Look and Feel Color Scheme

Oracle Forms can be run with either the Oracle Look and Feel or the Generic Look and Feel. The Oracle Look and Feel consists of a new look and feel for each item, and a pre-defined set of color schemes. The Generic Look and Feel adheres to the native interface and color scheme of the current operating system. The choice of look and feel has an impact on accessibility features; in general, the Oracle Look and Feel is the more accessible of the modes. Only users with low vision should find it necessary to use the Generic Look and Feel to control the overall colors of the application, either to increase or decrease contrast.

Users may set the desired colors using the operating system's provided schemes, then specify lookAndFeel=generic in the URL so that Oracle Forms will use these colors.

• To specify the look and feel, set the following parameter when launching a form: lookAndFeel= either generic or oracle

• If the Oracle Look and Feel is used, the color scheme can be specified as follows:

  colorScheme= one of teal, titanium, red, khaki, blue, olive, or purple.

  The colorScheme parameter has no effect if lookAndFeel is set to generic.

Read Only Fields

Oracle Forms supports a feature where fields that cannot be entered (read-only fields) are automatically rendered dark gray. To turn this feature off, specify readOnlyBackground=false in the URL.

Font Size

Operating system settings such as Font Size, will affect the overall size of all items in a form. Often this is the only technique to adjust font sizes within a form, as they typically are hard-coded.

Microsoft Windows operating system instructions for changing the font size:

1. Go to Windows Control Panel > Fonts > Change font size > Set custom text size (DPI) = 200%.

2. Restart the computer.

3. Launch Forms and larger font will be displayed.

Oracle E-Business Suite features

Profiles: Java Look and Feel and Java Color Scheme

With Oracle E-Business Suite, Oracle Forms screens may be invoked by actions taken on the Oracle E-Business Suite Professional User Interface or other self-service screens. In order to run these screens, a URL is constructed using information in profiles Java Look and Feel and Java Color Scheme.

• To specify the look and feel, set profile Java Look and Feel to either generic or oracle.

• If the Oracle Look and Feel is used, the profile Java Color Scheme can be specified as follows: teal, titanium, red, khaki, blue, olive, or purple.

• The Java Color Scheme profile has no effect if Java Look and Feel is set to generic.

Profile: FND: Indicator Colors

Oracle E-Business Suite by default renders:

• Required fields in yellow

• Queryable fields in a different color while in enter-query mode

• Fields that cannot be entered (read-only fields) in gray

To turn off these features when running Oracle Forms through the Oracle E-Business Suite Professional User Interface, set profile FND: Indicator Colors to No.