Preface

Intended Audience

This manual is intended for software developers who are interested in deploying Oracle Forms applications to the Web with Oracle Application Server.

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Structure

This manual contains the following chapters and appendices:

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Chapter 1, "Introduction"

Introduces you to deploying applications on the Oracle Internet Platform and provides an overview of the Forms Services architecture and components.

Chapter 2, "Forms Services Security Overview"

Provides overview information about using the security features of Oracle Application Server Forms Services

Chapter 3, "Basics of Deploying Oracle Forms Applications"

Introduces you to the basic files you need to configure OracleAS Forms Services and describes the steps for deploying applications.

Chapter 4, "Configuring Forms Services with Enterprise Manager"

Describes advanced topics in configuring OracleAS Forms Services and provides guidelines and tips for designing Oracle Forms applications for Web deployment.

Chapter 5, "Using OracleAS Forms Services with the HTTP Listener and OC4J"

Describes how OracleAS Forms Services works using Oracle HTTP Listener and OC4J.

Chapter 6, "Using Forms Services with Oracle Application Server Single Sign-On and OID"

Describes using OracleAS Forms Services with single sign-on and Oracle Internet Directory.

Chapter 7, "Tracing and Diagnostics"

Describes the Oracle Enterprise Manager (OEM) system management tool.

Chapter 8, "Performance Tuning Considerations"

Describes tracing and diagnostic tools that are available with Forms allow you to analyze the performance and resource consumption of your Oracle Forms applications at runtime.

Chapter A, "JInitiator"

Describes the benefits of using Oracle JInitiator and how to set up the Oracle JInitiator plug-in.

Chapter B, "Sample Configuration Files"  Sample environment, parameter, base.htm, basejini.htm, web.xml, forms90.conf, baseie.htm files.

Related Documents

For more information, see the following manuals in the Oracle Other Product One Release 7.0 documentation set or in the Oracle Other Product Two Release 6.1 documentation set:

• Oracle Application Server Release Notes

• Oracle Developer Suite Release Notes

• Oracle Forms Migrating Forms Applications from Forms6i (Part No. B10469-02)

• Oracle Forms Developer Online Help, available from the Help menu in Forms Developer.

Conventions

The following conventions are also used in this manual:

Convention	Meaning
. . .	Vertical ellipsis points in an example mean that information not directly related to the example has been omitted.
. . .	Horizontal ellipsis points in statements or commands mean that parts of the statement or command not directly related to the example have been omitted
boldface text	Boldface type in text indicates a term defined in the text, the glossary, or in both locations.
< >	Angle brackets enclose user-supplied names.
[ ]	Brackets enclose optional clauses from which you can choose one or none.