migrating Oracle Forms, Reports and PL/SQL applications into the Java™ language - ready for immediate deployment to a Swing platform, suitable for maintenance and development using Oracle JDeveloper, and a vital stepping stone to ADF and SOA architectures.
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Why migrate?

Our starting point is that Oracle Forms is a brilliant product, especially Forms 6i and later versions with their screen-painting capabilities through a true 4GL interface. Oracle databases are also unmatched by any other vendor. The quality and ease of use of these Oracle products accounts for their widespread use and popularity worldwide.

However Oracle customers can still find themselves 'out in the cold' if they fail to follow designated upgrade and development paths. Hundreds of companies are still running Forms 3 applications, often on antique and highly vulnerable hardware, with few if any upgrade options. There are also many thousands of Forms / Reports 6i users, although Oracle ceased to support 6i in early 2008. Meanwhile the upgrade path from 6i to the current version, 10g, is far from easy or straightforward and many users have experienced difficulties in maintaining the original look, feel and functionality of their applications across into 10g.

Furthermore Forms / Reports do not always integrate readily with other internet applications, and lack advanced graphical features. And because the Forms / Reports are stored as binary files, rather than as source in a computer language, they present irreconcilable difficulties in source code control and rollback, essential for mission critical applications under continuing development.

As for the future, Oracle has restated its commitment to Forms / Reports. But this does not guarantee easy upgrade paths to future versions, not does it promise that the features available in these future versions will match customers' needs and expectations.

By contrast Oracle's future commitment to Java™ is more secure, with its long term strategic direction well defined by ADF and JDeveloper.

Of course, there is a problem: however desirable it may be to move from Forms / Reports to Java and perhaps ADF, this represents a huge undertaking involving many man-years of costly software development. Or that's what you might think ...

How we can help

Following over 10 years of development, our in2j software offers 100% automated migration of your Oracle applications into Java for immediate deployment under Swing. As such it massively reduces the duration and cost of the migration process, while maintaining the look, feel and functionality of the original software.

in2j is now available to migrate your Oracle Forms, Oracle Reports and PL/SQL code into Java - quickly, reliably and at a highly competitive price.

For customers making the transition to Oracle ADF migrating to Java represents an important first step, as our API allows Forms and Reports to be adapted to ADF one at a time while maintaining inter-operability.

We also offer JDeveloper extensions / plugins that allow you to use JDeveloper's advanced screen painting and other capabilities to maintain and extend your migrated Java-Forms and Java-Reports, and to use JDeveloper's debugging tools to track variable values during execution.

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