My own cfg file in forms9i

Question

Hi
How do I create a cfg file of my own. ie I need to use MyApp.cfg inplace of the default formsweb.cfg. I am using Forms 9i.
I need to retain the formsweb.cfg. I saw how to achive this in 6i. But is it possible in 9i?
Please help
Regards
Sajan

Answer 1

Sajan,
see the web.xml file of the Forms entry under the application-deployments node in the j2ee <Developer Suite> or BI_Forms directory.
<servlet>
<servlet-name>f90servlet</servlet-name>
<servlet-class>oracle.forms.servlet.FormsServlet</servlet-class>
<load-on-startup>1</load-on-startup>
<!-- During product installation the configFileName parameter is
specified in the orion-web.xml file as a context parameter
override (in iDS), or as a Java system property (in iAS).
It is set to <oracle_home>/forms90/server/formsweb.cfg.
You can override that value here by editing and uncommenting the
following servlet parameter setting: -->
<!--
<init-param>
<param-name>configFileName</param-name>
<param-value>D:\DevSuiteHome/forms90/server/formsweb.cfg</param-value>
</init-param>
-->
<init-param>
<!-- Turn on or off sensitive options on the f90servlet/admin page.
For security reasons this should be set to false for
production sites.
-->
<param-name>testMode</param-name>
<param-value>false</param-value>
</init-param>
</servlet>
You can either change the setting here or duplicate the servlet entry, rename the servlet name and create a second instance of it that points to another formsweb.cfg file. In the case of Oracle Application Server, make sure that you configure mod_oc4j for the new servlet name (in case you created a new instance)
Frank