Running forms 6i on client without installed runtime !

Question

Dear proffesionals, what do you think about code below-we tried to enable our users to run applications developed in Forms 6i, without installed runtime on their machines. Is this solutions good, and why ? We installed forms6i runtime on the server, and make batch script (with code below), and make .exe file from that. Than we send link to users with locations of that .exe file? Is this way possible to run application through VPN ?
Thanks in advance,
Adnan
Code:
set ROOT_DIR=\\ip_address\
set APLIK=\\ip_address\
set ICONE=\\ip_address\
set PROGRAM=Form.fmx
set USER=username     
set PASS=password
set BAZA=database_name
set path=%ROOT_DIR%;c:\dos;%PATH%
set ORACLE_HOME=%ROOT_DIR%
set path=%ORACLE_HOME%\BIN;%ROOT_DIR%;%PATH%;%ROOT_DIR%\BIN
set FORMS60=%ORACLE_HOME%\FORMS60
set FORMS60_PATH=%APLIK%
set RW60=%ORACLE_HOME%\REPORT60
set REPORTS60_PATH=%APLIK%
set API=%ORACLE_HOME%\DBS
set BROWSER60=%ORACLE_HOME%\BROWSER60
set CA_GPREFS=%ORACLE_HOME%\
set CA_UPREFS=%ORACLE_HOME%\
set CORE40=%ORACLE_HOME%\CORE40
set DE60=%ORACLE_HOME%\tools\common60
set NET80=%ORACLE_HOME%\net80
set ORA_NLS33=%ORACLE_HOME%\NLSRTL33\DATA
set DEV2000_SCCONVERT=FALSE
set DOC60=%ORACLE_HOME%\tools\doc60
set GRAPHBMP60=%ORACLE_HOME%\graph60\gwiz_bmp
set graphics60=%ORACLE_HOME%\graph60
set graphogd60=%ORACLE_HOME%\graph60\gwiz_ogd
set gsconnectdir=%ORACLE_HOME%\olap\ecf620
set gsinstalldir=%ORACLE_HOME%\olap\ece620
set gwizard60=%ORACLE_HOME%\graph60
set mm60=%ORACLE_HOME%\tools\common60
set nlsrtl33=%ORACLE_HOME%\nlsrtl33
set ocl60=%ORACLE_HOME%\graph60
set oin60=%ORACLE_HOME%\oin60
set ora_nls33=%ORACLE_HOME%\nlsrtl33\data
set oracle_jdk=%ORACLE_HOME%\jdk\
set orainfonav_docpath=%ORACLE_HOME%\oin
set otrace80=%ORACLE_HOME%\otrace80
set plsql80=%ORACLE_HOME%\plsql80
set pro80=%ORACLE_HOME%\pro80
set qt_player=OMO
set rdbms80=%ORACLE_HOME%\rdbms80
set reports_builder=rwbld60.exe
set reports_runtime=rwrun60.exe
set reports60_classpath=%ORACLE_HOME%\jdk\lib\classes.zip;%ORACLE_HOME%\REPORT60\java\jars\myreports60.jar;%ORACLE_HOME%\REPORT60\java\jars\xmlparser.jar
set reports60_express_ui=%ORACLE_HOME%\bin
set reports60_jni_lib=%ORACLE_HOME%\jdk\bin\javai.dll
set reports60_splash=TRUE
set rw60=%ORACLE_HOME%\report60
set shared_oracle_home=%ORACLE_HOME%
set tk60=%ORACLE_HOME%\tools\common60
set ui60=%ORACLE_HOME%\tools\common60
set vgs60=%ORACLE_HOME%\tools\common60
set UI_ICON=%ICONE%
set NLS_LANG=CROATIAN_CROATIA.EE8MSWIN1250
set NLS_DATE_FORMAT=DD.MM.RRRR
set NLS_NUMERIC_CHARACTERS=,.
start /separate /D%TEMP% ifrun60 module=%PROGRAM% userid=username/password@database
echo off
if not errorlevel 1 goto ok_2000
CD %TEMP%
start ifrun60 module=%PROGRAM% userid=%user%/%pass%@%baza%
if not errorlevel 1 goto ok_9x
goto error
:ok_2000
echo ---------------------
echo Application started
echo successfully
echo at OS WIN2000...!
echo ---------------------
goto end
:ok_9x
cls
echo ---------------------
echo Application started
echo successfully
echo at OS WIN9x...!
echo ---------------------
goto end
:error
cls
echo ---------------------
echo There was some
echo problems with starting
echo this application...!
echo ---------------------
goto end
:end

Answer 1

In order to distribute a Forms 6i application to a client you really only have three (3) choices.
1. Install the Forms Runtime on each PC (truely distributed application).
2. Deploy the application using desktop virtualization (Citrix, etc). This option requires a Virtualization server.
3. Web Deployed. (This requires the addition of an Application server and does require some type of installation on the client (the Oracle Jinitiator), but this can be automated with the Web Deployment.) Check out this link [Forms 6i Documenation|http://www.oracle.com/technology/documentation/6i_forms.html] and scroll to the bottom and view the "Oracle Forms Developer Release 6i: Deploying Forms Applications to the Web with Oracle Forms Server" document.
Hope this helps.
Craig...
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