Forms 11g deployment - each form app requires a config section?

Question

Hi,
I am deployng forms 11g to WLS 10.3.2 and I have a question whether or not I have to create configuration section in the Web Configuration page of the Fusion Middleware Control
Farm_Domain -> Forms -> Web Configuration
for EACH form app that I need to run?
I am looking at the Forms Services deployment Guide 11g (E10240-02) and it looks like I have to following the chapter 3.3.1 Deploying your application.
In which case I will end up with quite a few configuration sections.
Am I missing something here?
Thank you
Anatoliy

Answer 1

The answer to your question probably depends on how you define the term "app". Generally speaking, you don't need to make any configuration changes unless you feel the need for custom settings either in the environment or with the applet parameters. If you just want to change the form (app) you are running, simply change the value of "form" in the URL. For example:
http://server:port/forms/frmservlet?form=myPOS
http://server:port/forms/frmservlet?form=Inventory
http://server:port/forms/frmservlet?form=Payroll
...where in the above, myPOS is myPOS.fmx, Inventory is Inventory.fmx, and Payroll is Payroll.fmx
For the most part, assuming you did not want to store these files in the same directory, the only changed needed for this example would be to update the value of FORMS_PATH which is an environment variable. It can be updated in FMC in the same place which you already noted except instead of Web Config, it would be an Environment change.
If the environment setting need to be different for these forms (applications), then yes, you will need to create custom config sections for each so you can define whatever customizations you desire. As for applet parameters (most of the ones found in formsweb.cfg), you can add these directly to the URL. For example:
http://server:port/forms/frmservlet?form=myPOS&separateFrame=true&colorScheme=swan