Passing application parameters to 9i forms

We recently converted our Forms 6 forms to 9i, on Solaris. We recompiled them on AIX and got them running, except that I have trouble figuring out how to pass application parameters. We passed the parameters on the run-form command line in our olf forms.
In 9i, I tried passing the parameter through the URL; I also tried assigning the the parameter values in formsweb.cfg. Does baseHTML need to be involved in this?
Also Oracle does not certify that forms 9i for AIX. Does anyone know of any problem running on AIX.

Clayton,
do you mean custom parameters when saying application parameters?
if you application contains custom parameters that are passed when starting the Forms, then this can be added using the otherparams parameter.
E.g.
otherparams=usesdi=yes myparam1=foo myparam2=foo2
The other params parameter can be set in the formsweb.cfg file (forms90/server) globally for all applications or individual for a single application. If you need to pass custom parameters in the URL then it could be done more nicely if you specify the following in the formsweb.cfg file
otherparams=usesdi=%usesdi% myparam1=%myparam1% myparam2=%myparam2%
In the request URL you would request the application by
.../forms90/f90servlet?config=myApp&usesdi=yes&myparam1=12&myparam2=hello
"myApp" would be a named configuration in the formsweb.cfg file like:
[myApp]
form=myEmp
userid=scott/tiger@orcl
lookandfeel=oracle
otherparams=usesdi=%usesdi% myparam1=%myparam1% myparam2=%myparam2%
You don't need to change the baseHTML file for this. The Forms system commands are pre-defined in formsweb.cfg and don't need to be added to the URL
Haven't heard about Forms not running on AIX, so I cannot help you with this question
Fran

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