Forms server (D2k 6i Rel 2) on XP

Does Forms Serve work on P4 with XP?
Take care,
Tarek

You may or may not get it to work but we are completing our
certification for Forms 6i on XP with patch 11
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Grant Ronald
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How to issue print command from report/form server to client printer on web

1) We have a client server application which is to be deployed on the web environment. The reports generated in our application are having a destination type as File. These reports are printed after applying some print format (escape sequences) which are passed on to the printer programmatically at runtime while printing.
Now when this application is shifted on to the Application server (Forms server & Reports Server )in web environment ,the report outputs would be generated in the application server as against the client in client server environment as the report server is on the application server.
Now while printing/accessing the report the output file will not be available to the client unless it is pushed on to the client side from the server . I am able to see reports in pdf/html output but in this case layout of my reports gets changed and I dont want to change my layouts or reformat my report layouts.
How do I redirect the report output from the application server on to the client within the D2k context and then execute print commands?
Note: In this case we want to use both DMT and Laser printing. Also note that we use escape sequences to adjust reports in desired printing papers.
2) We have second set of reports which we call as document because these are printed after capturing data from 'Form' using text_io utility (please note that for these documents we are not using any Report 6i functionality)and we print it from file using printing mechanism as mentioned above. These are working well in client server application. We adopted this methodology for getting better performance (in terms of speed as database server and network traffic is not involved) of printing. But now we are converting our application for web, we are finding it difficult how to capture Form's data from browser to client's machine and then executing printing commands which are stored in our application liabrary.
If you help me out by giving some suggestions, I shall be grateful to you.
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Hello
I wonder if you ever solved this problem.
I have a very similar problem with Photoshop CS5 on Mac OSX 10.6 + HP Photosmart C7180.
If I choose "Photoshop Manages Colors" the results are lousy.
If I choose "Printer Manages Colors" the results are OK. not necessarily great.
I believe I have all the correct settings after going through books and web advice (and wasted a lot of paper and ink).
As far as I can see, "ColorSync" is the internal Mac management which is the only option available with "Photoshop Manages Colors" and "Vendor Matching" appears to mean the printer vendor (ie HP) will provide the matching. Either can be selected if "Printer Manages Colors" is used. It seems the type of paper can be set in three different places. if That's all a bit academic as the results are poor regardless.
My wife suggests I buy a new printer - Epson's looking good.
Any words of wisdom would be appreciated.

Forms Server Install on Redhat Linux 7.0

I am attempting to install Forms6i/Reports6i/Graphics6i on my Linux Box.
I already have a 8.1.6 Database configured and running.
After downloading the tar file and extracting it I am having trouble with the installation of the software. The Guide refers to running the orainstal shell script in the orinstall directory. Well when I execute the script I get a Character Installer and I was expecting the Java based Gui Installer such as the one with Oracle 8i DB. I cannot get the oraviewer program to work either for I wanted to see if there were some other setting I am not executing correctly.
When I continue with the Char Installer it has trouble finding a lib called X11m.a or something (Motif related).
Does Forms 6i require Motif? If so where and how do I get it for my Linux box? Are there any work arounds for this.
Any help is greatly apprecicated.
Thanks

Hello Shawn,
Yes, you need motif libraries. You can obtain it for free from: http://www.metrolink.com/products/Motif/download.html
I installed both runtime and development packages.
Aditionally you may ned to have X-devel packages installed.
After struggling with Forms installation on my linux machine I managed to do this, but let me tell you that it's not so simple. First of all please excuse my bad English, I'm not a native speaker. Anyway that's how I did it.
I assume that you downloaded the file d2k6irelease2.tar from technet. This file includes Forms 6i rel. 2 Server and Developer.
I managed to install this on my RedHat 7.1 machine having already installed Oracle 8.1.7 database Server.
First of I created a separate user which owns Forms Server software. I set this user as belonging to the same group ("dba" in my case) as the oracle database software owner. (On my machine I have "oracle" user which owns databse server belonging to the "dba" group and "forms" user belonging also to the "dba" group). You must set your environment like this (in ".bash-profile" in my case):
-- Begin .bash_profile file
# .bash_profile
# Get the aliases and functions
if [ -f ~/.bashrc ]; then
. ~/.bashrc
fi
# User specific environment and startup programs
unset LANG
PATH=$PATH:$HOME/bin
BASH_ENV=$HOME/.bashrc
ORACLE_BASE=/oracle
ORACLE_HOME=$ORACLE_BASE/product/forms
ORACLE_SID=forms
ORACLE_AUTOREG=$ORACLE_HOME/guicommon/tk60/admin
TNS_ADMIN=$ORACLE_HOME/network/admin/tnsnames.ora
ORACLE_TERM=vt220
LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$ORACLE_HOME/lib:/lib:/usr/lib
TWO_TASK=oratest
MMTK_AVIPLAYER="xanim %s &"
PATH=$PATH:$ORACLE_HOME/bin
DISPLAY=TEST_MACHINE:0.0
export ORACLE_BASE ORACLE_HOME LD_LIBRARY_PATH TWO_TASK MMTK_AVIPLAYER
export TNS_ADMIN DISPLAY ORACLE_AUTOREG ORACLE_TERM ORACLE_SID
export BASH_ENV PATH
unset USERNAME
-- End .bash_profile file
As you can see I set up ORACLE_BASE to the same ORACLE_BASE as database software ORACLE_BASE, a new ORACLE_HOME, a dummy ORACLE_SID, TWO_TASK to the sid of your 8.1.6 server instance, TNS_ADMIN pointing to a directory which I created manually before starting the installer (see below my "tnsnames.ora" file under this manually created directory), ORACLE_AUTOREG, ORACLE_TERM, DISPLAY set to your_hostname:0.0, LD_LIBRARY_PATH as seen, MMTK_AVIPLAYER is for playing ".avi' files (I didn't tried this). You may need to "chmod 775" on your $ORACLE_HOME directory from the database user account.
-- Begin "tnsnames.ora" file
ORATEST =
(DESCRIPTION =
(ADDRESS_LIST =
(ADDRESS = (PROTOCOL = TCP)(HOST = TEST_MACHINE)(PORT = 1521))
(CONNECT_DATA =
(SERVICE_NAME = oratest)
EXTPROC_CONNECTION_DATA =
(DESCRIPTION =
(ADDRESS_LIST =
(ADDRESS = (PROTOCOL = IPC)(KEY = EXTPROC))
(CONNECT_DATA =
(SID = PLSExtProc)
(PRESENTATION = RO)
-- End "tnsnames.ora" file
I untared d2k6irelease2.tar under a subdirectory created under "forms" home directory. In "unixdoc/Server" directory you will find linux_svr.pdf instructions for installation of Forms server and under "unixdoc/Developer" you will find linux_dev.pdf instructions for Developer Server. "oraview" didn't worked for me either. GUI installer didn't worked for me either. Chnaging to orainst you may issue ./orainst command and start the installation in character mode (I did not even started an X session). I choosed default install, do not create database objects (I think you will be able to install later this objects by running some sql scripts, I didn't). And I choosed all components presented and all options and default port parameters. You will also be prompted to confirm locations of the motif libraries. I choosed http mode for forms server. Do not install Reports security feature (I've heard that it's not working, this option will be presented to you somewhere at the end of installation). After finishing you may need to edit "forms60_server" file and some other files. For example I had to change my "host_name.domain_name" (in my case was "TEST_MACHINE.(none)") to my IP address as I don't have a DNS server here.
That's what I did to test forms server:
I wanted to test my Forms server by running Apache web server (the one that is installed by default by linux). (in the documetation you will find references to the WebDB listener which as far as I know is no longer installed in release 2, so the documentation is obsolete regarding this module). For this you will have to edit /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf file. Look for the section "Alias" and "AliasScript". under your forms $ORACLE_HOME/orainst you will find two files "forms6iconfig.txt" and "reports6iconfig.txt". You will find there actions to be performed by you manually. in "forms6iconfig.txt" file you will find virtual mappings for physical directories. You have to put this entries in "httpd.conf" file. You must edit this file as "root". For example 'Alias /dev60temp/ "/oracle/product/forms/tools/web60/temp/"'. The exception I made was for "/dev60cgi" virtaul mapping which I've put under ScriptAlias section 'ScriptAlias /dev60cgi/ "/oracle/product/forms/tools/web60/cgi/"'.
After succesfully editing the file you will ned to restart http server:
#/etc/rc.d/init.d/httpd restart
Login again as "forms" user.
In $ORACLE_HOME directory isuue:
$./forms60_server start
This will start your forms server listener.
After that you can test your forms server running from an external machine by entering: http://ip_addres_of_linux_machine/dev60html/runform.htm
and after completing parameters you will see "text.fmx" form applet saying that Forms server is installed corectlly or directly: http://ip_addres_of_linux_machine/dev60cgi/f60cgi
You have to install Jinitiator to view the applet. It will be prompted for you to download it when accessing the above address.
To be honest I was disapointed to see that forms server is very slow. And I mean very slow.
In the end please let me excuse if I wasn't clear in some points. If you have any questions please post them on the list. I'm not an expert and I may have made mistakes, but in the same time I hope this will help you setting up forms server on your linux box.
I forgot to mention that you will probably see a message saying that "formsweb.cfg was not found" when accesing "http://..../f60cgi". If you see this you have to options: either make a symlink "forms60" in the root directory to $ORACLE_HOME/forms60 directory or add a line in your "httpd.conf" file (I put this lines the last ones):
#Include 6iserver configuration file for setting formsweb.cfg path
include "/developer_home/conf/6iserver.conf"
And in $ORACLE_HOME create a directory named "conf". In this directory create a file named "6iserver.conf" and put the following line in it:
SetEnv FORMS60_WEB_CONFIG_FILE /developer_home/forms60/server/formsweb.cfg
This will set your environment correctly and you will be able to see the test form. Don't forget to restart apache web server and forms listener.
Kindly,
Codrut Octavian Popescu

How to install the form server?

if i want to install the form server,did i need intall the oracle as10r2 database first?
after I have installed the form and report service successful, I need apply the Oracle AS10gR2 Patch Set 3 (10.1.2.3),but I got an error that 'there are no patches that need to be applyed from the patchset oracle application server and develper suite 10g Rel 2 software update 10.1.2.3.0'.
I don't know the reason, i am new to OC.
so i want to know if i want to install the form server,did i need intall the oracle as10r2 database first?
if not what shoud I do next?

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and respond to search queries.
Look at
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FRM-92101- There is a failure in the form server during startup.

Hi,
I'm deploying a forms 10g application . I'm using Oracle Application Server Forms and Reports Services 10.1.2.0.2 under Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5, along with an Oracle 10g Database on another server. Every time I try testing the form services using http://10.0.4.114:7778/forms/frmservlet it brings out the errorFRM-92101- There is a failure in the form server during startup. This could happen due to invalid configuration. Please look into the web server log file for detail
Right now, I'm a bit lost. Can anyone please tell me if there is some parameter I have to set, or something I should do to make it work?
Thanks a lot

Fabian,
I did not make changes to those files. The forms services are working on another server with Red hat Rel 4 and 3 . What I did is to configure a new server with Red Hat Rel 5 , took the backup of all the forms binaries and the HOME and restore on the new server. I did the same thing for a server running rel 4 and it has no issue:
The content of the files are as below:
DEFAULT.ENV*
# $Id: default.env 26-apr-2005.16:59:08 sujain Exp $
# default.env - default Forms environment file, Solaris version
# This file is used to set the Forms runtime environment parameters.
# If a parameter is not defined here, the value used will be that defined
# in the environment in which the servlet engine (OC4J or JServ) was started.
# NOTES
# 1/ The Forms installation process should replace all occurrences of
# <percent>FORMS_ORACLE_HOME<percent> with the correct ORACLE_HOME
# setting, and all occurrences of <percent>O_JDK_HOME<percent> with
# the location of the JDK (usually $ORACLE_HOME/jdk).
# Please make these changes manually if not.
# 2/ Some of the variables below may need to be changed to suite your needs.
# Please refer to the Forms documentation for details.
ORACLE_HOME=/u01/oracle10g_Forms
FORMS_PATH=/u/oracle/bank/gmx
REPORTS_PATH=/u/oracle/bank/fonts
#TWO_TASK=rac.world4
TWO_TASK=server.world
#TWO_TASK=server1.world
#TWO_TASK=s0999001.world4
#TWO_TASK=s0202001.world4
#TWO_TASK=server.world4
NLS_LANG=AMERICAN_AMERICA.AR8MSWIN1256
NLS_DATE_FORMAT=DDMMYYYY
# Search path for Forms applications (.fmx files, PL/SQL libraries)
# FORMS_PATH=/u01/oracle10g_Forms/forms
# webutil config file path
WEBUTIL_CONFIG=/u01/oracle10g_Forms/forms/server/webutil.cfg
# Disable/remove this variable if end-users need access to the query-where
# functionality which potentially allows them to enter arbitrary SQL
# statements when in enter-query mode.
FORMS_RESTRICT_ENTER_QUERY=TRUE
# Java class path
# This is required for the Forms debugger
# You can append your own Java code here)
# frmsrv.jar, repository.jar and ldapjclnt10.jar are required for
# the password expiry feature to work(#2213140).
CLASSPATH=/u01/oracle10g_Forms/j2ee/OC4J_BI_Forms/applications/formsapp/formsweb/WEB-INF/lib/frmsrv.jar:/u01/oracle10g_Forms/jlib/repository.jar:/u01/oracle10g_Forms/jlib/ldapjclnt10.jar:/u01/oracle10g_Forms/jlib/debugger.jar:/u01/oracle10g_Forms/jlib/ewt3.jar:/u01/oracle10g_Forms/jlib/share.jar:/u01/oracle10g_Forms/jlib/utj.jar:/u01/oracle10g_Forms/jlib/zrclient.jar:/u01/oracle10g_Forms/reports/jlib/rwrun.jar:/u01/oracle10g_Forms/forms/java/frmwebutil.jar:/u01/oracle10g_Forms/forms/java/frmrwinteg.jar:/u01/oracle10g_Forms/forms/java/webutil.jar
# The PATH setting is not required for Forms if the Forms executables are
# in <ORACLE_HOME>/bin. However, it is required if Graphics applications
# are called from Forms applications.
PATH=/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/u01/oracle10g_Forms/bin
# Settings for Reports
# NOTE: This setting is only needed if Reports applications
# are called from Forms applications
# However, because of bug 2336698 where a report is started from
# a forms debugger session with an already running JVM, then
# the report's class path should also be included in the forms
# class path.
# We no longer need to set REPORTS_CLASSPATH as forms will
# always start the JVM before calling reports.
# Settings for Graphics
# NOTE: These settings are only needed if Graphics applications
# are called from Forms applications
# Please uncomment the following and put the correct 6i
# oracle_home value to use Graphics applications.
#ORACLE_GRAPHICS6I_HOME=<your Graphics 6i oracle_home here>
# Search path for Graphics applications
GRAPHICS60_PATH=
# Settings for Forms tracing and logging
# Note: This entry has to be uncommented to enable tracing and
# logging.
#FORMS_TRACE_PATH=<FORMS_ORACLE_HOME>/forms/server
# System settings
# You should not normally need to modify these settings
# Path for shared library objects
# This is highly platform (if not machine) specific ! At install time
# <percent>LD_LIBRARY_PATH<percent> should be replaced with the
# actual value of the LD_LIBRARY_PATH environment variable (at install
# time). That should ensure we have the paths for such necessities as
# the motif and X11 libraries.
# Explanations:
# - Reports needs the path for libjava.so
# (.../jre/lib/sparc)
# - Forms needs two paths to the jre, for libjvm.so and libhpi.so
# - In JDK 1.4.1 the location of libjvm.so is lib/sparc (there is no
# classic directory) so we do not include the .../classic directory
# below. There are other versions of libjvm.so (in directories server,
# client and hotspot) but we will use the version in lib/sparc for now.
LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/u01/oracle10g_Forms/lib:/u01/oracle10g_Forms/jdk/jre/lib/i386:/u01/oracle10g_Forms/jdk/jre/lib/i386/server:/u01/oracle10g_Forms/jdk/jre/lib/i386/native_threads:/u01/oracle10g_Forms/inventory/filemap/jre/1.4.2/lib/i386/client:/u01/oracle10g_Forms/inventory/filemap/jre/1.4.2/lib/i386:/usr/lib:/u01/oracle10g_Forms/jdk/jre/lib/i386/server:/u01/oracle10g_Forms/jdk/jre/lib/i386/native_threads:/u01/oracle10g_Forms/jdk/jre/lib/i386:/u01/oracle10g_Forms/jdk/jre/lib/i386:/usr/lib:/u01/oracle10g_Forms/lib:/u01/oracle10g_Forms/classes/lib:/u01/oracle10g_Forms/ifs1.1/lib:/u01/oracle10g_Forms/jis/lib
LD_ASSUME_KERNEL=2.4.19
FORMSWEB*
# $Id: formsweb.cfg 15-apr-2005.13:17:30 pkuhn Exp $
# formsweb.cfg defines parameter values used by the FormsServlet (frmservlet)
# This section defines the Default settings. Any of them may be overridden in the
# following Named Configuration sections. If they are not overridden, then the
# values here will be used.
# The default settings comprise two types of parameters: System parameters,
# which cannot be overridden in the URL, and User Parameters, which can.
# Parameters which are not marked as System parameters are User parameters.
# SYSTEM PARAMETERS
# These have fixed names and give information required by the Forms
# Servlet in order to function. They cannot be specified in the URL query
# string. But they can be overridden in a named configuration (see below).
# Some parameters specify file names: if the full path is not given,
# they are assumed to be in the same directory as this file. If a path
# is given, then it should be a physical path, not a URL.
# USER PARAMETERS
# These match variables (e.g. %form%) in the baseHTML file. Their values
# may be overridden by specifying them in the URL query string
# (e.g. "http://myhost.mydomain.com/forms/frmservlet?form=myform&width=700")
# or by overriding them in a specific, named configuration (see below)
[default]
# System parameter: default base HTML file
baseHTML=base.htm
# System parameter: base HTML file for use with JInitiator client
baseHTMLjinitiator=basejini.htm
# System parameter: base HTML file for use with Sun's Java Plug-In
baseHTMLjpi=basejpi.htm
# System parameter: delimiter for parameters in the base HTML files
HTMLdelimiter=%
# System parameter: working directory for Forms runtime processes
# WorkingDirectory defaults to <oracle_home>/forms if unset.
workingDirectory=
# System parameter: file setting environment variables for the Forms runtime processes
envFile=default.env
# Forms runtime argument: whether to escape certain special characters
# in values extracted from the URL for other runtime arguments
escapeparams=true
# Forms runtime argument: which form module to run
#form=test.fmx
form=B08SSS20.fmx
# Forms runtime argument: database connection details
userid=guiusr/guiusr
# Forms runtime argument: whether to run in debug mode
debug=no
# Forms runtime argument: host for debugging
host=
# Forms runtime argument: port for debugging
port=
# Other Forms runtime arguments: grouped together as one parameter.
# These settings support running and debugging a form from the Builder:
otherparams=buffer_records=%buffer% debug_messages=%debug_messages% array=%array% obr=%obr% query_only=%query_only% quiet=%quiet% render=%render% record=%record% tracegroup=%tracegroup% log=%log% term=%term%
# Sub argument for otherparams
buffer=no
# Sub argument for otherparams
debug_messages=no
# Sub argument for otherparams
array=no
# Sub argument for otherparams
obr=no
# Sub argument for otherparams
query_only=no
# Sub argument for otherparams
quiet=yes
# Sub argument for otherparams
render=no
# Sub argument for otherparams
record=
# Sub argument for otherparams
tracegroup=
# Sub argument for otherparams
log=
# Sub argument for otherparams
term=
# HTML page title
pageTitle=Oracle Application Server Forms Services
# HTML attributes for the BODY tag
HTMLbodyAttrs=
# HTML to add before the form
HTMLbeforeForm=
# HTML to add after the form
HTMLafterForm=
# Forms applet parameter: URL path to Forms ListenerServlet
serverURL=/forms/lservlet
# Forms applet parameter
codebase=/forms/java
# Forms applet parameter
imageBase=DocumentBase
# Forms applet parameter
width=900
# Forms applet parameter
height=800
# Forms applet parameter
separateFrame=true
# Forms applet parameter
splashScreen=no
# Forms applet parameter
background=no
# Forms applet parameter
lookAndFeel=Oracle
# Forms applet parameter
colorScheme=blue
# Forms applet parameter
logo=no
# Forms applet parameter
restrictedURLparams=HTMLbodyAttrs,HTMLbeforeForm,pageTitle,HTMLafterForm,log,allow_debug,allowNewConnections
# Forms applet parameter
formsMessageListener=
# Forms applet parameter
recordFileName=
# Forms applet parameter
serverApp=default
# Forms applet archive setting for JInitiator
archive_jini=frmall_jinit.jar,timeout.jar,frmrwinteg.jar,webutil.jar
# Forms applet archive setting for other clients (Sun Java Plugin, Appletviewer, etc)
archive=frmall.jar
# Number of times client should retry if a network failure occurs. You should
# only change this after reading the documentation.
networkRetries=30
# Page displayed to Netscape users to allow them to download Oracle JInitiator.
# Oracle JInitiator is used with Windows clients.
# If you create your own page, you should set this parameter to point to it.
jinit_download_page=/forms/jinitiator/us/jinit_download.htm
# Parameter related to the version of JInitiator
jinit_classid=clsid:CAFECAFE-0013-0001-0022-ABCDEFABCDEF
# Parameter related to the version of JInitiator
jinit_exename=jinit.exe#Version=1,3,1,22
# Parameter related to the version of JInitiator
jinit_mimetype=application/x-jinit-applet;version=1.3.1.22
# Page displayed to users to allow them to download Sun's Java Plugin.
# Sun's Java Plugin is typically used for non-Windows clients.
# (NOTE: you should check this page and possibly change the settings)
jpi_download_page=http://java.sun.com/products/archive/j2se/1.4.2_06/index.html
# Parameter related to the version of the Java Plugin
jpi_classid=clsid:CAFEEFAC-0014-0002-0006-ABCDEFFEDCBA
# Parameter related to the version of the Java Plugin
jpi_codebase=http://java.sun.com/products/plugin/autodl/jinstall-1_4_2-windows-i586.cab#Version=1,4,2,06
# Parameter related to the version of the Java Plugin
jpi_mimetype=application/x-java-applet;jpi-version=1.4.2_06
# EM config parameter
# Set this to "1" to enable Enterprise Manager to track Forms processes
em_mode=1
# Single Sign-On OID configuration parameter
oid_formsid=%OID_FORMSID%
# Single Sign-On OID configuration parameter
oracle_home=/u01/oracle10g_Forms
# Single Sign-On OID configuration parameter
formsid_group_dn=%GROUP_DN%
# Single Sign-On OID configuration parameter: indicates whether we allow
# dynamic resource creation if the resource is not yet created in the OID.
ssoDynamicResourceCreate=true
# Single Sign-On parameter: URL to redirect to if ssoDynamicResourceCreate=false
ssoErrorUrl=
# Single Sign-On parameter: Cancel URL for the dynamic resource creation DAS page.
ssoCancelUrl=
# Single Sign-On parameter: indicates whether the url is protected in which
# case mod_osso will be given control for authentication or continue in
# the FormsServlet if not. It is false by default. Set it to true in an
# application-specific section to enable Single Sign-On for that application.
ssoMode=false
# The parameter allow_debug determines whether debugging is permitted.
# Administrators should set allow_debug to "true" if servlet
# debugging is required, or to provide access to the Forms Trace Xlate utility.
# Otherwise these activities will not be allowed (for security reasons).
allow_debug=true
# Parameter which determines whether new Forms sessions are allowed.
# This is also read by the Forms EM Overview page to show the
# current Forms status.
allowNewConnections=true
# EndUserMonitoring
# EndUserMonitoringEnabled parameter
# Indicates whether EUM/Chronos integration is enabled
EndUserMonitoringEnabled=
# EndUserMonitoringURL
# indicates where to record EUM/Chronos data
EndUserMonitoringURL=
# Example Named Configuration Section
# Example 1: configuration to run forms in a separate browser window with
# "generic" look and feel (include "config=sepwin" in the URL)
# You may define your own specific, named configurations (sets of parameters)
# by adding special sections as illustrated in the following examples.
# Note that you need only specify the parameters you want to change. The
# default values (defined above) will be used for all other parameters.
# Use of a specific configuration can be requested by including the text
# "config=<your_config_name>" in the query string of the URL used to run
# a form. For example, to use the sepwin configuration, your could issue
# a URL like "http://myhost.mydomain.com/forms/frmservlet?config=sepwin".
[sepwin]
separateFrame=True
lookandfeel=Generic
# Example Named Configuration Section
# Example 2: configuration forcing use of the Java Plugin in all cases (even if
# the client browser is on Windows)
[jpi]
baseHTMLJInitiator=basejpi.htm
# Example Named Configuration Section
# Example 3: configuration running the Forms ListenerServlet in debug mode
# (debug messages will be written to the servlet engine's log file).
[debug]
serverURL=/forms/lservlet/debug
# Sample configuration for deploying WebUtil. Note that WebUtil is shipped with
# DS but not AS and is also available for download from OTN.
[webutil]
WebUtilArchive=frmwebutil.jar,jacob.jar
WebUtilLogging=off
WebUtilLoggingDetail=normal
WebUtilErrorMode=Alert
WebUtilDispatchMonitorInterval=5
WebUtilTrustInternal=true
WebUtilMaxTransferSize=16384
baseHTMLjinitiator=webutiljini.htm
baseHTMLjpi=webutiljpi.htm
archive_jini=frmall_jinit.jar
archive=frmall.jar
lookAndFeel=oracle
[ref]
#serverURL=/forms/lservlet/perf
serverURL=/forms/lservlet/
#otherparams=P_WST_LAN_IND=1 record=forms tracegroup=0-199
#envFile=default.env
[nat]
#serverURL=/forms/lservlet/perf
serverURL=/forms/lservlet/sessionperf
#envFile=defaultar.env
ERROR IN Java console is
Oracle JInitiator: Version 1.3.1.22
Using JRE version 1.3.1.22-internal Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM
User home directory = C:\Documents and Settings\akintayo.beckley.GTBANK
c: clear console window
f: finalize objects on finalization queue
g: garbage collect
h: display this help message
l: dump classloader list
m: print memory usage
q: hide console
s: dump system properties
t: dump thread list
x: clear classloader cache
0-5: set trace level to <n>
proxyHost=null
proxyPort=0
connectMode=HTTP, native.
oracle.forms.net.ConnectionException: Forms session <1> failed during
startup: no response from runtime process
at
oracle.forms.net.ConnectionException.createConnectionException(Unknown
Source)
at oracle.forms.net.HTTPNStream.getResponse(Unknown Source)
at oracle.forms.net.HTTPNStream.doFlush(Unknown Source)
at oracle.forms.net.HTTPNStream.flush(Unknown Source)
at java.io.DataOutputStream.flush(Unknown Source)
at oracle.forms.net.HTTPConnection.connect(Unknown Source)
at oracle.forms.engine.FormsDispatcher.initConnection(Unknown Source)
at oracle.forms.engine.FormsDispatcher.init(Unknown Source)
at oracle.forms.engine.Runform.initConnection(Unknown Source)
at oracle.forms.engine.Runform.startRunform(Unknown Source)
at oracle.forms.engine.Main.createRunform(Unknown Source)
at oracle.forms.engine.Main.start(Unknown Source)
at sun.applet.AppletPanel.run(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source)

Forms server startup error?

I installed R12 (no errors on post-installation check). I was able to login properly without any issues. I can all JSP based pages in R12 but forms pages are throwing the error as attached..
FRM-92101:There was a failure in the Forms Server during startup. Please look into the webserver logs for details
Details:
Java Exception:
oracle.forms.net.ConnectionException:Forms session<3> failed during startup:no response from runtime process.
...

OK. I traced this to not finding the file libXm.so.2 (openmotif?)
Any ideas?
Here is the application.log ----
07/07/19 16:37:53.682 formsweb: Forms session <11> exception stack trace:
oracle.forms.engine.RunformException: Forms session <11> failed during startup:
no response from runtime process
at oracle.forms.servlet.RunformProcess.connect(Unknown Source)
at oracle.forms.servlet.RunformProcess.dataToRunform(Unknown Source)
at oracle.forms.servlet.RunformSession.dataToRunform(Unknown Source)
at oracle.forms.servlet.ListenerServlet.doPost(Unknown Source)
at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:763)
at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:856)
at com.evermind[Oracle Containers for J2EE 10g (10.1.3.0.0) ].server.htt
p.ServletRequestDispatcher.invoke(ServletRequestDispatcher.java:719)
at com.evermind[Oracle Containers for J2EE 10g (10.1.3.0.0) ].server.htt
p.ServletRequestDispatcher.forwardInternal(ServletRequestDispatcher.java:376)
at com.evermind[Oracle Containers for J2EE 10g (10.1.3.0.0) ].server.htt
p.HttpRequestHandler.doProcessRequest(HttpRequestHandler.java:870)
at com.evermind[Oracle Containers for J2EE 10g (10.1.3.0.0) ].server.htt
p.HttpRequestHandler.processRequest(HttpRequestHandler.java:451)
at com.evermind[Oracle Containers for J2EE 10g (10.1.3.0.0) ].server.htt
p.AJPRequestHandler.run(AJPRequestHandler.java:299)
at com.evermind[Oracle Containers for J2EE 10g (10.1.3.0.0) ].server.htt
p.AJPRequestHandler.run(AJPRequestHandler.java:187)
at oracle.oc4j.network.ServerSocketReadHandler$SafeRunnable.run(ServerSo
cketReadHandler.java:260)
at com.evermind[Oracle Containers for J2EE 10g (10.1.3.0.0) ].util.Relea
sableResourcePooledExecutor$MyWorker.run(ReleasableResourcePooledExecutor.java:3
03)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:595)
07/07/19 16:39:45.742 formsweb: Forms session <12> aborted: runtime process fail
ed during startup with errors /r12/oracle/VIS/apps/tech_st/10.1.2/bin/frmweb: er
ror while loading shared libraries: libXm.so.2: cannot open shared object file:
No such file or directory

Form Server 6i

When i trying to install Form Server 6i on Windows XP the follow error occurred:
user1.pin(20): OS_ERROR while spawning ifsrv60-
install Forms60Server port=9000 mode=Socket batch=yes
Help me please!

Only Forms 6i rel 2 with Patch 13 onwards is certified on Windows XP.
Try a new install of Forms in a separate home.
-Anita

Latest Jinit for For Forms Server 6i

I have the Forms Server 6i Release 2. What is the latest version of Jinitiator that can be used with Forms Server 6i Release 2.

The version certified with Forms 6i rel 2 was JInitiator 1.1.7.32, but it is recommended to use the latest avialable version of JInitiator (1.3.1.9).
I would still recommend you to upgrade Forms with the latest Forms patch available (patch 12). This patch also includes the latest version of JInitiator.
Best Regards,
Jonas Jacobi
Forms Product Management

Error in starting form server on Redhat 7.1

Hi,
i have installed oracle9iAS 1.0.2.0.0 on redhat 7.1 successfully
with out any error but when I start forms server it gives error
like: failed to exec runform f60webm [error:2]
WHen I look in make.log file it shows errorr like
gcc: /usr/xllR6/lib/libXm.so :no such file or directory
make: *** [rwrun60] error 1
this error are at various places in make.log file
when I look for libXm.so in that directory it was not there.
can I download this file from some where???
pls give any solution for it as I'm unable to run my forms
through web
thanx in advance
Akhil

I think that this is an x-windows library that you are missing.
You need to get and install the x-windows rpm and that will have
the file. Have a look for the file name using google and I'm
sure you'll find the name of the package.
Steve

Forms Server 6.0 and white Form

I tried to run an very simple form (scott/tiger emp table...) on
a forms server 6.0 in the applet viewer and in the Jinitiator
environment.
The result is a white form with only a menu item (window) and
nothing more.
I tried with WebDb, IIS4 and OAS 4.07 on WNT 4.0 SP3 and SP4
systems but the result is allways the same.
Any ides, suggestion
TIA
Tullio
null

i have a unique problem when i install form server and run
web forms with jdk supplied with the dev 6.0 it runs for the
first time that for does not have an image in it. but when i try
to load a form with image in it. it shows a white form and when i
retry to load the prevuios form with out image i also show the
same white form now. or if i install jinitiator then the jdk
stop working and even if i deinstall the jinitiator and remove
all the entires form jinitiator the problem remains the same. tha
same white form.
any ideas pls i know i wont get an answer form Oracle Development
team. so any one else around can who can help.
mobeen
Genevieve Millsap (guest) wrote:
: We're having a similar problem when we use the parameter
: separateFrame="yes". Fortunately, the corner of our login box
is
: visible, and we can drag it into the white frame and proceed,
but
: changing width and height has no effect.
: If we omit the separateFrame parameter, it defaults to "no",
and
: we don't have the problem.
: mobeen (guest) wrote:
: : I have the same problem but i dont see a single reply from
: Oracle
: : Guys.
: : Matt Stuempfle (guest) wrote:
: : : I am having the same problem with the white screen.
Changing
: : : the width and height did not help. Any other suggestions?
: : : Sailesh Patel (guest) wrote:
: : : : Tullio Bettinazzi (guest) wrote:
: : : : : I tried to run an very simple form (scott/tiger emp
: : : table...)
: : : : on
: : : : : a forms server 6.0 in the applet viewer and in the
: : : Jinitiator
: : : : : environment.
: : : : : The result is a white form with only a menu item
(window)
: : : and
: : : : : nothing more.
: : : : : I tried with WebDb, IIS4 and OAS 4.07 on WNT 4.0 SP3
and
: : SP4
: : : : : systems but the result is allways the same.
: : : : : Any ides, suggestion
: : : : : TIA
: : : : : Tullio
: : : : Change the default values to the following information
in
: : : : static_jinit.html
: : : : WIDTH=500
: : : : HEIGHT=500
: : : : and try after that.
null

How to improve performance of Oracle Forms Server ?

Recently we converted our Application which was Developed in Forms 5.0 and Reports 3.0 into Forms6i to host that on to Web. We also loaded ORACLE 9iAS (on Windows NT 4 with service pack 3) from "Enterprise Edition" option by selecting Oracle Database Cache, Forms Server and Reports Server, HTTP Server(on port 80),Oracle Web Cache. Everything loaded succesfully including Caches.
Forms server is working perfectly and we were able to run our Application in Browser, but performance is the issue. We thought the caches will improve the performance, but it seems they are not at all working. When we run a report or form the Database cache is not giving any statistics whether a particular Query is a Hit or Miss though the cache is running. We got a doubt and searched in FAQ's and we found the following questions.
Oracle9iAS Web Cache Frequently Asked
Questions February 2001
Does Oracle9iAS Web Cache work with applications that use Oracle9iAS Forms?
Not in the 1.x release of Oracle9iAS. Integration between Oracle9iAS Web Cache and Oracle9iAS Forms will be addressed at a future date.
Oracle9iAS Database Cache
Does the Cache work with Oracle Forms and Portal in Oracle9i AS?
Since Oracle Forms and Portal utilize read/write PL/SQL stored procedures, these components cannot take advantage of the Cache. This support is being considered for a future version.
After coming to know that Caches doesnot boost the performance of Oracle Forms and reports. We have the following queries.
1) Clarify whether the above are True.
2) Apart from DB and Web Cache is there any other way where in we can improve the performance of Oracle Forms and Reports in Forms Server including the start up time.
3) What is the ideal configuration required for each tier (iAS Server,Database Server and Client) to host Forms on to Web considering our application as Medium scale.
(Presently our configuration are,
Application Server Configuration : Windows NT 4 with service pack 3,256 MB RAM,1 GB Virtual memory and 4GB free space and almost the same configuration is being used for
Database Configuration.
Client Configuration : Windows 98 with 64MB RAM).
4) Is there any way to track the performance and know the problem areas like TRACE.
Gopi Kumar
null

A couple of questions for you:
1) What version of IAS are you using?
2) What's the version of Forms&Reports and
3) What version of patch are you using if any
for forms&Reports?
4) What applications are you running on the
machine where Forms&Reports is installed?
(I mean non-Oracle applications?)
The problem could be that, the base addresses
of the DLL's in Forms&Reports could be having base address conflicts with some other application's DLL's.
Forms and Reports needs to be fully rebased to achieve full performance on NT. Before release of Forms and Reports, Oracle rebases all DLLs. Rebasing assigns unique base addresses to all of the DLL's in use by an executable. A properly based DLL will load at its preferred base address, greatly improving the efficiency of memory utilization and the runtime performance of the executable.
Multiple utilities are available on NT to verify proper rebasing of DLLs. HandleEx v4.0 is one such freeware from Sysinternals and is available at www.sysinternals.com. Some others are "depends.exe" that's part of the MS Visual Studio or msinfo32.exe that comes with Office 2000 on NT.
If after running any of these utilities you discover that the DLL's ar not properly rebased, you need to contact Oracle worldwide support.
If you find that rebasing is not the problem, then please post your feedback again. Hope this helps.

Multiple versions of an application on one Forms Server

Is it possible to have multiple versions of an application available via one Forms Server?
We have a DEV, TEST and PROD version of an application and we would like to have the versions seperate on one Forms Server.
Would this be possible using any other Oracle tools (Portal)?
Thanks for your help.

Yes, all you have to do is create a batch file which sets the env variables you want and also starts up the forms listener on a different port. This way you can have a forms listener on e.g.
Port 9000 With Forms60_Path - c:\temp
Port 9001 With Forms60_Path - c:\Production
Port 9002 With Forms60_Path - c:\test
That way you will pick up different files as well.
Regards
Grant Ronald.

Dev 6.0 forms server and 8i

One server with NT 4.0 SP5 running Oracle 8i (8.1.5.0.5) and Dev 6.0 (6.0.5.32) installed in seperate oracle homes. I configured tnsnames correctly and created a very simple form that connects to the DB and displayes two fields. Form runs fine in client/server form runtime mode. Setup a client with IE5 microsoft VM (5.0.0.3240) and security configured so I can run the javasoft examples. I started the Forms server as a service running as a domain admin. When I try to run the form using static (not a cartridge) config it connects to my static.htm file and downloads some java stuff and then says applet initialized and displayes the blue logo for Oracle Developer Server and then stops, no form??? So my first question is: this config is supported right? Then what am I doing wrong? I initially installed Dev. 6.0 using the wrong installer (the one on the distribution), but then installed again (ontop of current config, I couldn'e un-install) and patched it to 6.0.5.32 and as I said the forms run in Client/Server mode fine. How do I debug the forms server??? I don't get any error messages.

I got it!
After reading numerous postings I discovered that I needed to unzip the class.zip files and store them in the java directory, but thanks anyway.

Forms server +patch5 works but ias 1022 +patch5 not?!?!?

We're porting an existing application to the web and we're having troubles with this configuration:
Windows 2000 sp1
iAS 1022 + forms patch 5 installed in 806 home.
We're having a lot of problems in connecting the application to a DB version 7.3.4.3:
errors like ora-00022 invalid session id,
frm-40655: SQL error forced rollback.
The strange thing is that with this configuration all works fine:
Windows 2000 sp1
apache + forms server + patch 5 installed
same 7.3.4.3 db.
I've noticed that forms server p5 has a lover net8 version than ias p5 could be this the problem?? if so how can i get it to work with ias??
Please help me, I really need to get this to work.Thank's in advance
Mauro
null

Well, version 6 of Designer, Forms, Reports, etc, are not supported for use on Win7 and further, were desupported several years ago. If you really want to use this obsolete version on Win7, rather than hacking a solution, I would recommend using WinXP Mode or other virtualization option.
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/virtual-pc/default.aspx

Can't see the icons on Forms Server

Hi
I have a little, but at the same time great for me.
I can't see the icons on the Forms Server, and I have translated
all Icons to Gifs.
I need re-compile the forms to apply this changes?
Where I have put the icons? (The correct path on the Alias of
Apache)
Thanks and best regards.
Carlos Hernandez
Barcelona

Hi
I just got my Apache web server running and added the images
into a folder in the ORACLE_HOME\Apache\Apache folder. Then in
the httpd.conf file look for where to add an Alias add in your
Reports virtual path along with the directory and stop and start
the apache web server then open the forms. Good luck
-Nina

Forms server (D2k 6i Rel 2) on XP

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