Oracle Apps HRMS Knowledge Sharing

In my first blog, I would like to talk about the fundamentals of Oracle Apps HRMS as well as AOL. I would like to cover the following points: 1. What are KFFs and DFFs? 2. Why do we need them? 3. What are the differences between them? 4. Why do we need two different structures. In other words, if we have KFF then why do we need a DFF? I would start with a similarity for the two which explains the first and second point. Both KFF and DFF are entities provided to developers by Oracle apps to extend a screen.You put n number of fields on a seeded * screen, still at end of the day, due to some business requirement, you will need to add new fields. KFF and DFF are mechanism to achieve this without customizing the form it self. So whats the difference between the two? Difference 1: The key difference between them is, a DFF extends a screen whereas a KFF extends a field in a screen. For eg on Assignment screen, you have a DFF as well as few KFFs. There are lots of fields which capture assign...