Call Oracle Forms 6i from UNIX

Question

Hi,
I am new to Oracle forms and I have some querries -
I have a form created on windows environment (.fmb/.fmx). This form accepts a parameter in a text field and calls another Oracle Report. Now my questions are:
1. If windows forms are not compatible with UNIX environment, then how these are converted to be compatible with UNIX/Linux (without re-creating them on different platform)?
2. Can I call the same form from UNIX shell with input as a shell script input?
3. And if answer to the second query is no, then can I invoke Web deplyed froms (on application server) using shell? and how..
I w'd appreciate your help!
Regards.

Answer 1

hello
please provide forms6i (on web?,client server?),OS version.
im Assumed your using character mode.
user9040817 wrote:
Hi,
I am new to Oracle forms and I have some querries -
I have a form created on windows environment (.fmb/.fmx). This form accepts a parameter in a text field and calls another Oracle Report. Now my questions are:
1. If windows forms are not compatible with UNIX environment, then how these are converted to be compatible with UNIX/Linux (without re-creating them on different platform)?you need to generate fmx on server side. this is character mode. use : f60gen yourforms.fmb username/password@tns > a
yes you can call it forms use : f60run forms.fmx username/password@tns
report : rwrun60c yourreportname.rdf username/password@tns destype=file desname=a.lis
but always use HOST command inside the forms, also to send to the printer name that is configured to your server.
host ('rwrun60c /dsk8/ciame/rcption/wagih/reportname xxx/xxxn@xxx batch=yes destype=file desname=$user_output/'||to_char(:blk1.office_emp_no)||'.lis tty_office_no='||to_char(:blk1.office_no)||' tty_emp_no='||to_char(:blk1.office_emp_no)||' tty_rcpt_no='||to_char(:blk2.rcpt_mst_receipt_no)||' tty_rpt_type=0;
lp -d $lp01 -c $user_output/'||to_char(:blk1.office_emp_no)||'.lis',NO_PROMPT);
and if you call another form then you can use open_form,call_form,,... inside the form. Be sure you add in the library your wroking folder.
edit your user profile .
Study this as a case : this is the profile of our mis user in our old character based system.
SunOS 5.9
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
| This system is for the use of authorized users only. |
| Individuals using this computer system without authority, or in |
| excess of their authority, are subject to having all of their |
| activities on this system monitored and recorded by system |
| personnel. |
| |
| In the course of monitoring individuals improperly using this |
| system, or in the course of system maintenance, the activities |
| of authorized users may also be monitored. |
| |
| Anyone using this system expressly consents to such monitoring |
| and is advised that if such monitoring reveals possible |
| evidence of criminal activity, system personnel may provide the |
| evidence of such monitoring to law enforcement officials. |
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
login: ciame
Password:
Last login: Tue Mar 6 09:39:32 from 0.0.0.0
Sun Microsystems Inc. SunOS 5.9 Generic May 2002
$ bash
bash-2.05$ cd mis
bash-2.05$ cat .profile
# This is the default standard profile provided to a user.
# They are expected to edit it to meet their own needs.
#MAIL=/usr/mail/${LOGNAME:?}
DISPLAY=8.4.2.5:0.0;export DISPLAY
NLS_LANG=AMERICAN_AMERICA.AR8ISO8859P6; export NLS_LANG
NLS_DATE_FORMAT=dd/mm/yyyy;export NLS_DATE_FORMAT
TK6_PRINTER=alp35;export TK6_PRINTER
EDITOR=/usr/bin/vi;export EDITOR
ORACLE_BASE=/oracle; export ORACLE_BASE
ORACLE_HOME=$ORACLE_BASE/product/dev6i; export ORACLE_HOME
TNS_ADMIN=$ORACLE_HOME/network/admin; export TNS_ADMIN
HOME=$ORACLE_HOME/bin;export HOME
ORACLE_SID=JMH; export ORACLE_SID
ORACLE_TERM=vt220; export ORACLE_TERM
FORMS60_TERMINAL=$ORACLE_HOME/bin; export FORMS60_TERMINAL
LD_LIBRARY_PATH=LD_LIBRARY_PATH:$ORACLE_HOME/bin:$ORACLE_HOME/lib:/usr/dt/lib:/u
sr/openwin/lib:/usr/lib:$ORACLE_HOME/network/jre11/lib/sparc/native_threads; exp
ort LD_LIBRARY_PATH
SHLIB_PATH=$ORACLE_HOME/bin:/usr/dt/lib:/usr/openwin/lib:/usr/lib:$ORACLE_HOME/n
etwork/jre11/lib/sparc/native_threads; export SHLIB_PATH
PATH=/usr/ccs/bin:$ORACLE_HOME/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/openwin/bin/; export PATH
user_output=/user_account/mis;export user_output
alias ls='ls -aF'
umask=022
lp01=alp1;export lp01
lp02=alp1;export lp02
lp03=alp1;export lp03
lp04=alp1;export lp04
lp05=alp1;export lp05
lp06=alp1;export lp06
lp07=alp1;export lp07
lp08=alp1;export lp08
lp09=alp1;export lp09
lp10=ps401;export lp10
lpc=alp1;export lpc
cd /dsk8/ciame
f60run mis_menu xxxx/xxx@xxx
exit
Edited by: ck on Mar 5, 2012 11:05 PM
Edited by: ck on Mar 5, 2012 11:08 PM