Customized Setting of External Applications are saved if using templates

We are using templates and on the template we have put the "External Application" portlet .
Now if normal user tries and customize this portlet then these settings are not saved.
Like user want's to see only 2 applications so he checks only 2 applications but these settings are not saved and portal still shows 5 applications to that user.

I haven't seen this problem. Please report it to Oracle Support.

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Customized Setting of External Applications are NOT saved if using templates

We are using templates and on the template we have put the "External Application" portlet .
Now if normal user tries and customize this portlet then these settings are not saved.
Like user want's to see only 2 applications so he checks only 2 applications but these settings are not saved and portal still shows 5 applications to that user.

I haven't seen this problem. Please report it to Oracle Support.

Photo "...changed in external application" when saving metadata in LR2

I am getting occasional error dialogs saying that one or more photos have been changed in an external application when saving metadata. I'm quite certain the photos have not been touched since the catalog was built--two days ago.
I built an entirely new catalog after installing LR2. I changed some keywords as I not all images were keyworded in the same way. When I save metadata, either for an entire folder or for all files, I get occasional error dialogs about the image being changed externally. I'm quite certain that I changed nothing.
Running Win XP Pro SP2 + all updates except SP3, LR2, on Xeon 3070 with 3GGB RAM and lots of hard drive space.

If I didn't think my humor and irony would be misinterpreted as being rude, I might say "Why are you such a troublemaker, by asking this question? Don't you know from reading the forum, that there are multiple opinions about how LR works with changes done outside itself?" Ooops, I actually said it.<G>
But, seriously, I've had many of the same questions, so I've been following the various threads, and still haven't got a clear and relatively simple answer to "how to work with LR images and catalogs using outside applications, and not mess stuff up?"
So, again, seriously, thanks for asking. Hoping, like you, to get clearer understanding.
Regards,
Peter
Peter Gold
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Seeking Serenity wrote:
I was having an issue where each time I would modify a photo, LR would change the Capture Date to the Modified Date. Upon a quick search, I believe the correct way to stop this from happening is for me to uncheck the auto write to XMP which I did. After correcting the myriad of inadvertent date changes, I selected all the photos I was working with and attempted to save the metadata only to get this warning/question: "One or more of these photos has been changed in an external application. Should Lightroom overwrite the settings on disk?" I searched this and I'm confused because I'm not editing the photos in an external application; the only external app that is even remotely touching these photos is Dropbox, which is where my LR catalog is stored. Does Dropbox have something to do with this message or am I missing something? To overwrite or not to overwrite is the question now, I guess, but I'd like to figure out why this question is being posed so I can fix it from the start.

Trigger on Insert into a custom table from external application

This is the problem I am facing.
External Application using a different schema lets say extdb on a different server. This writes into a table in a schema called appscustom schema. Appscustom schema is under Oracle Apps.
A trigger in Oracle Apps to be executed on insert into the appscustom schema table.
This trigger inturn will run a concurrent job to create the invoice and gl interface tables.
THe problem I am facing is, The trigger get executed but the concurrent job does not get triggered/run.
Here is the trigger. Let me know, what might be wrong.
THe values for vRESP_APPL_Id,vRESP_ID, vUSER_ID becomes null in the test_pims table.
Whereas when I manually insert from backend into appscustom schema table the concurrent job gets submitted.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-- Start of DDL Script for Trigger APPS.RWJF_PIMS_ORACLE_INT
-- Generated 5/25/2005 22:10:52 from APPS@HENRY_DEVL
CREATE OR REPLACE TRIGGER rwjf_pims_oracle_int
AFTER
INSERT
ON rwjf_pimstxnbatch
REFERENCING NEW AS NEW OLD AS OLD
FOR EACH ROW
WHEN (new.status = 'U' )
Declare
ReturnCode BOOLEAN;
ConcReqID NUMBER := 0;
vRESP_APPL_ID NUMBER;
vRESP_ID NUMBER;
vUSER_ID NUMBER;
LoadToAp NUMBER :=0;
LoadToGl NUMBER :=0;
Begin
-- vRESP_APPL_ID := apps.fnd_profile.value(200); -- AP --('RESP_APPL_ID');
-- vRESP_ID := apps.fnd_profile.value(20639); -- 20639 for payables mgr. for rwjf_payables Mgr (50001); --('RESP_ID');
-- vUSER_ID := apps.fnd_profile.value(1247); -- 1247 for sury 1065 for interface -- ('USER_ID');
LoadToAp := 0;
SELECT COUNT(*)
INTO LoadToAp
FROM rwjf.RWJF_PimsTxnBatchDtl
WHERE GL_OR_AP = 'A'
AND pims_txn_batch_id = :NEW.Pims_Txn_Batch_id;
LoadToGl := 0;
SELECT COUNT(*)
INTO LoadToGl
FROM rwjf.RWJF_PimsTxnBatchDtl
WHERE GL_OR_AP = 'G'
AND pims_txn_batch_id = :NEW.Pims_Txn_Batch_id;
IF LoadToAp > 0 THEN
vRESP_APPL_ID := 200; -- Application Id 200 Account payables
vRESP_ID := 50001; -- RWJF_Payables Mgr for user interface
vUSER_ID := 1065; -- user id for user name interface
apps.fnd_global.apps_initialize(vUSER_ID,vRESP_ID,vRESP_APPL_ID);
ConcReqID := 0;
ReturnCode := FND_REQUEST.SET_MODE(TRUE);
ConcReqID := FND_REQUEST.SUBMIT_REQUEST('RWJF',
'RWJF_PIMS_INT',
'', '', FALSE,
:NEW.Pims_Txn_Batch_id,'AP', chr(0),
END IF;
IF LoadToGl > 0 THEN
vRESP_APPL_ID := 20003;
vRESP_ID := 50003;
vUSER_ID := 1065;
apps.fnd_global.apps_initialize(vUSER_ID,vRESP_ID,vRESP_APPL_ID);
ConcReqID := 0;
ReturnCode := FND_REQUEST.SET_MODE(TRUE);
ConcReqID := FND_REQUEST.SUBMIT_REQUEST('RWJF',
'RWJF_PIMS_INT',
'', '', FALSE,
:NEW.Pims_Txn_Batch_id,'GL',chr(0),
END IF;
insert into test_pims
values
('Test3',:New.Pims_Txn_Batch_id,vUSER_ID,vRESP_ID,vRESP_APPL_ID);
insert into test_pims
values
('Test3',ConcReqID,vUSER_ID,vRESP_ID,vRESP_APPL_ID);
IF ConcReqID = 0 THEN
DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE('Problem Submitting Program to get pims txn batch'); /* Handle Error */
END IF;
End;
-- End of DDL Script for Trigger APPS.RWJF_PIMS_ORACLE_INT

don't quite understand the structure of your tables but it sounds similiar to a merge statement.
(contiditonally insert, update records depending on whether or not corresponding records exist)
create table custom_table
(cust_no number,
line_no number,
party_id number
create table hz_parties
as (
select 1 party_id, 'A' bill_to_location, 10 cust_no, 100 line_no from dual union
select 2, 'B', 20, 200 from dual union
select 3, 'C', 30, 300 from dual union
select 4, 'D', 40, 400 from dual
merge into custom_table t1
using (select * from hz_parties) t2
on (t1.party_id = t2.party_id)
when not matched then insert (t1.cust_no, t1.line_no, t1.party_id)
values (t2.cust_no, t2.line_no, t2.party_id);
Edited by: pollywog on Mar 5, 2010 6:52 AM

Which application are able to use a raid for performance?

Hello. I'm considering the setup of a simple raid (two internal 500G hard drives, using Disk Utility's software raid option) to speed up Photoshop. Will the speed gain be limited to applications that can have scratch disks assigned to them (Photoshop, Illustrator), or can others use them, too, maybe including the system itself?
Thanks

Software RAID produces a single logical Volume that the System sees as indistinguishable from a regular volume. Any Application can use it for any purpose.
A RAID gets its speed by having the B-Drive pre-reading the expected next block of data while the A-Drive is transferring its just-read data. This allows for the seek time of the B-drive to happen concurrently with the transfer time of the A-drive, providing a speed-up. Using a single RAID Volume to Read input, read and write scratch, and write output moves the read/write head away from the intended data files and defeats the speedup.
In addition, Mac OS X keeps very little of the System and Applications in RAM at any given time. Parts are paged in when needed, and most of the System and Applications are already loaded into "page frames", ready to be paged in when needed. Any disk activity that moves the disk read/write head away from the System area slows down your entire Mac.
For this reason, some user choose to set up a Boot drive, that contains only System. Library, Applications, and the hidden Unix files including Paging. Users files and Applications Libraries such as Clip Art and itunes collections are moved to a different Volume. RAM Memory is increased to avoid the use of scratch except in the most extreme cases.

Any idea why my saved documents are unable to be read? "convert file from" box pops up, applications are listed to use but if any are chosen, the file then opens but is in symbols

When attempting to open saved documents for viewing a box pops up "convert file from" with applications that can be chosen from to use. When any of the options are chosen the document then opens but is in symbols and is unreadable. This is happening with all saved documents. Can you offer any help with this?

Hi,
If you don't find any clue, you can send your file to me (guillaume.rouyreATgcosiDOTcom, replace cap) so I can give a try.
Hope this helps,
Guillaume Rouyre, MBA, MCP, MCTS |

Which USB external disk are you successfully using with TC?

I've seen various posts about attaching an external USB disk to the TC. Some people have been successful and others have had problems. I have tried 2 different disks without success.
The first disk (Seagate 300GB) went into sleep mode after not being used for a while and the TC couldn't wake it up! The second disk (Maxtor One Touch 300GB) worked most of the time but had problems when importing lots of pictures into iPhoto. iPhoto would complain it couldn't find files part way through the import (like it had lost the connection to the disk). Both of these disks work fine with a Linksys NSLU2.
If anyone has had success with an external USB disk could they please post the make, model and capacity?
Thank you.

It helps to 'wrap' URLs with code so they don't run off the screen, using UUB or HTML.... but that is minor for now.
Easier to search "ST94811U2-RK"
http://www.seagate.com
However I get "not found" on that drive. Your link comes up with "ST3300601U2-RK" There are some USB2 only PB 300GB drives listed.
I tend to stick to non-vendor drives, rather than Maxtor or WD or Seagate etc. Anything with Oxford 911+ or above work well with Macs.
http://www.macsales.com/firewire/
And avoid USB2 drives and get one with FireWire (and USB2), your drive should be formatted as GUID - check the drive (not volume or partition) in Disk Utility. It is changed by reformatting in Disk Utility: Partition -> Options.... (at bottom of screen) and there will be three options, you want GUID (not MBR).
Is it bus powered or does it have its own power supply?
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Single Sign-On and External Applications Portlet

I would like to know how complicated would be to call an External Application with SSO (like Hotmail), outside the External Applications Portlet.
We have defined around 10 external applications with SSO,they worked fine.
but due to look&feel issues, we would like to put them in a content area , like items that when the user clicks, takes them to the external application and performs the single sign-on.
Any advice will be appreciated.
tks!!

Maria, I was experimenting with this last night, to answer your question, and I think a cool way of doing this would be the following:
Create a custom attribute called "App ID" - make this a NUMBER type. This is where the external application id will be stored.
Create a custom item type: "External Application"
You have two options for the base type: either "URL" or "<None>". If you pick URL, then you can have the item contain the URL for fapp_process_login, but this is not advisable because it will require the administrator to type in this long URL every time a new application is added.
If you select base type URL, you should use that URL to let the administrator provide a URL to the application's homepage, or a help page or something of that sort.
Edit the newly created item to set the Attribute and Procedure properties.
Add the "App ID" attribute - no default.
On the Procedure tab, add the following procedures (called as HTTP), each with the App ID passed as "p_app_id":
Login http://server.domain.com/pls/portal30_sso/portal30_sso.wwsso_app_admin.fapp_process_login
Edit http://server.domain.com/pls/portal30_sso/portal30_sso.wwsso_app_admin.edit_fappuser
That's it!
Add the new custom item type to a folder, and all the administrator needs to do is set the title, and App ID for the new item.
Excercise for the Reader
You will notice that clicking on the Edit link will take you to the login server when you are done editing the credentials. To avoid this, pass another parameter to the edit procedure - p_done_url, and set a value for that to point to the page that you want to go to after editing credentials.

Single Sign-on and external applications

Hi,
Someone might be able to point me in the right direction about this.
I have registered each of my applications as external applications within Oracle Portal in order to avail of single sign-on.
This is fine to a point, but registering applications in this way still requires the user to enter a username and password once in order to login to the application the first time they use it, even though they have already logged into the Portal. As long as the user doesn't log out of the application they can close their browser and when they come back to the application they are still logged in.
None of the applications I use are oracle partner applications.
My problem is that I want to avoid the user having to log in to the application the first time they use it.
Ideally they should login to Portal once and then any subsequent applications they access, they are automatically logged into them without having to enter a username and password.
Is there a way to do this or will I have to write a custom login for each application to circumnavigate this first time using the application login issue ?
Are there any docs that someone could point me at.
Many thanks,

Maria, I was experimenting with this last night, to answer your question, and I think a cool way of doing this would be the following:
Create a custom attribute called "App ID" - make this a NUMBER type. This is where the external application id will be stored.
Create a custom item type: "External Application"
You have two options for the base type: either "URL" or "<None>". If you pick URL, then you can have the item contain the URL for fapp_process_login, but this is not advisable because it will require the administrator to type in this long URL every time a new application is added.
If you select base type URL, you should use that URL to let the administrator provide a URL to the application's homepage, or a help page or something of that sort.
Edit the newly created item to set the Attribute and Procedure properties.
Add the "App ID" attribute - no default.
On the Procedure tab, add the following procedures (called as HTTP), each with the App ID passed as "p_app_id":
Login http://server.domain.com/pls/portal30_sso/portal30_sso.wwsso_app_admin.fapp_process_login
Edit http://server.domain.com/pls/portal30_sso/portal30_sso.wwsso_app_admin.edit_fappuser
That's it!
Add the new custom item type to a folder, and all the administrator needs to do is set the title, and App ID for the new item.
Excercise for the Reader
You will notice that clicking on the Edit link will take you to the login server when you are done editing the credentials. To avoid this, pass another parameter to the edit procedure - p_done_url, and set a value for that to point to the page that you want to go to after editing credentials.

How can I force Firefox to open webm files in a external application like mplayer?

I want to open webm files from browsing sites (for example tagesschau.de) in mplayer through 'xterm -e' where I set a specific placement of the window and other parameters. Setting media.webm.enabled to false only disabled internal player, but does not open any option under Preferences -> File Types. Playing with advanced configuration I tried creating media.webm.handler{,default,application} according to other file type that are set to external applications. No luck. I have set mp4 files to use the same script (with execution permission) and it works exactly as I want.
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I don't know about linux cos i'm win user. But you may start with disabling internal webm support. about:config -> media.webm and then I think you should install greasemonkey addon and custom script for playing content in 3rd partys players. (At least that is my configuration. I'm using VLC for youtube)

SSO for External application not part of the portal framework

Greetings,
I am desperate!!!
I am trying to do the following:
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I know I can configure the external applications as described in the SSO admin guide.
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I have similar kind of requirements for Single sign-on to external web applications.
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Any idea Barry..
Bye

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I am trying to add one of our in-house java application which has in-built user authentication logic in Portal.
I am adding it as an 'External Application' thru SSO Administration (using Add external application). When I enter my username and password for the first time (i do select 'remember my username/password for this application') but I am routed to the login screen of the java application .......and the same thing happens when I click the link again (every time I get the login screen of Java Application).
I have tried adding 'yahoo' too but it still takes me to the login screen.
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Havre you tried the portlet "external applications" , click preferences and set up your username / pwd ?

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Hi all,
I have set up a procedure to communicate with a external application. I have used util_tcp to set up this connection. The process I undertake is i send some packets to a remote port XXXX on a particular ip address .
i.e util_tcp.open_connection(host_ip_address,host_port).
I then wait for data coming back, from this external application.
I then close the connection.
All is fine when I execute this procedure from a AIX server, I get all the required packets back.
But when I execute this procedure from a windows server I manage to send packets of data out to the remote port but i can't read data from the port. When i telnet to the remote machine i could see the packets being sent back but i just can't seem to reas the data/packets. the utl_tcp.available is zero. BUT when i run the same procedure from aix server it works fine.
If anyone can help, much appreciated.
thankyou
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Sorry I think I may have not been very clear about what I am asking.
On AIX Server:
Has Oracle Database 8 on it.
-I connect to remote port 7097 - c := utl_tcp.open_connection('XXX.XXX.XXX.XX',7097,null,null,null,null,null,null);
-I send out packets to External App(Schedular) through above connection - li_return_value := utl_tcp.write_line(c, lc_ClientPacket);
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-Oracle Database 8 checks for data on port
utl_tcp.available(c) > 1
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lc_RawData := UTL_TCP.get_text(c,li_lenOfRawData);
On Windows Server:
Has Oracle Database 9i on it.
-I connect to remote port 7097 - c := utl_tcp.open_connection('XXX.XXX.XXX.XX',7097,null,null,null,null,null,null);
-I send out packets to External App(Schedular) through above connection - li_return_value := utl_tcp.write_line(c, lc_ClientPacket);
-Schedular sends back Packets through above connection
-Oracle Database 8 checks for data on port
utl_tcp.available(c) > 1
- BUT THE DATA IS NOT AVAILABLE so cannot read data. Its as if the packets vanish in thin air or windows is not liking the packets.
When telnet to the remote machine I can see the packets i send going into the port and the packets coming back from sideinwder ready for me to read. But for some reason I can't read.
Its a very odd problem, if the eact same code works from AIX, why not windows. I thought it might be something between Oracle database and windows that needs to be set up. But how can any configuration on the oracle database or the windows platform effect communication on the remote host.
Any ides please help
Thankyou for the help provided so far, much appreciated.
Nahim

External Application without portal ?

Hi all
I have several applications built in JSP + BC4J , deployed in Oracle Application Server 10G (9.0.4) , operating system is windows 2000 server.
Application server middle tier and infrastruture are in the same server.
I have added all applications to SSO as External Application
I'm not using Portal, so, how can i make this applications "visible" to end user ?
Should i built and JSP page wich lists all External Applications, asks for login/password if authentication cookie not exits ??
is there any other way of doing it without portal ???
Best Regards
Rui Madaleno

Rui,
actually the External Applications implementation is completely separate from the Portal and does not require it to function. (The external Applications Portlet is a simple interface to expose the list of external applications.
If you are looking for a simple interface to expose the list, it is much as you describe. Building a simple Partner application which has links referencing the appropriate SSO server URLs. Storing the links in a table and simply querying them allows for a simple interface that can be secured/modified withour haveing to change the page itself.

Using session/cookies to send data to External Application

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