Develop on windows, run on unix

Question

hi
whe develop our forms (9i) on win2000. they work on a win2000 test-server.
what do i have to do/configure/compile to run them on a unix (tru64) machine?
can i simply upload my fmx files to the unix-machine? or do i have to recompile the fmb's under unix?
any documentation about this?
thanks a lot

Answer 1

When you get this sort of error it's usually because the PLL lib has "fallen off" your application. I've seen it happen since the day I started working with forms. I usually solve the problem by deleting the attachment, then reattaching the lib in Windows, then doing a compile_all and then trying again on the Unix platform.
(And yes: it will LOOK as if the lib is properly attached, but often it simply is not)
Remember that you have to copy all PLL and OLB files to the source dir you're using on the Unix.
One major advice: ALWAYS open your Explorer, then double click on the FMB you wish to edit. Then NEVER open any forms outside that source dir. If you do, things get screwed up. And beware of simultaneously editing your PLL and your FMB: edit the pll, save it, close it. Then open form and do compile_all. When you're done with the PLL and you like it they way it is: make it read-only - that way forms builder won't think "this is a changed pll so I better drop the attachment without telling the developer".
NEVER open your form builder from the Start Menu and then use the Open feature to find your files. Somehow Forms Builder needs to get an internal folder or something set, which it uses to keep track of where PLL and other attachables are located.
Good luck.
And btw: if you wish to run the Unix builder: look for the .sh file where f90genm.sh is located, e.g.:
/opt/ora9ias_developer/bin/f90desm.sh
If not you need to install the Forms 9iDS on your Unix. However, I've not actually needed a 9iDS to solve the sort of problems you seem to have (and I use webutil also).
--Jesper