Designer 10.1.2.5.0 can not be standalone?

Question

I applied Designer 10.1.2.5 patchset on top of standalone Des 10.1.2.4, no Developer Suite (I also tried a fresh installation of Des 10.1.2.5), when I started Oracle Designer, RAU, or RON I got this error:
"This application has failed to start because frmd2f.dll was not found. Re-installing the application may fix this problem"
I copied the file from another Developer Suite installation, I got a new error, every time I copied the files indicated by the error message, I always got the same error with a different file name needed. The last error message related with psoasyn (?) and orapls10.dll (I forget the exact error message). Fyi, I am using Oracle DB Client 10.2.0.4.
Do we have to install complete Oracle Developer Suite to install Oracle Designer 10.1.2.5? Now, I re-installed Oracle Designer 10.1.2.4, and it works well (no error appears).
Thanks.
Edited by: Hasnur Ramadhan on Oct 20, 2008 1:18 PM

Answer 1

You need to install Repository in Oracle 10g and create the Repository in RAU before you can start using Designer.
Follow the following steps to have Designer properly installed. Enjoy it.
Preparation:
1.     Increase Virtual Memory of your PC
•     Right-click on My Computer, Properties
•     Click on “Advanced” tab; Click on Performance’s [Settings]
•     Click on “Advanced” tab; Click on Virtual Memory’s [Change]
•     Change Maximum Size to 1535MB (Default was 768MB): Note you must have swap space of 1535MB
•     Click on [Set], [OK], [OK], [OK]
2.     Stop all anti-virus programs
3.     Unzip ds_windows_x86_101202_disk1.zip files to C:\Disk1 and ds_windows_x86_101202_disk2.zip to C:\Disk2
4.     Assume that you have installed Oracle 10g Release 2 before installing Developer Suite 10g R2.
5.     If you are using Chinese Windows XP or 2003 Server, please set both Regional Settings and Input Locale to English prior installation of Developer Suite 10g R2.
Part 1: Steps to install Developer Suite
1.     Double-click on C:\Disk1\setup.exe
2.     Click on [Next]
Enter Name: Ora10gDSR2 (default was DevSuiteHome1)
Enter Path: C:\oracle\product\Ora10gDSR2 (default was C:\DevSuiteHome_1)
Click on [Next]
3.     Select the radio button for “Complete (1.11GB)”
•     Click on [Next]
Provide Outgoing Mail Server Information:
Enter outgoing mail (SMTP) server: e.g. mail.netvigator.com (if you are using Netvigator)
This is the same as the setting for your Outlook for your ISP.
Click on [Next]
Click on [Install]
Click on [Exit], [Yes]
Part 2: Steps to setup Designer 10g
Part A:
Time Taken: 30 minutes to 60 minutes depending on the speed of your PC’s CPU
1.     Login SQL Plus as “SYS” with password “ora10g_manager” and connect string of “orcl as sysdba”
2.     Copy the sql file in the zip file with this Word file to c:\ with no folders
3.     Start the script file
SQL> @C:\des10g_for_ora10gR2.sql (If you have installed Oracle 10g Release 2)
•     Neglect Errors as the script will drop existing objects and re-create them. If existing objects cannot be dropped, then errors may appear but these will not affect the schema definition for Oracle Developer Suite 10g.
Copy the contents of the following SQL script and save to a text file called “des10g_for_ora10gR2.sql”
Run SQL Plus, login as SYS and start command “@C:\des10g_for_ora10gR2.sql”.
You may inspect the spooled file for any error logs in c:\designer10gins_local.txt
You may delete this file after installation.
rem -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
rem des10g_for_ora10gR2.sql Revised 28/Jun/2005 (This script is for Oracle Release 2)
rem Copy the file to c:\
rem Run SQL Plus, login as SYS
rem SQL>@C:\des10g_for_ora10gR2.sql
rem Assume Global Database Name is orcl
rem Assume Oracle 10g program is installed in C:\oracle\product\10.2.0\Db_1
rem Assume Oracle 10g datafiles are installed in C:\oracle\product\10.2.0\oradata\orcl
rem Assume Designer 10g R2 is installed in C:\oracle\product\Ora10gDSR2
rem ----------------------------------------------------------------------
set echo on
spool C:\designer10gins_local.txt
rem No need to start the sql script catproc.sql in Oracle 10g as the objects and packages
rem have been created already in Oracle 10g
rem @C:\oracle\product\10.2.0\Db_1\rdbms\admin\catproc.sql
REM Use this script to build tablespaces for the repository
REM Create tablespaces for repository tables
prompt Creating tablespace for repository tables (DES10g)
create tablespace DES10g
datafile 'C:\oracle\product\10.2.0\oradata\orcl\D10D1ORCL.DBF' size 400m
autoextend on
next 10m maxsize
unlimited default storage
(maxextents unlimited)
REM Create Index tablespace for repository indexes
prompt Creating tablespace for repository indexes (DES10g_I)
create tablespace DES10g_I
datafile 'C:\oracle\product\10.2.0\oradata\orcl\D10I1ORCL.DBF' size 300m
autoextend on
next 10m maxsize
unlimited default storage
(maxextents unlimited)
@c:\oracle\product\ora10gDSR2\repadm61\utl\ckrorole.sql
create user REPOS_OWNER identified by REPOS_OWNER
default tablespace DES10g
quota unlimited on DES10g
quota unlimited on DES10g_i
temporary tablespace temp;
grant alter session to repos_owner;
grant create database link to repos_owner;
grant create type to repos_owner;
GRANT EXECUTE ON DBMS_LOCK TO REPOS_OWNER;
GRANT EXECUTE ON DBMS_PIPE TO REPOS_OWNER;
grant connect, resource,CK_ORACLE_REPOS_OWNER to REPOS_OWNER;
grant create table to REPOS_OWNER;
grant create view to REPOS_OWNER;
grant create any trigger to REPOS_OWNER;
grant create procedure to REPOS_OWNER;
grant create any index to REPOS_OWNER;
grant create any sequence to REPOS_OWNER;
grant create synonym to REPOS_OWNER;
grant create any synonym to REPOS_OWNER;
grant select any sequence to REPOS_OWNER;
grant select any table to REPOS_OWNER;
grant create role to REPOS_OWNER;
grant create public synonym to REPOS_OWNER;
grant create session to REPOS_OWNER;
GRANT DROP PUBLIC SYNONYM TO REPOS_OWNER;
grant drop any synonym to REPOS_OWNER;
GRANT SELECT ON sys.v_$nls_parameters TO REPOS_OWNER WITH GRANT OPTION;
GRANT SELECT on V_$PARAMETER TO REPOS_OWNER;
GRANT SELECT ON dba_rollback_segs TO REPOS_OWNER;
GRANT SELECT ON dba_segments TO REPOS_OWNER;
grant dba to REPOS_OWNER;
grant connect,resource,CK_ORACLE_REPOS_OWNER to REPOS_OWNER;
grant execute on sys.dbms_pipe to REPOS_OWNER;
grant execute on sys.dbms_lock to REPOS_OWNER;
spool off
rem ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Part 3: Setup TNSNAMES for Developer Suite 10g
Explanation:
•     There are TWO Oracle Homes on your Server. One for Oracle 10g Database R2 and one for Oracle Developer Suite 10g R2.
•     The settings for TNSNAMES.ORA have been configured when you installed Oracle 10g but NOT when you installed Developer Suite 10g.
Steps: Copy the file “tnsnames.ora”
From: C:\oracle\product\10.2.0\db_1\ NETWORK\ADMIN (for Release 2)
To: C:\oracle\product\Ora10gDS\network\admin
Alternatively, add the following script to tnsnames.ora in C:\oracle\product\Ora10gDSR2\NETWORK\ADMIN\tnsnames.ora
ORCL =
(DESCRIPTION =
(ADDRESS_LIST =
(ADDRESS = (PROTOCOL = TCP)(HOST = 127.0.0.1)(PORT = 1521))
(CONNECT_DATA =
(SERVER = DEDICATED)
(SERVICE_NAME = orcl)
Part 4: Setup Repository Administration Utility
1.     Run Repository Administration Utility
•     Click on [Start], All Programs, Oracle Developer Suite – Ora10gRDR2, Software Configuration Manager, Repository Administration Utility
2.     Login as repos_owner with password “repos_owner” and connect string of “orcl”
Enter Username: repos_owner
Enter Password: repos_owner
Enter Connect String: orcl
Click on [OK]
3.     Install Repository
Click on icon
Click on [OK]
Click on [Yes]
4.     Change the Index Tablespace to DES10G_I
The default settings are:
Change all Index Tablespaces from DES10G to DES10G_I
Enable the radio button for Repository to Medium (Default was Small)
Click on [Start]
Click on [Yes]
Click on [OK], [Cancel]
Click on File, Exit
Part 5: Run Designer 10g for the first time
•     Click on [Start], All Programs, Oracle Developer Suite – Ora10gRDR2, Designer, Oracle Designer
Enter Username: repos_owner
Enter Password: repos_owner
Enter Connect String: orcl
Click on [OK]
Designer 10g Release 2 is successfully configured for your immediate use now.
Part 6: Enable Version Support in Designer 10g
Click on [Start], All Programs, Oracle Developer Suite - Ora10gRDR2, Software Configuration Manager, Repository Administration Utility.
Click on [Yes]
Click on [OK], [OK]
In Repository Object Utility window, click on File, Exit
Part 7 Run Designer 10g and connect as repos_owner via connect string orcl
Run Designer 10g, connect as “REPOS_OWNER" with Pssword “repos_owner” and Connect String: orcl
Click on [OK]; Click on Repository Object Navigator icon; Click on Utilities, Import
Follow the normal steps to import Designer 10g dmp file into Designer10g's Repository
Click on Utilities, Import
Click on [Next]
Neglect any warning message window if appears.
Right-click on GLOBAL SHARED WORKAREA, Refresh Workarea, [OK]
All Entities, Tables, Diagrams can now be accessed. It may be necessary to regenerate modules in Function Hierarchy Diagrammer if you could not find modules in Design Editor.