Light weight Oracle Forms Menu

I think I remember reading somewhere that Oracle Web Forms made a new light weight menu module available to designers. Something users could attach to Oracle Forms Form Level Property named 'Menu Module' - something like 'smart menu' or something. Does anyone have any idea what I'm talking about? Thanks in advance.

I had never tried to run a form with SMARTBAR only so I just tried it and it doesn't work. If I leave the Mene Module as DEFAULT&SMARTBAR the form works fine, but it's not a minimal menu in my opinion. For that, we usually customize our own and call that.

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Oracle forms provides a standard menu with the below options.
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Under each of these Menu options there are sub options.
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The Oracle Forms documentation states:
The Default menu is built-in to every form, and is not a separate menu module.
You cannot change the structure of the Default menu or edit the menu items it
displays.
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Make a PJC (plugable java component) and look at RXTX library for java...
I have done a PJC to use a POS terminal over RS232 from oracle forms..
It's not complicated..
here is my example for POS terminal and RXTX library (JControl)
[code]
package in2.pos;
import java.io.FileInputStream;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.InputStream;
import java.io.OutputStream;
import java.util.Arrays;
import java.util.Enumeration;
import java.util.Properties;
import java.util.ResourceBundle;
import java.util.StringTokenizer;
import javax.swing.JOptionPane;
import oracle.forms.handler.IHandler;
import oracle.forms.properties.ID;
import oracle.forms.ui.CustomEvent;
import oracle.forms.ui.VBean;
import gnu.io.*;
* PosTerminalPjc, PJC component for Hypercom POS terminal data exchange
* @author Peter Valencic, [email protected]
public class PosTerminalPjc extends VBean {
private static final long serialVersionUID = -8814623494538014849L;
Properties res = new Properties();
SerialPort serialPort;
OutputStream os;
InputStream is;
CommPortIdentifier portId;
Enumeration portList;
IHandler mHandler;
char STX = (char) 0x02;
char ETX = (char) 0x03;
char EOT = 4;
char ACK = 6;
char NAK = 15;
char FS = 28;
private static final ID COMPORT = ID.registerProperty("COMPORT"); // serial
// port
// (COM1,COM2,COM3,...)
private static final ID AMOUNT = ID.registerProperty("AMOUNT"); // amount of
// the
// transaction
// (12)
private static final ID TRANSACTIONTYPE = ID
.registerProperty("TRANSACTIONTYPE"); // 01-sale, 05-refund, 13
// ticket duplicate
private static final ID AMOUNTCURRENCY = ID
.registerProperty("AMOUNTCURRENCY"); // ISO currency code
private static final ID TRANSACTIONNUMBER = ID
.registerProperty("TRANSACTIONNUMBER"); // transaction number
private static final ID EVT_OK = ID.registerProperty("EVT_OK"); //custom event if all ok
    private static final ID EVT_ERR = ID.registerProperty("EVT_ERR"); //custom event if error occured
// state machine variables
long l_timeout;
long l_wait_for = 5000; // pos terminal wait for command (5 seconds)
long l_wait_for_transaction = 62000 * 2; // pos terminal timeout
long l_second = 1000; // one second
byte b_retry = 0;
String dataValue = "";
    byte[] readBuffer = new byte[2000]; //2000 bytes buffer to read rs232 stream
String comPort = ""; // local variable to store com port name
// (COM1,COM2,...)
String transactionType = "SALE"; // type of transaction to be executed (SALE
// or REFUND) default SALE
String amount = "0"; // default amount value is set to 0
String transactionNumber =""; //store a transaction number from POS trminal
String transactionProcessed;
    String transactionFlag;
    String transactionDate;
    String transactionTime;
    String transactionBatchNumber;
    String terminalTid;
    String terminalCard;
    String errDesc;
    public PosTerminalPjc() {
super();
System.out.println("============================");
System.out.println("== State machine POS v1.0 ==");
System.out.println("== Peter Valencic (c)     ==");
System.out.println("== 03.04.2012             ==");
System.out.println("============================");
try {
res.load(this.getClass().getResourceAsStream(
"/res/language.properties")); // load language file
} catch (Exception ex) {
System.err.println("Err loading language.properties file: "
+ ex.toString());
private void doTransaction() throws Exception {
String phase = null; // initial null value for state machine phase
long l_ack_timeout = 0; //initial value for acknowledge timeout
// com port check
if (getComPort().trim().equalsIgnoreCase("")) {
this.showError(res.getProperty("s_dlg_err_title"),
res.getProperty("s_com_invalid"));
return;
// transaction type chek
System.out.println(this.getTransactionType());
if (!getTransactionType().equalsIgnoreCase("REFUND")
& !getTransactionType().equalsIgnoreCase("SALE")) {
this.showError(res.getProperty("s_dlg_err_title"),
res.getProperty("s_tran_invalid_type"));
return;
portList = portId.getPortIdentifiers();
while (portList.hasMoreElements()) {
portId = (CommPortIdentifier) portList.nextElement();
if (portId.getName().equalsIgnoreCase(this.getComPort())) {
System.out.println("Port is used : "
+ portId.isCurrentlyOwned());
serialPort = (SerialPort) portId.open("ComDriver", 2000);
serialPort.setSerialPortParams(9600, SerialPort.DATABITS_7,
SerialPort.STOPBITS_1, SerialPort.PARITY_EVEN);
// serialPort.addEventListener(this);
serialPort.notifyOnDataAvailable(true);
serialPort.notifyOnOutputEmpty(true);
os = serialPort.getOutputStream();
is = serialPort.getInputStream();
break;
if (portId == null) {
throw new Exception(res.getProperty("s_com_not_found")
+ this.getComPort() + "\n");
// state machine infinite loop
while (true) {
// SEND DATA TO POS TERMINAL
if (phase == null) {
System.out.println("start phase");
byte[] req = null;
//verify transaction type to be SALE or REFUND
//if REFUND then transaction number must be specified
if (getTransactionType().equalsIgnoreCase("SALE")) {
System.out.println("--> SALE send message to the pos terminal");
System.out.println("--> amount: " + amount);
req = protocolStream("000000123401100" + FS + amount + FS
+ FS + "+0" + FS + "978" + FS + FS + FS + FS + FS
+ FS + FS + ETX);
else if (getTransactionType().equalsIgnoreCase("REFUND")) {
System.out.println("--> REFUND send message to the pos terminal");
System.out.println("--> amount: " + amount);
System.out.println("--> transaction number: " + getTransactionNumber());
req = protocolStream("000000123405100" + getTransactionNumber() + FS + amount
+ FS + FS + "+0" + FS + "978" + FS + FS + FS + FS
+ FS + FS + FS + ETX);
} else {
// maybe VOID in the future..
os.write(req);
os.flush();
l_ack_timeout = System.currentTimeMillis() + 1500;
//wait for half second
try {
Thread.sleep(500);
} catch (Exception ee) {
l_timeout = System.currentTimeMillis() + l_wait_for; //add some time for timeout
phase = "TO_POS_ACK";
System.out.println("phase: " + phase);
}//phase null
//CHECK IF THE TIMEOUT OCCURED
            if (phase.equalsIgnoreCase("TO_POS_ACK") &
                    (l_timeout < System.currentTimeMillis()) & (b_retry < 4)) {
                b_retry += 1;
                System.out.println("TIMEOUT: " + b_retry);
                l_timeout = System.currentTimeMillis() + l_wait_for;
                if (b_retry >= 4) {
                    System.out.println("Timeout occured");
                    try {
                        serialPort.close();
                        is.close();
                        os.close();
                    } catch (Exception ee) {
                    //Timeout occured show error
                    //s_timeout
                    this.showError(res.getProperty("s_dlg_err_title"),
        res.getProperty("s_timeout"));
                    break;
          //CHECK FOR THE ACKNOWLEDGE (FIRST RESPONSE FROM POS TERMINAL)
            if (phase.equalsIgnoreCase("TO_POS_ACK") &
                    (l_ack_timeout < System.currentTimeMillis())) {
                try {
                    int numBytes = 0;
                    dataValue = "";
                    while ((numBytes = is.read(readBuffer)) > 0) {
                        dataValue += new String(readBuffer, 0, numBytes, "ASCII");
                    if (dataValue.getBytes().length > 0) {
                        System.out.println("->first byte: " +
                            dataValue.getBytes()[0]);
                        System.out.println("total length: " +
                            dataValue.getBytes().length);
                        //check for ack byte
                        if (dataValue.getBytes()[0] == 6) {
                            System.out.println(
                                "<--ACKNOWLEDGE received from pos terminal");
                            phase = "WAIT_FOR_TRANSACTION";
                            l_timeout = System.currentTimeMillis() +
                                l_wait_for_transaction;
                } catch (IOException ev) {
          //WAIT FOR TIMEOUT ON MESSAGE
            if (phase.equalsIgnoreCase("WAIT_FOR_TRANSACTION") &
                    (l_timeout < System.currentTimeMillis())) {
                System.out.println(
                    "Error receiving response from pos terminal!!!");
                try {
                    serialPort.close();
                    is.close();
                    os.close();
                } catch (Exception ee) {
                this.showError(res.getProperty("s_dlg_err_title"),
    res.getProperty("s_response_error"));
                break;
          //WAIT FOR SOME DATA TO COME FROM POS TERMINAL OVER RS232
            if (phase.equalsIgnoreCase("WAIT_FOR_TRANSACTION")) {
                try {
                    int numBytes = 0;
                    dataValue = "";
                    while ((numBytes = is.read(readBuffer)) > 0) {
                        dataValue += new String(readBuffer, 0, numBytes, "ASCII");
                    if (dataValue.getBytes().length > 0) {
                        System.out.println("->first byte: " +
                            dataValue.getBytes()[0] + "|" +
                            dataValue.getBytes()[1]);
                        System.out.println("->ascii: " + dataValue);
                        System.out.println("total length: " +
                            dataValue.getBytes().length);
                        if (dataValue.indexOf("PREKINIL UPORABNIK") != -1) {
                            System.out.println(
                                "Uporabnik je prekinil povezavo!");
                            try {
                                serialPort.close();
                                is.close();
                                os.close();
                            } catch (Exception ee) {
                            //transaction cancelled by user s_user_cancel
                            this.showError(res.getProperty("s_dlg_err_title"),
                res.getProperty("s_user_cancel"));
                            break;
                        if (dataValue.indexOf("NAPACEN VNOS") != -1) {
                            System.out.println("Napačen vnos");
                            try {
                                serialPort.close();
                                is.close();
                                os.close();
                            } catch (Exception ee) {
                            //invalid user entry
                            this.showError(res.getProperty("s_dlg_err_title"),
                res.getProperty("s_user_invalid_entry"));
                            break;
                        if (dataValue.indexOf("PROSIM POCAKAJ") != -1) {
                            System.out.println("<-- PROSIM POCAKAJ");
                            continue;
                        //preberemo podatke iz stringe terminala
                        if (dataValue.indexOf("SPREJETO") != -1) {
                            try {
                                serialPort.close();
                                is.close();
                                os.close();
                            } catch (Exception ee) {
                            System.out.println("<-- TRANSAKCIJA SPREJETA");
                            System.out.println(dataValue);
                            System.out.println("Prožimo event v formse");
                            this.transactionProcessed = dataValue.substring(1, 3); //podatek mora biti 10
                            this.transactionFlag = dataValue.substring(13, 15);
                            this.transactionNumber = dataValue.substring(16, 21);
                            System.out.println("transaction number: " + this.transactionNumber);
                            this.transactionDate = dataValue.substring(25, 31);
                            this.transactionTime = dataValue.substring(31, 37);
                            this.transactionBatchNumber = dataValue.substring(21, 25);
                            StringTokenizer st = new StringTokenizer(dataValue, "" + FS);
                            System.out.println(st.nextToken());
                            System.out.println(st.nextToken());
                            System.out.println(st.nextToken());
                            System.out.println(st.nextToken());
                            System.out.println(st.nextToken());
                            System.out.println(st.nextToken());
                            this.terminalTid = st.nextToken();
                            System.out.println(st.nextToken());
                            System.out.println(st.nextToken());
                            System.out.println(st.nextToken());
                            this.terminalCard = st.nextToken();
                            if (transactionProcessed.equalsIgnoreCase("10")) {
                            else
                                CustomEvent ce = new CustomEvent(mHandler,
                                        EVT_ERR);
                                if (transactionProcessed.equalsIgnoreCase("00")) {
                                    System.out.println(
                                        "Error in the format of the request message");
                                    this.errDesc = res.getProperty("s_tf_00");
                                } else if (transactionProcessed.equalsIgnoreCase(
                                            "01")) {
                                    System.out.println(
                                        "Transaction accepted without authorization code");
                                    this.errDesc = res.getProperty("s_tf_01");
                                } else if (transactionProcessed.equalsIgnoreCase(
                                            "02")) {
                                    System.out.println(
                                        "Transaction accepted with authorization code");
                                    this.errDesc = res.getProperty("s_tf_02");
                                } else if (transactionProcessed.equalsIgnoreCase(
                                            "03")) {
                                    System.out.println("Needs voice referall");
                                    this.errDesc = res.getProperty("s_tf_03");
                                } else if (transactionProcessed.equalsIgnoreCase(
                                            "04")) {
                                    System.out.println("Transaction refused");
                                    this.errDesc = res.getProperty("s_tf_04");
                                } else if (transactionProcessed.equalsIgnoreCase(
                                            "05")) {
                                    System.out.println(
                                        "Needs manual card data entry");
                                    this.errDesc = res.getProperty("s_tf_05");
                                } else if (transactionProcessed.equalsIgnoreCase(
                                            "06")) {
                                    System.out.println(
                                        "Authorization call failure");
                                    this.errDesc = res.getProperty("s_tf_06");
                                dispatchCustomEvent(ce);
                                return;
                            //če gre skozi potem je vse ok
                            CustomEvent ce = new CustomEvent(mHandler, EVT_OK);
                            dispatchCustomEvent(ce);
                            return;
                } catch (IOException ev) {
            //wait 200 ms
            try {
                Thread.sleep(200);
            } catch (InterruptedException ex) {
                ex.printStackTrace();
            System.out.print('*');
}//end state machine loop
* protocolStream prepare the stream to be send over RS232 to POS terminal
* with LRC cheksum control
* @param data
* @return byte[]
private byte[] protocolStream(String data) {
char STX = (char) 0x02;
String tmp = "" + STX + STX + data + "" + getLRC(data);
System.out.println("PStream: " + tmp);
for (int i = 0; i < tmp.getBytes().length; i++) {
System.out.print(tmp.getBytes()[i] + ":");
// System.out.println("čeksum: " + chksm);
return tmp.getBytes();
* Longitudinal Redundancy Check (LRC)
* @param packet
* @return String
private String getLRC(String packet) {
char[] splitPacket = packet.toCharArray();
char lrc = 0x00;
for (int x = 0; x < splitPacket.length; x++) {
lrc = (char) (lrc ^ splitPacket[x]);
return "" + (char) lrc;
private String paddingString(String s, int n, char c, boolean paddingLeft) {
if (s == null) {
return s;
int add = n - s.length(); // may overflow int size... should not be a
if (add <= 0) {
return s;
StringBuffer str = new StringBuffer(s);
char[] ch = new char[add];
Arrays.fill(ch, c);
if (paddingLeft) {
str.insert(0, ch);
} else {
str.append(ch);
return str.toString();
* Display error message inside oracle form
* @param title
* @param exceptionString
private void showError(String title, String exceptionString) {
JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(this, exceptionString, title, 0);
public String getComPort() {
return comPort;
public void setComPort(String comPort) {
this.comPort = comPort;
public String getTransactionType() {
return transactionType;
public void setTransactionType(String transactionType) {
this.transactionType = transactionType;
public String getAmount() {
return amount;
public void setAmount(String amount) {
this.amount = amount;
public String getTransactionNumber() {
return transactionNumber;
public void setTransactionNumber(String transactionNumber) {
this.transactionNumber = transactionNumber;
public static void main(String[] args) {
PosTerminalPjc pjc = new PosTerminalPjc();
pjc.setComPort("COM1");
pjc.setTransactionType("SALE");
pjc.setAmount("1000");
try
pjc.doTransaction();
catch(Exception ex)
System.err.println(ex.toString());
[/code]

Pop Up menu - Oracle Forms

Hi there,
I am stuck with a pop up menu, not displaying correctly the columns, when it launches the designated report - via oracle forms and is there any way to ensure that the items displayed on the form are displayed the same way in a report through the pop up menu?
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ets say on the screen(oracle forms) if you see "Name, place, animal, thing" and when you click on block report all(block report all is the pop up menu on my form), I am seeing "place,animal,thing,name" as opposed to "Name, place, animal, thing" . Is there any way to ensure consistency.
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Thanks in advance
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Sorry, but i didn't get your requirement? What is "Name, place, animal, thing" is this the order of items shown in your form, or is it the order of records queried into your form?
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We are migrating form6i to 10g and deploy the app on the web. We could successfully access the forms after compiling at 10g form builder. We have more than 20 forms, we need a menu for people to click on to choose different form to use. We already know the URL of each form (http://hostname/forms/frmservlet?form=form_name). Does anybody have a sample menu page for reference?
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Read it, or search in this forum, the subject has been treated a lot of times
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Doc ID: Note:358468.1
Last Revision Date: 05-APR-2006
Applies to:
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Goal
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New features I like Oracle to include in Oracle Forms

I believe Oracle Form is the best tool to develop Database Application in Oracle Database. The weakness I see in Oracle Forms 10g may be its deployment as Java Applet. Java Applets are to be downloaded in the client browser, that's why it's not lightweight as PHP/ ASP/JSP scripting technology. So as a true web application it is not really handy.
Oracle provides JDeveloper/ Apex to accomplish that. But JDeveloper is very complicated to understand and Apex is rigid and you have little freedom on your user interface design, you cannot design a page as freely as you do in Adobe Dreamweaver for PHP. We as Form developer want oracle to develop a new development tool with following features:
1. Language will be PL/SQL.
2. There will be simple drag and drop interface design.
3. It will generate HTML/JSP page so that it can be light weight.
4. Provide a wide range of packages to accomplish javascripts/ajax while using PL/SQL language. Developer will just know what to do and by what technology javascripts/ajax, and accordingly invoke packages from withing PL/SQL editors.
5. Will have good old simple look in Form Development (JDeveloper is so complex and Apex is so shy in revealing it's features) while having same even better inner strength of developments.
6. Will require no client side tool like jinitiator or jre
7. Better and easy or even no use of web_util package but still accomplish file/image/spreadsheet access
Bye
Hasan Al Mamun
Edited by: hasan_al_mamun on Mar 20, 2010 7:31 PM
Edited by: hasan_al_mamun on Mar 22, 2010 10:51 PM
Edited by: hasan_al_mamun on Mar 22, 2010 10:53 PM

Hasan,
There is a dedicated thread for that:
What new features would you want to see in Oracle Forms?
Francois

Can I connect window device like modem, mobile in oracle forms,if possible then how?

Can I connect window device like modem, mobile in oracle forms,if possible then how?

Hi Tony,
So explain where you would see your notification?I just mention, Leave module, there are many other module. For example In Purchase Purchase Requigition , Production Module Production Complite , Delivery Module Delivery Ready.
For this it will better to show at respective Menu.
In the Window title?Another good Idea !
You could have a timer trigger that runs every 5 minutes and checks a notification table, if there is an unacknowledged notifcation, then you could change the Window title of the formas app to show a (1) at then end of it.Timer has a bad this.. For example, if i make a timer and run every 5 min. then if user works on a form, timer will hide the form and show the timer window.
Isn't it ?
Would that do, or do you need more?Yea.. More..It will be like facebook. If any notified work is done by any person, light will go off.
Thanks for your interest and suggestion...
Ask2Learn
Edited by: Asked to Learn on Jan 23, 2013 12:36 AM

Unable to do UPDATE in Oracle Form 10.1.2

Hi,
I am using an LOV to query data from a master-type table.
-- WHEN-BUTTON-PRESSED in button Retrieve
declare
l_number number;
a_value_chosen boolean;
begin
a_value_chosen := Show_LOV('LOV_CUSTOMER');
if not a_value_chosen then
message('No value selected');
raise form_trigger_failure;
end if;
end;First, I choose a value from the LOV. The LOV showed the selected items in the Form.
Next, I modified some values (not the Primary Key) in the Form text items.
Finally, I tried to Save the modification into table, using
-- WHEN-BUTTON-PRESSED in button Save
commit_form;
clear_form;Surprisely, it showed
FRM-40508: ORACLE error, unable to INSERT record.
BTW,
Previuosly, I can do UPDATE if I use the Enter Query and Execute Query button.
I did not attempt to do inserting, just updating.
Could someone show where is the problem?
Is the form status not changed by the query returned from LOV?
Any help would be grateful.
Many thanks,
Imelda

Hi,
Glad I found all of you in this forum.
Thanks for all of the explanations.
I thought by using LOV would suppress the network traffic.
If the use of LOV would give lots of drawbacks, then I should see the Enter_Query() Execute_Query() instead.
BTW,
I found the button Enter Query and Execute Query on the toolbar.
(Seems that Oracle Form provides lots of help to simplify the programming)
I have some sort of problems in using them :
1. Well, they do the query and retrieve the records for a match query criteria.
But it did not give any specific message if the record does not exist.
The message bar (for unknown reason) is showing
"Enter a query; press CTRL+F11 to execute, F4 to cancel."
Can we change this behaviour?
Perhaps, showing "No record(s) are retrieved for this query. Either change the query criteria; press CTRL+F11 to execute, F4 to cancel."
2. I found the Count Hits from Query menu.
Based on the documentation, the message line will show the records number returned based on query
criteria, without actually retruning the records to the user.
I am not sure whether this function has been removed for the Oracle Developer 10g (10.1.2), since
there is nothing happen, and the message line keep showing
"Enter a query; press CTRL+F11 to execute, F4 to cancel."
Do we tho do some modification to the Forms to use Count Hits?
3. I read on the documentation about Query Where dialog box.
Query Where will be showed if user enter a colon ':' in a field in Enter Query mode for query criteria.
Again, I am not sure whether this function has been removed too.
the message line showed :
FRM-40367: Invalid criteria in field <field_name> in example record.
It happens if the criteria contains # or : or &
Or is it done via another way?
Any help would be grateful.
Many thanks,
Imelda.

Oracle Forms and Reports Installation - Creating domain failed

I installed the weblogic 10.3.6 (Oracle WebLogic Server 11gR1 (10.3.6) + Coherence + OEPE - Package Installer) in my Microsoft Windows(32-bit JVM) system first.
But there was an error occorred when the package of forms and reports (Oracle Forms and Reports 11gR2 (11.1.2.2.0)) was installing.
Please find the following error message for your reference.
Do you have any idea? Please kindly advise.
Thanks a lot!
2014-04-02 14:11:14,099 INFO [main] com.oracle.cie.domain.script.ScriptExecutor - read template from "C:/Users/GZ/AppData/Local/Temp//tmp1396419069239wls.jar"
2014-04-02 14:11:16,185 INFO [main] com.oracle.cie.domain.template.catalog.impl.ComponentsXMLConverter - C:\Oracle\Middleware\wlserver_10.3\common\lib\components.xml does not contain component elements and will be skipped
2014-04-02 14:11:17,556 INFO [main] com.oracle.cie.domain.WLSTemplateBuilder - No config-groups.xml found in template
2014-04-02 14:11:17,556 INFO [main] com.oracle.cie.domain.WLSTemplateBuilder - No template-database.xml found in template
2014-04-02 14:11:18,205 INFO [main] com.oracle.cie.domain.script.ScriptExecutor - succeed: read template from "C:/Users/GZ/AppData/Local/Temp//tmp1396419069239wls.jar"
2014-04-02 14:11:18,477 INFO [main] com.oracle.cie.domain.script.ScriptExecutor - set config option ServerStartMode to "prod"
2014-04-02 14:11:18,477 INFO [main] com.oracle.cie.domain.script.ScriptExecutor - succeed: set config option ServerStartMode to "prod"
2014-04-02 14:11:18,490 INFO [main] com.oracle.cie.domain.script.ScriptExecutor - create Machine "PC-42A26D.GZAD.MSAD.LOCAL" as obj0
2014-04-02 14:11:18,604 INFO [main] com.oracle.cie.domain.script.ScriptExecutor - succeed: create Machine "PC-42A26D.GZAD.MSAD.LOCAL" as obj0
2014-04-02 14:11:18,612 INFO [main] com.oracle.cie.domain.script.ScriptExecutor - find Server "AdminServer" as obj1
2014-04-02 14:11:18,652 INFO [main] com.oracle.cie.domain.script.ScriptExecutor - succeed: find Server "AdminServer" as obj1
2014-04-02 14:11:18,698 INFO [main] com.oracle.cie.domain.script.ScriptExecutor - set obj1 attribute Machine to "PC-42A26D.GZAD.MSAD.LOCAL"
2014-04-02 14:11:18,705 INFO [main] com.oracle.cie.domain.script.ScriptExecutor - succeed: set obj1 attribute Machine to "PC-42A26D.GZAD.MSAD.LOCAL"
2014-04-02 14:11:18,706 INFO [main] com.oracle.cie.domain.script.ScriptExecutor - set obj1 attribute ListenPort to "7002"
2014-04-02 14:11:18,716 INFO [main] com.oracle.cie.domain.script.ScriptExecutor - succeed: set obj1 attribute ListenPort to "7002"
2014-04-02 14:11:18,716 INFO [main] com.oracle.cie.domain.script.ScriptExecutor - create Server!SSL "AdminServer!AdminServer" as obj2
2014-04-02 14:11:18,724 INFO [main] com.oracle.cie.domain.script.ScriptExecutor - succeed: create Server!SSL "AdminServer!AdminServer" as obj2
2014-04-02 14:11:18,735 INFO [main] com.oracle.cie.domain.script.ScriptExecutor - set obj2 attribute HostnameVerificationIgnored to "true"
2014-04-02 14:11:18,739 INFO [main] com.oracle.cie.domain.script.ScriptExecutor - succeed: set obj2 attribute HostnameVerificationIgnored to "true"
2014-04-02 14:11:18,739 INFO [main] com.oracle.cie.domain.script.ScriptExecutor - find User "weblogic" as obj3
2014-04-02 14:11:18,755 INFO [main] com.oracle.cie.domain.script.ScriptExecutor - succeed: find User "weblogic" as obj3
2014-04-02 14:11:18,755 INFO [main] com.oracle.cie.domain.script.ScriptExecutor - delete obj3
2014-04-02 14:11:18,763 INFO [main] com.oracle.cie.domain.script.ScriptExecutor - succeed: delete obj3
2014-04-02 14:11:18,764 INFO [main] com.oracle.cie.domain.script.ScriptExecutor - create User "weblogic" as obj4
2014-04-02 14:11:18,768 INFO [main] com.oracle.cie.domain.script.ScriptExecutor - succeed: create User "weblogic" as obj4
2014-04-02 14:11:18,771 INFO [main] com.oracle.cie.domain.script.ScriptExecutor - set obj1 attribute PeriodLength to "200000"
2014-04-02 14:11:18,807 INFO [main] com.oracle.cie.domain.script.ScriptExecutor - succeed: set obj1 attribute PeriodLength to "200000"
2014-04-02 14:11:18,807 INFO [main] com.oracle.cie.domain.script.ScriptExecutor - set obj1 attribute IdlePeriodsUntilTimeout to "20"
2014-04-02 14:11:18,815 INFO [main] com.oracle.cie.domain.script.ScriptExecutor - succeed: set obj1 attribute IdlePeriodsUntilTimeout to "20"
2014-04-02 14:11:18,815 INFO [main] com.oracle.cie.domain.script.ScriptExecutor - set obj1 attribute DGCIdlePeriodsUntilTimeout to "21"
2014-04-02 14:11:18,821 INFO [main] com.oracle.cie.domain.script.ScriptExecutor - succeed: set obj1 attribute DGCIdlePeriodsUntilTimeout to "21"
2014-04-02 14:11:18,822 INFO [main] com.oracle.cie.domain.script.ScriptExecutor - set obj1 attribute IdleConnectionTimeout to "1000"
2014-04-02 14:11:18,830 INFO [main] com.oracle.cie.domain.script.ScriptExecutor - succeed: set obj1 attribute IdleConnectionTimeout to "1000"
2014-04-02 14:11:18,833 INFO [main] com.oracle.cie.domain.script.ScriptExecutor - set obj4 attribute Password to "********"
2014-04-02 14:11:18,837 INFO [main] com.oracle.cie.domain.script.ScriptExecutor - succeed: set obj4 attribute Password to "********"
2014-04-02 14:11:18,837 INFO [main] com.oracle.cie.domain.script.ScriptExecutor - set config option OverwriteDomain to "true"
2014-04-02 14:11:18,837 INFO [main] com.oracle.cie.domain.script.ScriptExecutor - succeed: set config option OverwriteDomain to "true"
2014-04-02 14:11:18,837 INFO [main] com.oracle.cie.domain.script.ScriptExecutor - set config option JavaHome to "C:/Oracle/Middleware/jdk160_29"
2014-04-02 14:11:18,837 INFO [main] com.oracle.cie.domain.script.ScriptExecutor - succeed: set config option JavaHome to "C:/Oracle/Middleware/jdk160_29"
2014-04-02 14:11:18,948 INFO [main] com.oracle.cie.domain.script.ScriptExecutor - validateConfig "KeyStorePasswords"
2014-04-02 14:11:18,953 INFO [main] com.oracle.cie.domain.script.ScriptExecutor - succeed: validateConfig "KeyStorePasswords"
2014-04-02 14:11:18,954 INFO [main] com.oracle.cie.domain.script.ScriptExecutor - write Domain to "C:/Oracle/Middleware/user_projects/domains/base_domain"
2014-04-02 14:11:19,441 INFO [main] com.oracle.cie.domain.DomainChecker - ListenPort internal Validation result= [null]
2014-04-02 14:11:19,441 INFO [main] com.oracle.cie.domain.DomainChecker - ListenPort external Validation result= [null]
2014-04-02 14:11:21,609 INFO [Thread-1] com.oracle.cie.domain.StartMenu - Creating start menu program=C:\Oracle\Middleware\user_projects\domains\base_domain\bin\startWebLogic.cmd link=Start Admin Server for Weblogic Server Domain
2014-04-02 14:11:21,659 INFO [Thread-1] com.oracle.cie.domain.StartMenu - Creating start menu program=C:\Oracle\Middleware\user_projects\domains\base_domain\bin\stopWebLogic.cmd link=Stop Admin Server
2014-04-02 14:11:21,667 INFO [Thread-1] com.oracle.cie.domain.StartMenu - Creating start menu program=C:\Windows\system32\rundll32.exe link=Admin Server Console
2014-04-02 14:11:21,759 INFO [Thread-1] com.oracle.cie.domain.DomainRegistryWrapper - need to initialize domainRegistrydocument object
2014-04-02 14:11:21,777 INFO [Thread-1] com.oracle.cie.domain.DomainGenerator - Domain Generation Successful!
2014-04-02 14:11:21,783 INFO [main] com.oracle.cie.domain.script.ScriptExecutor - succeed: write Domain to "C:/Oracle/Middleware/user_projects/domains/base_domain"
2014-04-02 14:11:21,784 INFO [main] com.oracle.cie.domain.script.ScriptExecutor - close template
2014-04-02 14:11:21,784 INFO [main] com.oracle.cie.domain.script.ScriptExecutor - succeed: close template
2014-04-02 14:11:21,784 INFO [main] com.oracle.cie.domain.script.ScriptExecutor - read domain from "C:/Oracle/Middleware/user_projects/domains/base_domain"
2014-04-02 14:11:21,967 INFO [main] com.oracle.cie.domain.script.ScriptExecutor - succeed: read domain from "C:/Oracle/Middleware/user_projects/domains/base_domain"
2014-04-02 14:11:21,967 INFO [main] com.oracle.cie.domain.script.ScriptExecutor - add template C:/Oracle/Middleware/oracle_common/common/templates/applications/jrf_template_11.1.1.jar to domain
2014-04-02 14:11:22,011 WARN [main] com.oracle.cie.domain.template.dependency.TemplateSelectionTarget - Catalog does not have matching template for location C:\Users\GZ\AppData\Local\Temp\tmp1396419069239wls.jar
2014-04-02 14:11:22,071 INFO [main] com.oracle.cie.domain.WLSTemplateBuilder - No template-database.xml found in template
2014-04-02 14:11:22,100 INFO [main] com.oracle.cie.domain.WLSTemplateBuilder - No template-database.xml found in template
2014-04-02 14:11:22,101 ERROR [main] com.oracle.cie.domain.ConfigGroupsEngine$ConfigTopology - Multiple definitions of server-group BI-ADF-ADMIN-SVR are not allowed
2014-04-02 14:11:22,101 INFO [main] com.oracle.cie.domain.script.ScriptExecutor - fail: add template C:/Oracle/Middleware/oracle_common/common/templates/applications/jrf_template_11.1.1.jar to domain
2014-04-02 14:11:22,101 ERROR [main] com.oracle.cie.domain.script.ScriptExecutor - fail: add template C:/Oracle/Middleware/oracle_common/common/templates/applications/jrf_template_11.1.1.jar to domain
com.oracle.cie.domain.ConfigGroupsException: Multiple definitions of server-group BI-ADF-ADMIN-SVR are not allowed
at com.oracle.cie.domain.ConfigGroupsEngine$ConfigTopology.merge(ConfigGroupsEngine.java:2762)
at com.oracle.cie.domain.ConfigGroupsEngine.mergeTopology(ConfigGroupsEngine.java:551)
at com.oracle.cie.domain.ConfigGroupsEngine.merge(ConfigGroupsEngine.java:479)
at com.oracle.cie.domain.AbstractTemplate.addConfigGroups(AbstractTemplate.java:314)
at com.oracle.cie.domain.script.ScriptExecutor.addTemplate(ScriptExecutor.java:605)
at com.oracle.cie.domain.script.jython.WLScriptContext.addTemplate(WLScriptContext.java:416)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:597)
at org.python.core.PyReflectedFunction.__call__(Unknown Source)
at org.python.core.PyMethod.__call__(Unknown Source)
at org.python.core.PyObject.__call__(Unknown Source)
at org.python.core.PyInstance.invoke(Unknown Source)
at org.python.pycode._pyx3.addTemplate$20(C:\Users\GZ\AppData\Local\Temp\WLSTOfflineIni364664194239939514.py:89)
at org.python.pycode._pyx3.call_function(C:\Users\GZ\AppData\Local\Temp\WLSTOfflineIni364664194239939514.py)
at org.python.core.PyTableCode.call(Unknown Source)
at org.python.core.PyTableCode.call(Unknown Source)
at org.python.core.PyFunction.__call__(Unknown Source)
at org.python.pycode._pyx15.f$0(C:\Users\GZ\AppData\Local\Temp\tmp1396419069304.py:42)
at org.python.pycode._pyx15.call_function(C:\Users\GZ\AppData\Local\Temp\tmp1396419069304.py)
at org.python.core.PyTableCode.call(Unknown Source)
at org.python.core.PyCode.call(Unknown Source)
at org.python.core.Py.runCode(Unknown Source)
at org.python.util.PythonInterpreter.execfile(Unknown Source)
at weblogic.management.scripting.WLST.main(WLST.java:139)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:597)
at weblogic.WLST.main(WLST.java:29)

hi user ...
on windows there are some steps in front of installation and configuration.
1) cleare the Windows Env (Path .. Programme x86 )
no Blank in Path and so on
2) insert into your local host file your server and IP Adress
3) in Windows 32 setup of WLS is JDK included so you don't have to install the jdk in front of WLS
4) verify if you are using the right installation medium (jdk 32 bit, wls 32 bit , fmw 32 bit
in your OraInventory/logs directory is a *.out file for your installation please can you put this file in the forum
is there a nodemanager up and running (if so please stop)
Jan-Peter

Oracle Forms & Report Upgrade/Migrate from 6i to 11g

Hi All,
We are planning to upgrade/Migrate from Oracle Froms and Reports 6i to 11g. Can some one please give me an high level steps to upgrade and migrate from 6i to 11g version.
Many thanks in advance.
Kind Regards,
Mohan

hi ,
use below steps for Eliminate this issue
To start the wizard version of the Forms Migration Assistant:
1. On Windows systems, set the environment variable FORMS_PATH:
SET FORMS_PATH=%ORACLE_HOME%\forms
On UNIX systems, set the variable FORMS_PATH as in the example below:
setenv FORMS_PATH $ORACLE_HOME/forms
2.
In Windows, from the Start menu, select ORACLE_HOME | Forms Developer |Oracle Forms Migration Assistant (GUI Mode), or at the command line, start the conversion utility by entering: frmplsqlconv.bat mode=wizard.
or
in UNIX, enter frmplsqlconv.sh mode=wizard.
The Conversion Wizard Welcome dialog displays.
Regards,
Babu

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