Forms9i Runtime

hi there
we currently wanted to test the migration from forms6i to forms9i and in order to test the forms i need the new forms9i "runtime" locally on my computer. as far as i understood i need the oracle application server on my computer to be able to run my sample forms locally - is this correct?
i now already installed it and first had some problems to find out on which port my http-listener is (it is on 7778), but now when i start the runtime out of form builder everything seems to work fine - a internet explorer session opens and the url passed to it also looks fine to me. but i can wait for hours and nothing happens in the internet explorer (version 5.5) - what could be my problem?
thanx for any help
bernhard

Thanks for your info Grant!
Anyway: I guess it would be a good idea to somehow clearly describe the process for developers how to test forms localy - because I actually did not find any document in the web, that tells you exactly what to do (simply start the OC4J instance) in order to be able to run a form locally. Also the forms help is really poor in that case. When you try to run the form out of form builder you just get the message that the http listener is not running and you should check the runtime preferences! Just one sentence in the help and it would be much easier:
BE SURE THAT YOU STARTED YOUR OC4J INSTANCE!
This could help so much.......
Bernhard

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