Oracle 10g Forms & Reports Configuration Manual

First u install only oracle Development suit oracle cd 1 , 2After installing

Start ocj4.

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ICONS SETTINGS

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DEV_SUITE\forms\java\oracle\forms\registry\registry.dat

default.icons.iconpath=file:///C:\\icons

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Not applicable for Application Server)

To show icons at design time go my computer properties go to tab advance andadd environment variable at system variables

UI_ICON=C:\icons

(Applicable for DEV_SUITE Only)

UI_ICON_EXTENSION =gif

(case sensitive) (Applicable for DEV_SUITE Only)

Make an entry in

DEV_SUITE\forms\server\forms.conf

# Virtual path for ICONS (used to show icons in a form) AliasMatch ^/forms/icons/(..*) "C:\icons/$1"

Open Command Prompt

Set path=DEV_SUITE\jdk\bin;

command for jar file at dos prompt

go to c:\icons\

give this command to create jar icons file.

jar –cvf icons.jar *.gif

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LOV SETTINGS

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DEV_SUITE\forms\java\oracle\forms\registry\registry.dat

app.ui.lovButtons=true.

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FORMS PATH SETTINGS

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(This is the most critical setting which will tell from where the forms will run)

Forms Path:

DEV_SUITE\forms\server\default.env

FORMS_PATH=DEV_SUITE\forms; D:\MyFolder;

Add new virtual form path other than dev_Suite/App_Server form pathExampleD:\MyFolder;

(Note: The directory must be shared on Network)

Append this line

FORMS_REJECT_GO_DISABLED_ITEM=FALSE

After thisFORMS_RESTRICT_ENTER_QUERY=TRUE

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FORMS CONFIGURATION

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Width and Height of explorer window which contains form ( Set these parametersaccording to your standards)

DEV_SUITE\forms\server\formsweb.cfg# Forms applet parameter

Form Size Setting

width=300

# Forms applet parameter

height=3501

Hide oracle window in form

#Otherparams(

Not Applicable for Application Server)

usesdi=yes

# Forms applet parameter

Hide window tool bar at explorer.

separateFrame=true

Default Form Runtime Location (Applicable For Application Server)

# Forms runtime argument: which form module to run

form=login.fmx

# Forms runtime argument: database connection detailsuserid=olplog/olplog@olpsys2

Icon Settings (To get icons from jar files) (Applicable for Application Server)

# Forms applet parameterimageBase=codebase

To close the Window of explorer

(Applicable for Application Server)

Close.html text

<html><head><script language="javascript">function closeit(){win = top;win.opener = top;win.close ();}</script></head><body onload="closeit()">close window</body></html>

To close explorer window put the close.html file into this locationDEV_SUITE\tools\web\htmlThen at form level create a post-form trigger and edit the trigger with this commandWeb.Show_Document('/forms/html/close.html','_self');