Deploying Forms

I am a newbie to Forms development. I have Forms Builder downloaded, also WebLogic Server. Oracle Classic 11g and Oracle Fusion Middleware 11.1.1.2.0
I have WLS_FORMS started and I can access the Weblogic admin and EM applications. I have left the WebLogic Server set as defaulted to run in the "development" mode, not the production mode.
I found a sample .fmb called Test.fmb. I can open this up and change it in Forms Builder. I can compile it into the FMX. I can run the form from Forms Builder and see how it looks in development.
My question is:
Once one is finished changing a FMX, how does one get that deployed? Can someone give me the steps?
Edited by: javajoe2000 on Jan 7, 2010 12:20 PM

Hi,
OC4J / WLS, the way you run the forms is same.
As Dhiraj mentioned, place all the required files (fmx, mmx, pll, olb) in the common folder (say c:\myforms), and add the c:\myforms to the FORMS_PATH variable in default.env file.
Alternatively, you can also add the c:\myforms entry in the workingDirectory variable in the formsweb.cfg file.
-Arun

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