FORMS60_PATH

Question

Wazzup,
Here is the problem and I am looking for a work around. I am trying to deploy the existing C/S Applications on web. We have more than one applications and some of them uses programs which has similar names.
e.g If we have App1, App2, App3 and App1 has a program called PROG1, so has app2 and app3. Now if the FORMS60_PATH points to <ORACLE_HOME>\forms60 where resides all the runtime, application programs, there arises a name conflict. Now we can resolve this name conflict by putting three separate web/application server for three applications, OR by changing the names of the programs. Where the latter is an expensive idea, the former is too much work because if the program is a pll than I need to detach, retach the pll and recompile 1000s of forms all over again with the new program name. So is there a work around for this or there is a definite solution. If anyone has encountered such a situation and has solved it then could you please help me out.
thanking you in advance
Ranjan

Answer 1

Hi Vidu,
thanx for the input, However Forms60_Path registry entry does not work that way on a thin client/web deployment environment. May be If I give you an instance it will be much clearer for you.
Lets say forms60_path=<oracle_home>;c:\test1;c:\test2
So if you call a form from test2 and there is a pll or menu associated in the form(which is there in both test1 and test2 directory) than forms server will try to look for them in c:\test1, which it should not do. In client server you can specify a start_in directory, So basically I am looking something like that.
I still have not found anything.pls lemme know if you find something.
thanx
Ranjan