Forms configuration: web listener

Hello,
I installed Forms (patch 11, typical install, all default parameters) some time ago, and it asked me to configure the web listener, something like :
[ACTION] Please configure the following virtual path with your web listener: /dev60temp for
physical directory C:\orant\tools\web60\temp.
There were many like this.
Since I use only client-server, I didn't do anything, and it worked fine.
Now I'm on Forms Patch 13, and I still don't know what it is exactly, and how it can be done.
Thanks for your help.

All the information on how to configure Forms for the Web is in the docs. Visit the Oracle Forms Upgrade Center at http://otn.oracle.com/formsupgrade for the Oracle9i Forms configuration guide.
And if you are looking for 6i information look at the 6i documentation from the documentation link on OTN.
The steps in the messages refer to configuring the webdb listner that comes with 6i. You do them in the webdb cfg files.

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Hi,
while applying developer 6i patch ( 61954129 ) i got following error which says configure the following virtual path for your web listener
following is the output of forms6iconfig.txt file which oracale suggest to check
Do you mean (Patch 6194129)? How do you get this error? Is it at the beginning or the end of the installation?
Configuration Steps for Oracle Forms installation of 06:21:33 2010/12/01
This file gives details of the configuration steps done for you by the installation process
(marked '[INFO]') and of any actions you need to do manually (marked '[ACTION]'). Please read
this file and perform the requested actions.
[ACTION] If you are installing in a new Oracle Home, please reboot the machine after the installation.
[ACTION] Please configure the following virtual path with your web listener: /dev60temp for
physical directory D:\CLONE\cloneora\8.0.6\tools\web60\temp.
[INFO] NT service Oracle Forms Server [Forms60Server] has been created and started for
the Forms Server.
[ACTION] Please configure the following virtual path with your web listener: /forms60java for
physical directory D:\CLONE\cloneora\8.0.6\FORMS60\java.
[ACTION] Please configure the following virtual path with your web listener: /dev60html for
physical directory D:\CLONE\cloneora\8.0.6\tools\web60\html.
[ACTION] Please configure the following virtual path with your web listener: /dev60cgi for
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Hi Guys,
Would kindly suggest me. How to solve this following setting? From the documentation, I could not understand, which file or where should I do the following configuration.
[ACTION] Please configure the following virtual path with your web listener: /dev60temp for
physical directory C:\ORACLE\iSuites\tools\web60\temp.
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physical directory C:\ORACLE\iSuites\FORMS60\java.
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physical directory C:\ORACLE\iSuites\tools\web60\html.
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Configuration Steps for Oracle Forms installation of 06:21:33 2010/12/01
This file gives details of the configuration steps done for you by the installation process
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this file and perform the requested actions.
[ACTION] If you are installing in a new Oracle Home, please reboot the machine after the installation.
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[ACTION] Please configure the following virtual path with your web listener: /dev60cgi for
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2. Oracle8 V8.0.4
3. Oracle Web App Server 4.0.5 CR
4. Oracle Developer 6.0
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Bala (guest) wrote:
: Hi Frank,
: Thanks for replying, but I got it done even with 8.0.4. The
only
: small mistake that I did was having the width and height of
the
: applet as 20, which was displayed as the size of an iconic
: button. After increasing the width and height in the HTML
file,
: everything runs o.k. Finally the news is, it runs both on
8.0.4
: (separate Oracle home directory) and 8.0.5 (same home
directory)
: too.
: Just out of curiosity, I have a question based on your
previous
: response: How is the performance of Webforms over a Modem, say
a
: standard connection of 31,200 bps ? How much time does the
: application take to startup ? Over here, I tested out over a
: 28.8 connection and it took almost 1 min and a half (this with
: f50all.jar and not f50web.jar) ? Did you follow any tuning
: guidelines such as creating your own jars ??
: Thanks in advance,
: Bala.
: Frank Huether (guest) wrote:
: : Bala (guest) wrote:
: : : Hi Everybody,
: : : My current environment:
: : : 1. Windows NT Server 4.0 (Service Pack 3)
: : : 2. Oracle8 V8.0.4
: : : 3. Oracle Web App Server 4.0.5 CR
: : : 4. Oracle Developer 6.0
: : : All of the above have been installed on the same machine.
: : : Developer 6.0 has been installed on a separate Oracle Home
: : : directory and the rest (Db and WAS) resides in one Home.
: : : Problem:
: : : I have tried both, cartridge and non-cartridge
: implementation,
: : : but failed to run web forms.
: : : My Browser starts up, initializes all class files and
: finally
: : : states "Applet Started", but after that I see no UI. (this
: is
: : : during Non-Cartridge Implementation).
: : : With Cartridge Implementation, I get "Internal Error,
Please
: : Try
: : : Again"
: : : Another vague thing, if I set the "CLASSPATH" and
: : : "FORMS60_JAVADIR", and open the form in the designer and
hit
: : : "Runform Web", it works.
: : : If set the CLASSPATH and leave it, then I am unable to use
: : : OASMGR from the browser (applet for the navigator fails).
: : : If I unset it, then oasmgr works fine.
: : : Finally, If someone can give me the right environment of
Web
: : : Forms, in terms of the versions of the Oracle Software and
: the
: : : configuration (Home Dir's), plus some sample settings for
: : : Virtual directory mappings for WAS or Web Cartridge
: settings, I
: : : would really really really really appreciate.
: : : One more request, Do we need use JINITIATOR 1.1.5.3 for
Dev
: 6.0
: : : (I tried using as well as not using, but does not help me
in
: : : deployment).
: : : Thanks in advance,
: : : Bala.
: : : LIMITrader Securities, Inc.
: : : NJ.
: : Bala,
: : supported configuration on the same machine is:
: : Win NT 4.0, SP3
: : DB 8.0.5
: : OAS 4.0.5 CR (or 4.0.7)
: : Dev 6
: : all in the same oracle_home but be aware of the installation
: : steps as n the documentation on CD
: : Jinitiator 1.1.5.3 or better 1.1.5.21
: : I have this configuration running with Jinit on my machine
and
: : did a demo with a modem.
: : Frank
Bala,
we just did a demo with a 33K Modem and Dev 6, OAS 4.0.7,... all
on the same machine and this is really eating up resources
(mostly memory). The startup time is horrible but one thing is
the server machine, another is the tuning by creating your own
jar files which is really necessary. Somewhere I read about
problems with caching the jar files so they are loading the jar
files again and again. So right now we are more experimenting
with Oracle's Web Form than developping.
There are a lot of bugs from Forms 5 (Web) which should be fixed
in Dev 6 production. IMHO they are not doing any fixes on Forms
5 anymore because Forms 6 will be an Oracle Applications release
but Forms 5 isn't.
Personally I will drive my company not to develop any new
project in Forms 5 only in Forms 6.
Frank
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http://otn.oracle.com/formsupgrade
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Santhosh (guest) wrote:
: Lev (guest) wrote:
: : Santhosh (guest) wrote:
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regards
sethuraman.r

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Joseph Schwertner ([email protected]):
It is good that the Forms are developped for Forms 5. The first step is install Forms 6i and Reports
6i. After that simply compile the forms. They will run without modifications on 6i. Nevertheless may
be small surprises will arrise, but they are not major and soon you will have workung system in 6i.
Now you have to enter in another world. You have to switch from 2 tier architechture to 4 tier one.
But this is not so hard. I did this in November 2000 and 3-4 developers in the world succeed to do the
same following the instruction.
At first you have to download the 2 more important Oracle documents from the OTN:"Deploying Forms Applications
to the WEB with Forms server Release 6i", "Publishing Reports". Read them carefully. After that decide
which WEB Server will you use. You can use full functions WEB servers (OAS 9i, other) or only for your
Forms you can simply download from the Forms Server 6i CD the WebDB listener which will act as limited
WEB Server. I use the last option.
The next step is to install Forms Server 6i (possibly with WEBDB listener). After that make visible
on the Internet/Intranet the computer on which the Web listener is installed (with Forms server).
Now you have the adjust the settings of your machine. Follow the instruction in the above mentioned
documents. Everything is well described. After adjustment the settings you have to create your "Unternet
access paths". This will be done in the config file of your listener. You have to map the virtual to
the physical directories. This is the souce of most mistakes. Spo I wiil give an example:
In the URL call: http://bigbluenew.drila.us/dev60cgi/ifcgi60.exe?config=hris
/dev60cgi/ is virtual directory.
The mappings to the phisical one are stored as part of the text file webdsvr.cfg:
[DirMaps]
D:\Forms_Home\tools\web60\html\ /dev60html/
D:\Forms_Home\webdb\images /images/
D:\Forms_Home\forms60\java /forms60java/
D:\Forms_Home\forms60\java /form60code/
D:\Forms_Home\jinit817 /jinitiator/
D:\Forms_Home\tools\web60\temp /dev60temp/
D:\Forms_Home\Forms60\web_reps\ /web_reps/
D:\Forms_Home\forms60\java\oracle\ewt\laf\generic\images /f60image/
[CGIDirMaps]
D:\Forms_Home\tools\web60\cgi\ /dev60cgi/
D:\Forms_Home\tools\web60\cgi\ /cgi-bin/
The most common mistake causes the entry
D:\Forms_Home\forms60\java /forms60java/
This is the first steps you have to do. Alla are described in the both documents above.
Now you have to think about the client site - the WEB browser. Oracle runs forms on browsers using an
applet - Java programm running on the browser. This is very disapointing - the details will be given
in the third message. To improve things from the very beginning download the Jinitiator from Forms site
in the OTN - the latest version 1.1.8.10. It is fixed! Other have bugs. More bugs than this one :)!!!
Now you have to prepare pshycologically to speak with boses and users. The problem is the significant
loading time for every browser. At first run the browser will download about 10MB software (the Jinitiator
software). After that every time one call forms has to wait 15-40 seconds (comparisons of version the
jar files with the version on the server, loading images, etc.) The good news is they are cached on
the browser. After this delay deliver to your users a functiuonality that is significant better then
that one delivered by pure HTML and Java, the transfer of packets is lower, the whole Windows GUI functionality
is abailable.
All problems here are caused because now you will run the Forms in 4 tier architecture:
web browser <-> web listener <-> forms server <-> Oracle server
Also your forms will use a slower connection media - Internet/Intranet. To be well prepared read the
discussion I post in the third me ssage.
There are plenty of working forms applications on the web, but they aren't for public use. Companies
use web forms as a way to let employees use the apps off-site. For these people, the overhead is not
so great. Also, the math for the system load is not so brutal - A dual processor Unix box with 2GB of
memory can handle about 200-400 simulataneous users. More than that and the system crawls to a stop.
Not a good thing for a public site.
If you want to deploy an Oracle-based app on the web for a wide audience, use a standard tool - JSP's,
ColdFusion, ASP's or the like.
John Alexander www.summitsoftwaredesign.com
Joseph Schwertner
[email protected]
Friends,
Let us speak about Forms on WEB. I just set in "production" the "Personell system" of my company. It
is available only on Intranet, you cant use it. but the conclusions are interesting.
The main conclusion is: it works. The overhead exists (too much loading time at the beginning of the
sesion). Another disadvantages: record navigation in multirecord blocks is confusing - very often the
form looses the control over the navigation with mouse clicks. So I put the standard button "Next record"
on the toolbar and recommend to use it. Also there are difficulties with iconic buttons - the images
are not available, but I know what to do.
But there are big advantages. First at all the users have the whole Windows functionality in a WEB apllication
- mouse clicks, tabs, multiwindows, the advanced Oracle Forms access to the Oracle DB. This is not the
limited WEB page application, slow, stupid (from DB view of point of course). Also I would like to say
that I succeed to make the application very fast and easy. My colleagues who make WEB apps using HTML
and Java need as rule 5-6 men team to do the same. Of course it was not easy to learn how to deal with
Forms Server and with Reports Server. So Forms really is a RAD.
As Mr. Alexander said Forms of the WEB are used in the so called "Back Office" implementations - for
supporting the infrastructure of big enterprises. They are not approprite for random user access - the
overhead is to big.
The next advantage of Forms on the WEB is that you escape the Forms Client instalation on every user
station. You avoid to declare a remote directory with .fmx, to share the username/password/host with
user. The only thing you do is to publish the URL. This is a big advantage.
About the overhead. In "old" environment (DB listener, Forms Server in the Forms Toolkit) the application
really runs slow 9at the beginning of the sesion). But I sow apps based on iOAS9i and the integrated
there Forms Server. They were fantastic fast (the overhead was 5 secs in comparison with the 40 secs
on my computer).
I think that Oracle is doing the best to improve the functionality of Forms server. So now there are
some disadvanteges of this technology, but I optimistically hope that in the next version there will
be enhancements.
Maur?cio Pacheco ([email protected])
Joseph is right and I would like to add
two things :
- Although there is some overhead in starting
Forms Server (let's say 20-40 seconds) the
usage is much faster than any HTML
application. Try to create in ASP a dynamic
page to query a table in tabular form with
page navigation (one of many examples).
While Forms needs 2 network packets, HTML
needs 15 (obvious because the data we see
is only a small part of the page, the rest
are tags, formatting information, scripts,
etc). This comparison was made with the
same table, showing the same columns and
with the same records/page. WEB Forms seems
slow but in fact is faster than HTML
because the GUI frame runs on the client.
- In one occasion there was an international
competition to create a WEB application
for product catalog (reports, queries,
maintenances, drawings, etc). While with
Forms we took 1 week (1 developer) the
fastest competitor took 3+ months (3
developers)! And worst, the user
functionality regarding complex queries and
reporting was far better in Forms than
the competitor's tool (I am not going to
give names). Perhaps this was a matter of
training but Forms is really fast to
develop database applications. If
productivity, simplicity, database
performance, data integrity and user
functionality is not important don't use
Forms.
Once more, Forms was not projected for public
sites where multimedia content and
presentation is required. It was projected
for authenticated database applications,
to handle and present data and to reduce
development and maintenance time.
Now I hope you have enough knowledge to begin to embed your forms on the WEB. It is easy, but you have
to obtain some new knowledge.
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thanks joseph. will try it and let you know at the earliest.
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