Help with httpd.conf redirect to our Forms Application

Question

Hello. We are running Oracle Application Server 10g Release 2 (10.1.2) Forms & Reports services on a Windows 2003 x64 server. I'm having a difficult time trying to get the default Oracle iAS homepage to redirect to our forms application installed on the same server. For example, we access our server homepage at http://db1. We access our forms app at http://db1/forms/frmservlet?form=C:\forms\execs\app.fmx. In httpd.conf I've tried the following:
1. Redirect / http://db1/forms/frmservlet?form=C:\forms\execs\app.fmx
When accessing http://db1, the following error is returned:
FRM-92130: Registry is either missing, or contains invalid, entry for Dispatcher...
The error returned in Internet Explorer 7 is:
java.lang.ClassFormatError: oracle/forms/engine/Main (Bad magic number)
This also breaks the form URL.
2. I also tried this at the end of httpd.conf:
RewriteEngine On
RewriteRule ^/(.*)$ http://db1/forms/frmservlet?form=C:\forms\execs\app.fmx
When accessing http://db1, the server appears to be stuck in a loop. I think the problem is that the redirect is happening on all occurrences that contain "db1". So then a user enters http://db1, the redirection happens. But after the redirection, the new URL contains "db1" and the redirection happens again and keeps looping.
Any help resolving this issue is greatly appreciated.
-Al

Answer 1

Summary:
I fixed the "Bad magic number" error by modifying the client's JInitiator configuration to not use Browser Settings for Proxies.
Issue:
JInitiator running in Internet Explorer displays the following error: "java.lang.ClassFormatError: oracle/forms/engine/Main (Bad magic number)”
Details:
In my case, only external users connecting via a Proxy Server were having this issue.
Solution:
•     Open "JInitiator Control Panel":
Start --> Settings --> Control Panel --> JInitiator 1.3.1.22
•     Open [Proxies] tab; Uncheck the “Use Browser Settings” checkbox.