Ifweb60.EXE takes 99% of CPU

Question

Sometimes, It seems randomly, one Form Server process becomes crazy and takes 99%
of CPU.
My configuration is:
Windows 2000 Server
9iAS
What can I do?

Answer 1

This can happen not just when the user closes the browser without exiting the Form, but if they do it while the client is blocked.
Under normal circumstances, if the client is waiting on the user (i.e. the cursor is flashing and the user could type or do something) then closing the browser without exiting the form is fine.
However if the user does some action, the client is blocked until the server returns. For instance, if you exectue a query, the client is blocked until the server processes the query, and returns some data to be displayed on the client.
If you close the browser while the client is blocked, the Forms client applet doesn't get the notification that the browser window has been closed. This can lead to the Forms backend process being orphaned, and it can consume a lot of CPU.
You should educate your users to exit the Form gracefully.
Regards,
Robin Zimmermann
Forms Product Management