ICONIC BUTTONS IN FORMS 10G

Hi,
I am trying to make a button iconic in Forms 10g,button icons are displayed.
I have tried the following workarounds but no couldn't make it possible:
1. I gave absolute path of icon file.
2. tried .ico and .gif format images as well.
I am using Linux OS. iDS 10g.
Regards,

If I understand you are looking for displaying icons at runtime.
Have a look at the following link:
deploying icons in forms9i

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========
This document has been written for use with both Windows and UNIX operating systems: Windows will use the "\" character to delimit directories and UNIX uses the "/" character. Any other differences are noted in the document.
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conf for the virtual directory. o Check the name of the icon on the file system. If the file is saved as Exeqry.gif, then it will not be found using the URL http://abc.oracle.com:7778/forms90/ Close all your browser sessions and open a new browser window.
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( For 10G use "forms" instead of "forms90")USEFUL REFERENCES:==================
[PDF] Oracle9iAS Forms Services Deployment Guide (P/N B10170-01)Configuring Oracle9iAS Forms Services ->
Deploying Icons and Images Used by Oracle9iAS Forms Services http://otn.oracle.com/products/forms/pdf/B10170_01.pdf
[PDF] Oracle9iForms Services - How to Deploy Iconshttp://otn.oracle.com/products/forms/pdf/webicons.pdf
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