Oracle Forms to APEX
Tennis Vlaanderen
Moving a 20-year-old Oracle Forms platform to Oracle APEX, module by module
- ELIT, the member, interclub, tournament and reservation platform, was written in Oracle Forms, with support ending.
- The first modules, app management and court reservation, were rebuilt in Oracle APEX as ELIT 2.0.
- In the club survey, the APEX modules score 7.2 for satisfaction, remarkably higher than the modules not yet migrated.
- The migration of the next modules continues with United Codes.
“Tennis Vlaanderen has always put tremendous effort into automation. Twenty years ago, the first stone was laid with the current ELIT software (Electronic Member, Interclub and Tournament Administration). Over the years, this software has been expanded into a complete package with reservation, mail, and tennis school modules. In 2019, a thorough renewal was imminent because the programming language in which ELIT was written (Oracle Forms) would only be supported until 2020. Tennis Flanders chose to transition to a different technology, Oracle APEX, and a new vendor, United Codes, offering significant new opportunities and perspectives to make ELIT future-proof within a feasible timeframe. Meanwhile, the first modules, app management and court reservation, have been completely revamped and rolled out in ELIT 2.0. That this renewal is a hit is evident from the positive reviews in our extensive club survey: the ELIT 2.0 modules in APEX receive a satisfaction score of 7.2 and score remarkably higher than the modules that have not yet migrated to ELIT 2.0.”
“Internally, the cooperation is also very positive, and United Codes has been able to meet the high expectations in terms of project planning and communication. We, therefore, continue the cooperation and migration of the subsequent modules with United Codes with great confidence and ambition.”

