How to Access Oracle Apps 11i Forms From Linux Client

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How to access Oracle Apps 11i/R12 professional forms from Linux Client ?In you to access forms from Linux client, Three steps are installed (You can skip first if Mozillais installed on your Linux client)

1.Install Mozilla Browser

2.Install JREon client machine (JRE version to install will depend on Server configuration,Identify which version of JRE you need on client machineFor 11i/R12 : Login to server as application o.s. user (applmgr), set environment variable andrun grep plugin $CONTEXT_FILE (If you get output like 1.5.0_13 you need JRE 1.5.0patchset 13, if its 1.5.0_10 you need 1.5.0 patchset 10; or for 1.4.2_04 you need 1.4.2 patchset4 )

3.Use JRE installed above on client machine in Browser (Mozilla) Plugin

1. Install FireFox MozillaDownload Mozilla for Linux fromhttp://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/all.html#en firefox-

2.0.0.7.tar.gzgunzip -d firefox-2.0.0.7.tar.gz (You will get unzipped file with name as firefox-2.0.0.7.tar)Extract tar file as tar-xvf firefox-2.0.0.7.tarThis will create directory called firefox which is under you will see executable calledfirefox; Use this executable to start FireFox on Linux machine.

2. Install JRE on client machineDownload JRE 5.0 Update 10 (change this as per your server plugin version shown above; Iam on 12.0.0 hence 1_5.0.10) for Linux fromhttp://java.sun.com/products/archive/j2se/5.0_10/index.html jre-1_5_0_10-linux-i586-rpm.bin

chmod 755 jre-1_5_0_10-linux-i586-rpm.bin./jre-1_5_0_10-linux-i586-rpm.bin (You will be asked to accept license agreement , click enterand when prompted to accept license enter Yes)This will install jre 1.5.10 in linux machine under/usr/java and plugin is installed under/usr/java/jre1.5.0_10/plugin/i386/ns7/libjavaplugin_oji.so

Configure JRE Plug-in in browserGo to Mozilla FireFox plug-in directory which is$location_where_you_unziped_firefox_directory/plugins and create soft link likeln -s /usr/java/jre1.5.0_10/plugin/i386/ns7/libjavaplugin_oji.so ./libjavaplugin_oji.so
http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/all.html#enhttp://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/all.html#enhttp://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/all.html#enhttp://java.sun.com/products/archive/j2se/5.0_10/index.htmlhttp://java.sun.com/products/archive/j2se/5.0_10/index.htmlhttp://java.sun.com/products/archive/j2se/5.0_10/index.htmlhttp://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/all.html#en


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Re: How to access Oracle Apps 11ithroughLinux clients (Mozilla Firefox)

From: "Jurijs Velikanovs"

To: "Anand shankar" Date: Mon, 11 Sep 2006 00:29:09 +0100

Anand,

Jinitiator is nothing but JRE + some fixes & workaround introduced byOracle in order to get Forms GUI running on your PC.

In the future versions of Apps Oracle will not use JInitiator at all.In fact even now you can use native JRE from Sun to run Forms GUI.http://blogs.oracle.com/schan/2006/04/18

Do conceptually you do not need JInitiator at all.

Just Metalinking a bit and you would find the following post:https://metalink.oracle.com/metalink/plsql/f?p=200:27:3224136047069007519::::p27_id,p27_show_header,p27_show_help:639774.993,1,1

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Setup----------------Oracle application Version used: 11.5.10.2client Desktop: Redhat Linux

Web Browser used: Firefox 1.0.7

1. find out sun_plugin_version from$FND_TOP/resource/appsweb_${HOST}.cfg from your applications NODEVersion was 1.4.2._04

2. Download and install j2sdk version 1.4.2_04 from www.javasoft.comon Linux Desktop. The JDK install directory would be/usr/java/j2sdk1.4.2_04.

3. Creae Link in firefox plugins directory.Example:firefox plugin location: /usr/lib/firefox-1.0.7/plugins

Create a link: ln -s/usr/java/j2sdk1.4.2_04/jre/plugin/i386/ns610-gcc32/libjavaplugin_oji.so.

4. Manually register the plugin;Open firefox browserat the url type about:pluginsand you should see bunch of mime types under JAVA(TM) Plugin-In 1.4.2_04
http://blogs.oracle.com/schan/2006/04/18https://metalink.oracle.com/metalink/plsql/f?p=200:27:3224136047069007519::::p27_id,p27_show_header,p27_show_help:639774.993,1,1https://metalink.oracle.com/metalink/plsql/f?p=200:27:3224136047069007519::::p27_id,p27_show_header,p27_show_help:639774.993,1,1https://metalink.oracle.com/metalink/plsql/f?p=200:27:3224136047069007519::::p27_id,p27_show_header,p27_show_help:639774.993,1,1https://metalink.oracle.com/metalink/plsql/f?p=200:27:3224136047069007519::::p27_id,p27_show_header,p27_show_help:639774.993,1,1http://blogs.oracle.com/schan/2006/04/18


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Now you are set with Jinitiator/java plugin required for Linux desktop.

5. Access oracle apps using http://server:port/

If you want to Ask any How to ? Question forOracleApplications like How to Configure

Shared APPL_TOP, SSL, Monitoring, Add Node, Backup, Start/Stop Services in OracleApplications thenMail Me. How to access Oracle Applications (Core Application/Forms)from Linux Client ?

As you knw there is no Jinitiator for Linux so you can use Java plug-in to access OracleApplications 11i Forms. Here is the steps

Please Note , Applications 11i currently certified from windows & Mac Clients only. Information provided below is just for information & testing purpose.

Check first which JDK version your form server is Using . On form server executeenv | grep FORMS60_WEB_CONFIG_FILE

depending on your apps version you will see file like appsweb_$CONTEXT_NAME.cfg orappsweb.cfgOpen this file & check for JDK version check for parameter sun_plugin_version If you seeentry like sun_plugin_version=1.4.2_04, install this version of JDK from sun's sitejava.sun.com to your linux client machine from where you want to access forms and create asymbolic link for the plugin in browserplugindirectory usually in */usr/lib/mozilla/plugin* asin my case I am configuring mozilla on linux client.Then change appsweb file defined by parameter FORMS60_WEB_CONFIG_FILE on forms tierplugin from jinit to jdk ; The following parameter specifies the type of plugin to be used.; Following are the accepted values:; jinit - use the JInitiator plugin (default)

; jdk - use the Sun's JDK pluginplugin=jdkTry accessing Form server & check if you can access forms.
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