Forms 9i and Debug

Question

Hi I here that there is an interactive debug feature in forms 9i, whereby you can see what the user is doing and debug it at runtime. I also hear that this does not work over firwalls.
Does anyone know
1)If the feature works, as it sounds useful and are there any restrictions
2)Why it does not work over firewalls (most support is undertaken by 3rd party companies over firewalls.) Could somekind of proxy server like Connection Manager (CMAN.ora) could be used to overcome this problem

Answer 1

Mark,
you cannot debug another user's session. You can run a form in debug mode using e.g. the following URL:
http://<server>:<port>/forms90/f90servlet?form=<myform>&debug=yes.
This will provide you the server name and a port number. Now with the according fmb file open in forms builder go to "Debug/Attach debug" and enter server name and port. Then you can set breakpoints and therewith debug the module.
The port is the reason why it doesn't work over firewalls. The FW admin would need to open that port, and for each debug session it will be a different port number.
I'm not sure about CMAN.
I only use this feature on my local 9ids and on a testing environment within our LAN.
Hope this helps
Gerald Krieger