Webutil and 10g Patch 3 Error

Question

Hi All,
We have applied the patch 3 on the IAS (10g) in Solaris and everything works fine except for webutil .
With webutil forms , we get the below error message
network: Connecting http://comp.dom.com/forms/frmservlet?config=JAVA1.6&acceptLanguage=en-us&ifcmd=startsession with proxy=DIRECT
network: Connecting http://comp.dom.com/forms/lservlet;jsessionid=jGr5XDqQLvpA?ifcmd=getinfo&ifhost=1429-224&ifip=66.100.205.233 with proxy=DIRECT
network: Connecting http://comp.dom.com/forms/lservlet;jsessionid=jGr5XDqQLvpAe with proxy=DIRECT
Forms Applet version is : 10.1.2.3
network: Connecting http://comp.dom.com/forms/lservlet;jsessionid=XDqQLvpAe with proxy=DIRECT
network: Cache entry found [url: http://comp.dom.com/forms/java/frmall.jar, version: null]
network: Cache entry found [url: http://comp.dom.com/forms/java/frmall.jar, version: null]
basic: Loaded image: jar:http://comp.dom.com/forms/java/frmall.jar!/oracle/forms/icons/frame.gif
network: Cache entry found [url: http://comp.dom.com/forms/java/frmwebutil.jar, version: null]
security: Loading certificates from Deployment session certificate store
security: Loaded certificates from Deployment session certificate store
security: Loading certificates from Internet Explorer TrustedPublisher certificate store
security: Loaded certificates from Internet Explorer TrustedPublisher certificate store
security: Validate the certificate chain using CertPath API
security: Obtain certificate collection in Root CA certificate store
security: Obtain certificate collection in Root CA certificate store
security: The CRL support is disabled
security: The OCSP support is disabled
security: No timestamping info available
security: Checking if certificate is in Deployment denied certificate store
security: Checking if certificate is in Deployment permanent certificate store
security: Checking if certificate is in Deployment permanent certificate store
java.lang.NoSuchMethodError: oracle.forms.handler.IHandler.getApplet()Ljava/applet/Applet;
     at oracle.forms.webutil.common.VBeanCommon.init(Unknown Source)
     at oracle.forms.handler.UICommon.instantiate(Unknown Source)
     at oracle.forms.handler.UICommon.onCreate(Unknown Source)
     at oracle.forms.handler.JavaContainer.onCreate(Unknown Source)
     at oracle.forms.engine.Runform.onCreateHandler(Unknown Source)
     at oracle.forms.engine.Runform.processMessage(Unknown Source)
     at oracle.forms.engine.Runform.processSet(Unknown Source)
     at oracle.forms.engine.Runform.onMessageReal(Unknown Source)
     at oracle.forms.engine.Runform.onMessage(Unknown Source)
     at oracle.forms.engine.Runform.sendInitialMessage(Unknown Source)
     at oracle.forms.engine.Runform.startRunform(Unknown Source)
     at oracle.forms.engine.Main.createRunform(Unknown Source)
     at oracle.forms.engine.Main.start(Unknown Source)
     at sun.applet.AppletPanel.run(Unknown Source
Best Regards
Rajesh Alex
Message was edited by: Rajesh Alex modified session id (long)
Rajesh_Alex

Answer 1

Hello,
I've been monitoring this forum for 3 days waiting for someone to report this issue.
I am having a similar issue with Forms, Patch 3 (10.1.2.3). It appears this patch has an issue finding paths to beans within Forms (Java Pathing to the .class). For me, webutil is working. But ALL of the other beans we have in our .fmbs are not working anymore, whereas they did work in 10.1.2.2.
Example #1: The CookieHandler bean (PJC). In the Forms 10g demo download, there is the CookieHandler.java. This compiles to CookieHandler.class. You can wrap this into a .jar, called cookie.jar. The internal path within this .jar to the class is oracle\forms\demos\beans, or oracle.forms.demos.beans. Within the .fmb, the Bean Area item is created, and the implementation class is set to 'oracle.forms.demos.beans.CookieHandler'. The cookie.jar file IS specified in the list of .jars in formsweb.cfg.
Result #1: When running the .fmb in the java console, you will get:
java.lang.NoSuchMethodError: oracle.forms.handler.IHandler.getApplet()Ljava/applet/Applet;
     at oracle.forms.demos.beans.CookieHandler.init(CookieHandler.java:161)
     at oracle.forms.handler.UICommon.instantiate(Unknown Source)
...........(and a list of java errors)....
It isn't finding the CookieHandler.class file. I don't know why? All of the pathing is correct, and IT WORKED IN FORMS 10.1.2.2.
Solution/Workaround #1: So....here is what it took to fix this issue:
I took package CookieHandler.java, commented out the very top line of code (package oracle.forms.demos.beans;). I then generated CookieHandler.class. I wrapped it up into cookie.jar. The pathing within the .jar file to the .class file does NOT have directories like it did before. Then in the .fmb, the Bean Area item is created, and the implementation class is set to 'CookieHandler' (not 'oracle.forms.demos.beans.CookieHandler', like before). This solves the issue.
I repeated the workaround/solution above for numerous beans we have in numerous forms. But there are a few beans which we don't have source code for. This makes it very difficult.
Can Oracle please look into the issue described above. I believe many people are going to hit this issue with Forms 10.1.2.3, if they are using Form Java Beans.
(we are using Windows XP Pro OS for everything)
Thanks in advance.
Matt