Forms Services

Can we create another Forms and Reports services on stand alone server.

what do you mean by stand alone server , and i guess you are talking about 9i/10g application , in that case you can develop your modules (Forms,Reports) and deploy them into Oracle AS

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Forms Service verification program problem

I have a java verification program that is run from a HPUX server cron job to check
the status of my 9.0.2.12.2 Oracle 9iAS Forms Services running on a
Windows 2000 server. The program determines if the Forms Services
restarted after a cold, off-hours backup by retrieving and reading
base.htm.
I have 3 windows servers with "identical" configurations of 9iAS Forms
Services. The java verification program works when running against the dev and
test Forms servers but not against the production Forms server. It
did work against the production Forms server until I upgraded to
9.0.2.12.2 a few months ago. The only way to reproduce the problem
against the test Forms server is to rename base.htm so the program
can't find it. default.env,forms90.conf,formsweb.cfg all appear to be
identical. Paths and other environmental variables are identical on
the windows Forms servers. The java program fails or succeeds
consistently on 3 different HPUX servers both in cron and from the
command line.
The error message is: java.io.IOException: Server returned HTTP
response code: 500 for URL:
http://productionserver:7778/forms90/f90servlet
Java is 1.3.1 on all environments.
import java.io.*;
import java.net.*;
public class auRLTest
public auRLTest()
try {
System.out.println("Starting...");
URL url = new URL("http://productionserver:7778/forms90/f90servlet");
System.out.println("Opening URL connection ("+url+")");
URLConnection uc = url.openConnection ();
System.out.println("Connecting to URL");
uc.connect();
System.out.println("Opening input stream.");
BufferedReader in = new BufferedReader(
new InputStreamReader( uc.getInputStream() ) );
System.out.println("Reading file...");
System.out.println("==========================================================================");
String inputLine = in.readLine();
while (inputLine != null)
System.out.println(inputLine);
inputLine = in.readLine();
System.out.println("==========================================================================");
System.out.println("Closing file.");
in.close();
System.out.println("Production Form Server is UP");
catch( java.net.ConnectException connectException ) {
System.out.println("***PRODUCTION FORM SERVER IS DOWN***.");
catch( Exception exception ) {
System.out.println(exception);
public static void main(String[] args)
auRLTest uRLTest = new auRLTest();
Accessing "http://productionserver:7778/forms90/f90servlet" from IE works fine.
Any clues or ideas are appreciated.
Thanks

I went through the same thing. Look at Appendix II "Case Study" at http://rootshell.be/~yong321/freeware/ckweb.html. Basically, the forms servlet needs some more HTTP headers you didn't pass.
Yong Huang

What is the recommended approach to create XML input for forms service

Context:
As part of our development project, we need to retrieve data (eg. Policy details) from different modules and using this data we need to generate PDF document using a particular template (what we have uploaded to live cycle)
Solution we have tried:
We have created Java classes from XSD (for a particular template) using JAXB complier. Using these Java classes we instantiated all the parameters using data from different modules and got XML after marshalling. We send this XML as a byte array to forms service to get PDF. No issues in this context.
After displaying the PDF, under writer will modify some of the data and submit back to the application. Application again uses forms service to retrieve XML back as a byte array. This is where we had issues. We tried un-marshalling using same JAXB classes but we are loosing data for all the rich text fields.
Can you please guide us to handle this issue ASAP, because we are completely stuck in the development stage. We really appreciate if some one can respond to this issue.
Thank you
Srini P

Context:
As part of our development project, we need to retrieve data (eg. Policy details) from different modules and using this data we need to generate PDF document using a particular template (what we have uploaded to live cycle)
Solution we have tried:
We have created Java classes from XSD (for a particular template) using JAXB complier. Using these Java classes we instantiated all the parameters using data from different modules and got XML after marshalling. We send this XML as a byte array to forms service to get PDF. No issues in this context.
After displaying the PDF, under writer will modify some of the data and submit back to the application. Application again uses forms service to retrieve XML back as a byte array. This is where we had issues. We tried un-marshalling using same JAXB classes but we are loosing data for all the rich text fields.
Can you please guide us to handle this issue ASAP, because we are completely stuck in the development stage. We really appreciate if some one can respond to this issue.
Thank you
Srini P

Load Balancing Forms Services with an effective healthcheck

I am in the process of configuring two forms 11.1.2 servers running with weblogic 10.3.5 with multiple forms applications clustered across both physical servers. We are looking to load balance to the various forms applications using a hardware load balancer. Can anyone comment on their experience with setting up effective application healthchecks using either hardware or software load balancers?
For example say that we have 3 applications clustered across 2 servers with the following
URLs:
http://server01:7777/forms/frmservlet?config=myapp1
http://server01:7777/forms/frmservlet?config=myapp2
http://server01:7777/forms/frmservlet?config=myapp3
http://server02:7777/forms/frmservlet?config=myapp1
http://server02:7777/forms/frmservlet?config=myapp2
http://server02:7777/forms/frmservlet?config=myapp3
We would need a checking mechanism on the load balancer that could tell if myapp2 was down on say server01 and therefore block traffic to that application yet keep traffic open for the other 2 apps on the same server.
A specific difficulty with forms is that when the database behind the application is down forms services will return an error message within a displayed error form. From the load balancer's point of view the forms services are "up". We need to find a way of detecting that the application is actually available and not just that the forms services themselves are available. To detect that the forms services are available we might normally use the status check:
http://server01:7777/forms/frmservlet?ifcmd=status
however this will only tell use the availability of the forms services on a physical server and not whether any actual applications are available.
I am aware that f5 do a BIGIP offering that includes some Oracle Forms specific components. Can anyone comment on how they have setup Oracle Forms healthchecks using various load balancing methods. In particular if a load balancer is limited to using WGET commands to check HTTP returned content is there a way of checking a forms application's availability and if not how have other people achieved an effective healthcheck?
Many thanks,
Philippe

Did you ever Get this to work?
I am having some problems trying to load balance with Oracle Forms, Discover and reports Oracle Application Server Release 10g (9.0.4.0.2) and I was wondering if you could help. Has any one ever got this to work consistently? We are an ERP product written mostly in forms (904) and are trying to implement are largest customer there performance issue so we need the load balancing to work. Will also accept other recommendation as cost effective as solutions.
Site 1:
A: SERVER
     Host as1.xyzco.local
     Version 10.1.2.0.2
     Installation Type Identity Management and Metadata Repository
     Oracle Home E:\oracle\inf_1012
     Farm as1db.xyzco.net
o     HTTP_Server
o     Internet Directory
o     OC4J_SECURITY
o     Single Sign-On:orasso
o     Management
B SERVER
     Host as2. xyzco.local
     Version 9.0.4.0.2
     Installation Type Business Intelligence and Forms
     Oracle Home E:\oracle\mid_904
     Farm as2db. xyzco.net
o     Discoverer
o     Forms
o     home
o     HTTP_Server
o     OC4J_BI_Forms
o     Reports Server
o     Web Cache
o     Management
C SERVER
     Host as3. xyzco.local
     Version 9.0.4.0.2
     Installation Type Business Intelligence and Forms Discoverer and Reports
     Oracle Home E:\oracle\mid_904
     Farm as2db. xyzco.net
o      Discoverer
o     Forms
o     home
o     HTTP_Server
o     OC4J_BI_Forms
o     Reports Server
o     Web Cache
o     Management
All servers Are:
     Windows 2003 Standard Server with current service packs
     Xeon Dual Processor with 4GB ram
     Raid 0 drives 2 for OS and 2 for Oracle
Daniel Brody
[email protected]

Java from cmd and Java called from Forms Services

I apologize in advance if this is not place where i did must question.
Anyway this is:
From cmd on win xp If I run java -version I get:
C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator>java -version
java version "1.4.2_06"
Java(TM) 2 Runtime Environment, Standard Edition (build 1.4.2_06-b03)
Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (build 1.4.2_06-b03, mixed mode)
While i installed JVM 1.6 and this is called from my forms services(OC4J)
What I missing?
Thanks in advance and sorry for my question

*%JAVA_HOME\bin%* isn't the correct way to add the reference to the JAVA_HOME variable. You want *%JAVA_HOME%\bin*, notice the closing % sign comes after the name of the variable you created earlier (*JAVA_HOME*) and that causes its value to be prepended to \bin.
Edited by: nogoodatcoding on May 18, 2009 7:33 PM

Image not displayed in pdf generated using Java API for Forms service

Hi,
I am creating a pdf document using Java API for Forms Service.
I am able to generate the pdf but the images are not visible in the generated pdf.
The image relative path is coming in the xml as defined below. The images are stored dynamically in the Livecycle repository each time a request is fired with unique name before the xml is generated.
<imageURI xfa:contentType="image/png" href="../Images/logo.png"></imageURI>
Not sure if I need to specify specify specific URI values that are required to render a form with image.
The same thing is working when I generate pdf document using Java API for Output Service.
As, I need to generate interactive form, I have to use Forms service to generate pdfs.
Any help will be highly appreciated.
Thanks.

Below is the code snippet:
            //Create a FormsServiceClient object
            FormsServiceClient formsClient = new FormsServiceClient(myFactory);
            //Specify URI values that are required to render a form
            URLSpec uriValues = new URLSpec();
                              // Template location contains the whole rpository path for the form
            uriValues.setContentRootURI(templateLocation);
           // The base URL where form resources such as images and scripts are located. Whole Image path is passed in BaseUrl in the http format.
                  String baseLocation = repositoryPath.concat(serviceName).concat(imagesPath);
                              uriValues.setBaseURL(baseLocation);
            // Set run-time options using a PDFFormRenderSpec instance
            PDFFormRenderSpec pdfFormRenderSpec = new PDFFormRenderSpec();
            pdfFormRenderSpec.setCacheEnabled(new Boolean(true));
            pdfFormRenderSpec.setAcrobatVersion(com.adobe.livecycle.formsservice.client.AcrobatVersio n.Acrobat_8);
                              //Invoke the renderPDFForm method and write the
            //results to a client web browser
            String tempTemplateName =templateName;
            FormsResult formOut = formsClient.renderPDFForm(tempTemplateName,
                                          inXMDataTransformed,pdfFormRenderSpec,uriValues,null);
            //Create a Document object that stores form data
            Document outputDocument = formOut.getOutputContent();
            InputStream inputStream = outputDocument.getInputStream();

Diff in IAS 9i Form Service Version and Developer 6i Rel 2. Version

Dear all,
I have noticed that Form Server version which comes with the Oracle 9i Application Server (Forms Service Module) is higher than then Oracle Developer 6i Tool Rel. 2 Form Complier version.
It Creates a problem, Form which is complied in Developer 6i Rel 2. gives blazzing result when it deployed it on Oracle 9i Form Server because of the version diff.
Oracle 9i Form Server Version is always higher than Forms Compiler comes with the latest Developer 6i Rel. 2.
Because of this reason we cannot install Developer 6i Rel. 2 and
Oracle 9i Application Server with Form Service on the same machine.
How to solve this.
Best Regards,
Darshan Desai

If you look in metalink, you can get patches for Forms 6i to patch it up to higher levels than rel 2. Any patch from 4 through to 9 will be newer. Choose which patch you want to bring yourself in line with 9iAS. The patch documentation tells you what version it will bring the forms up to.
Each patch superceeds the last so just pick one and apply it.
K

Second Forms Services OC4J Instance

What is a benefit of creating a Second Forms Services OC4J Instance In Oracle Application Server 10g?
In which cases it is a better to create a second oas OC4J instance than to create a new configuration section
in the same instance for new forms application ? Or such configuration with Second Forms Services OC4J Instance is supported by Oracle ?
Thank's

What's the alternative you're looking for?
If it is HTTPS to secure the communication - yes that's possible
If it's a plain socket connection in stead of HTTP - I think Oracle dropped that after version 6i, but I'm not 100% sure.
If it is traditional client-server - Oracle dropped that after version 6i.
So, please explain what is you want.

Issue With AMP 4.0 - forms service showing down on all Instances

Hi,
I've recently installed AMP4.0 on linux 5.3 EBiz 12.1.3.
My issue is that the forms service is showing as down for all instances. Has anybody come accross this issue before?
FEXDEV1-Oracle Forms FEXDEV1_ebizappsuat
Service is down; 3 key components are down: FEXUAT1-Oracle Forms FEXUAT1_ebizappsuat, FEXUAT1_ebizappsuat.ebizappsuat.fexco.ie_forms, FEXUAT1_ebizappsuat.ebizappsuat.fexco.ie_HTTP Server
Thanks,
Keith

Did you ever get this resolved

XML Forms Service warnings

Hi Experts,
We have developed some xml templates by using xml form builder. At the time of
these templates desing we were on E.P 7.0 SP 10. Recently we have upgraded to SP 13.
These xml templates worked fine earlier and working fine now also.
But when we see application log following warnings are shown.
Warning 3/11/08 5:20:17 AM XML Forms Service com.sapportals.wcm.repository.InvalidUriException
Warning 3/11/08 5:20:17 AM XML Forms Service Cannot get project SampleItem with home directory /etc/xmlforms/SampleItem: Cannot get item /etc/xmlforms/SampleItem/SampleItem.pref
Warning 3/11/08 5:20:17 AM XML Forms Service com.sapportals.wcm.repository.InvalidUriException
Warning 3/11/08 5:20:17 AM XML Forms Service Cannot get project SAP_DemoNews with home directory /etc/xmlforms/SAP_DemoNews: Cannot get item /etc/xmlforms/SAP_DemoNews/SAP_DemoNews.pref
Could someone explain me why are we getting this wornings.
Any help greatly appreciated and rewarded.
Best Regards,
Satya

Patricio,
I need to add another kind of functionality to XML forms. My client wants to make an upload of an attached file in one click.
In other words, doesn't want to need to first make the upload to KM and after make the link in the XML Form.
Can you give me any idea in order to accomplish this?
Thanks in advance
Patricio

Multiple Forms services in Oracle 10g AS(10.1.2.0.2)

H Friends,
I am using Oracle 10g AS(10.1.2.0.2) for a project A.
Now i would like to use the same application Server for another Project B.
Is it possible to have 2 forms services in the same Oracle 10g AS (like creating our own reports server in the same Instance).
I know we can create our own OC4J Instances but need to know whethere that will create a new forms service which i can use it for Project B without disturbin the default forms service(used in Project A)
Regards,
Arun

Hi sahil,
Thanks for the info.This is really useful(Metalink Doc) and i am able to configure 2 forms servers successfully
but i still have one issue.The issue is
I am unable to have 2 icons path (for the 2 applications)the icons path is taking from the dafault path of /forms/icons(in forms.conf file) for both the application even though i make entry for second application as /formstest/icons in forms.conf file(formstest is my new forms server for second application).
Is there any way to solve this issue?Please suggest.
Regards,
Arun

Why my forms service always shutdown once a week?

Hello,
I installed 9ias in tru64.It work well last months,but last months it always shutdown forms service auto.and the client return message below.
500 Internal Server Error
Servlet error:Forms Servlet Error
Missing or invalid value for xonfigPileName Parameter.
Please check the servlet configuration to make sure this value specifies a valid file��
someone help me!

I have never used family names for my password in the first place and have never given out my password or this email address I have 3 email addresses, 1 personal and 2 business, this is a business one so only a certain few have this and def wouldnt be any of them , I also do not use this password for any of my passwords for other things so no chance it could be found out by knowing me, but thank you for your reply, will just have to keep changing once a week when it comes through, or set up a new apple id .

Oracle 9i AS Forms Service - ifWeb60.exe

Hi,
I have an issue while running Oracle Forms 6i applications on Oracle 9iAS. For each access to the application the application server instantiates a new ifweb60.exe process which consumes on an average of 15-30 MB of Memory.As the number of users increase on the application server, the number of instances of ifweb60.exe is so high that the forms service goes down unable to withstand the load. Kindly help me out on this situation.
Thanks in advance.
Venkatesh

This is infact correct. Each user will start up a process; however because each user is running the same application, Forms will share the common information (e.g. Form layout, trigger code)..So the more users you have the more sharing that goes on.
Be also aware that reading the memory for a single user and applying that to a higher number of users is seriously flawed. When there is no contention for memory (which will be the case for a single user) the OS may allocate much more memory than is needed...
There are papers on otn.oracle.com/products/forms that show how you should correctly size an application.
Regrads
Grant Ronald
Forms Product Management

How to deply icons on forms services 10g (10.1.2)

Hi.
I've been trying to do a couple of "simple" things on forms services and have not yet succeded:
- Deploy Icons on the web.
- Specify an alternate path for fmx,pll and mmx files.
The installation is Application Server Forms and Reports Sevices.
According to Forms Services Deployment Guide (section 4.9.2.1), to enable custom icons in an archive file (jar) the steps are the following:
- Create an archive (jar) file of all icons files.
- Place the archive in forms/java directory.
- Modify the archive_jini to add the reference to the newly jar file. I've done these in both default section and custom section of formsweb.cfg.
- Modify imageBase to codebase in formsweb.cfg.
I can even "see" the archive file from the browser:
http://churum:7777/forms/java/art_icons.jar
Also, for finding forms files I modify the default.env file and added the desired directory:
forms_path = /home/oracle/OraHome_2/forms;/home/appls
HELP please. These two thing are supposed to be easy aren't they?.
Thanks in advance ...!

Perhaps the browser cache was refreshed or dumped. You can see this behavior (Forms not picking up changes made in the config files) by experimenting with the background color (set in formsweb.cfg). Make a change, load a page, new is there sometimes, sometimes not. When not, doing a refresh on the page (force a new/clean read) results in the new color being applied.

Use of Form Service ES2

Hi,
Is Form Service ES2 module best if
i) need to generate pdf (pdf that has Save button that user can click) from xml data and xdp template.
ii) and also have to generate non interactive pdf from xml data and xdp template. ( or may be pdf in the format PDF/A)
Thanks
YogLC

It will do al of that except for the PDF/A. You need ouput server
for that.
Paul

Can I call a report in Reports 6i from Forms Services 10g?

Hi there,
I was wondering if I could call a report in Reports 6i from my application in Forms Services 10g. If so, how could I do it?
Thanks!

In Forms 6i you probably did use RUN_PRODUCT to call reports. In 9i onwards you should use RUN_REPORT_OBJECT instead.
See http://www.oracle.com/technology/products/forms/pdf/10g/frm10gsrw10g.pdf
Note that you should be able to run RDF files without any conversion.

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