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Contents Preface ............................................................................................................................................................... xiii Intended Audience.................................................................................................................................... xiii Documentation Accessibility................................................................................................................... xiii Related Documents ................................................................................................................................... xiii Conventions ............................................................................................................................................... xiv 1 What's New in Oracle Forms Services 1.1 JavaScript Integration................................................................................................................. 1-1 1.2 Enhanced Java Support.............................................................................................................. 1-1 1.3 Support for Server-Side Events................................................................................................. 1-1 1.4 Proxy User Support .................................................................................................................... 1-1 1.5 PL/SQL Tracing.......................................................................................................................... 1-2 1.6 Integration with Oracle Diagnostics and Logging (ODL)..................................................... 1-2 2 Introduction to Oracle Forms Services 2.1 Oracle Forms................................................................................................................................ 2-1 2.1.1 Oracle Forms Developer ..................................................................................................... 2-1 2.1.2 Oracle Forms Services ......................................................................................................... 2-2 2.1.3 How Oracle Forms Services Launches a Forms Application ........................................ 2-2 2.2 Oracle Database........................................................................................................................... 2-2 2.3 Oracle WebLogic Server............................................................................................................. 2-2 2.4 Oracle Fusion Middleware ........................................................................................................ 2-3 2.5 About Installing or Upgrading Oracle Forms ....................................................................... 2-3 2.6 Oracle Forms Services Architecture ......................................................................................... 2-4 2.6.1 Oracle Forms Services Components ................................................................................. 2-5 2.6.1.1 Forms Listener Servlet ................................................................................................. 2-5 2.6.1.2 Forms Runtime Process ............................................................................................... 2-6 3 Basics of Deploying Oracle Forms Applications 3.1 Oracle Forms Services in Action............................................................................................... 3-1 3.2 Configuration Files ..................................................................................................................... 3-3 3.2.1 Oracle Forms Configuration Files ..................................................................................... 3-3 3.2.1.1 default.env..................................................................................................................... 3-3 3.2.1.2 formsweb.cfg................................................................................................................. 3-4 3.2.1.3 ftrace.cfg......................................................................................................................... 3-4 iii 3.2.2 Forms Java EE Application Deployment Descriptors .................................................. 3-4 3.2.3 Oracle HTTP Listener Configuration File ........................................................................ 3-5 3.2.3.1 About Editing forms.conf............................................................................................ 3-5 3.2.3.2 Configuring OHS on a Separate Host ....................................................................... 3-6 3.2.4 Standard Fonts and Icons File............................................................................................ 3-6 3.2.5 baseHTML Files ................................................................................................................... 3-6 3.2.6 WebUtil Configuration Files .............................................................................................. 3-7 3.2.6.1 Default webutil.cfg....................................................................................................... 3-7 3.2.6.2 Default webutilbase.htm ............................................................................................. 3-7 3.2.6.3 Default webutiljpi.htm................................................................................................. 3-7 3.3 Application Deployment ........................................................................................................... 3-7 3.3.1 Deploying Your Application.............................................................................................. 3-8 3.3.2 Specifying Parameters......................................................................................................... 3-9 3.3.3 Creating Configuration Sections in Fusion Middleware Control.............................. 3-10 3.3.3.1 Editing the URL to Access Oracle Forms Services Applications........................ 3-10 3.3.4 Specifying Special Characters in Values of Runform Parameters