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Structure

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1 Introduction

Introduction

The Oracle Internet Platform

Oracle Application Server (OracleAS)

Oracle Developer Suite (OracleDS)

Oracle9i Database

Oracle Application Server Forms Services

What's New in Forms Services?

OracleAS Forms Services Architecture

OracleAS Forms Services Components

Forms Listener Servlet

Forms Runtime Process

Forms Listener Servlet

2 Forms Services Security Overview

About OracleAS Forms Services Security

OracleAS Forms Services Single Sign-On

Classes of Users and Their Privileges

Resources That Are Protected

Dynamic Directives

Dynamic Resource Creation in OID

Database Password Expiration when Using Single Sign-On

Authorization and Access Enforcement

Leveraging Oracle Identity Management Infrastructure

Configuring OracleAS Forms Services Security

Configuring Oracle Identity Management Options for Forms Services

Configuring Forms Services Options for OracleAS Security Framework

3 Basics of Deploying Oracle Forms Applications

Introduction

Configuration Files

Oracle Forms Configuration Files

default.env

formsweb.cfg

base.htm, basejini.htm, basejpi.htm, and baseie.htm

ftrace.cfg

Oracle Application Server Containers for J2EE (OC4J) Configuration Files

web.xml

Directory structure for Oracle Forms OC4J files

Oracle HTTP Listener Configuration Files

forms90.conf

Standard Fonts and Icons File

Registry.dat

Application Deployment

Deploying Your Application

Specifying Parameters

Creating configuration sections in Enterprise Manager.

Editing the URL to access Oracle Application Server Forms Services applications.

Specifying Special Characters in Values of Runform Parameters

Default behavior in the current release

Behavior in previous releases

Obtaining the behavior of prior releases in the current release

Considerations for template HTML files

Considerations for static HTML pages

OracleAS Forms Services in Action

Client Browser Support

Oracle JInitiator

How Configuration Parameters and BaseHTML Files are Tied to Client Browsers

4 Configuring Forms Services with Enterprise Manager

Introduction

How Oracle Application Server Forms Services Launches a Forms Application

Enterprise Manager and Oracle Forms

Configuring Enterprise Manager to Manage Forms Services

Accessing Forms Services with Application Server Control

Configuring Forms Services

Configuring Parameters with Application Server Control

Parameters that Specify Files

Managing Configuration Sections

Duplicating a Named Configuration

Deleting Named Configurations

Managing Parameters

Default Forms Configuration Parameters

System Default Configuration Parameters

Runform parameters (serverArgs parameters)

HTML page title, attributes for the BODY tag and HTML to add before and after the form

Applet or Object Parameters

Parameters for JInitiator

Parameters for Sun's Java Plug-in

Enterprise Manager Configuration Parameters

OID (Oracle Internet Directory) Configuration Parameters

Configuring Environment Variables with Enterprise Manager

Managing User Sessions

Allowing New Users Sessions

Disabling New User Sessions

Terminating a User Session on a Forms Services Instance

Managing URL Security for Applications

Creating Your Own Template HTML Files

Including Graphics in Your Oracle Forms Application

Deploying Icons and Images Used by Forms Services

Icons

Storing Icons in a Java Archive

Adding Icon Changes to Registry.dat

SplashScreen and Background Images

Custom Jar Files Containing Icons and Images

Creating a Jar File

Using Files Within the Jar File

Search Path for Icons and Images

DocumentBase

CodeBase

Enabling Language Detection

Specifying Language Detection

How Language Detection Works

Multi-Level Inheritance

5 Using OracleAS Forms Services with the HTTP Listener and OC4J

Introduction

OC4J Server Process

Performance/Scalability Tuning

Limit the number of HTTPD processes

Set the MaxClient directive to a High value

Load Balancing OC4J

Using HTTPS with the Forms Listener Servlet

Server Requirements

Client Requirements: Using HTTPS with Oracle JInitiator

Using the Hide User ID/Password Feature

Using an Authenticating Proxy to Run Oracle Forms Applications

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

Introduction

What's New with SSO and OID and Forms

Dynamic Resource Creation When A Resource Is Not Found In OID

Support for Default Preferences in OID to Define Forms Resources

Support for Dynamic Directives With Forms SSO

Support for Database Password Expiration for Forms Running with Single Sign-On

Single Sign-on Components Used By Forms

Enabling Single Sign-On for an Application

ssoMode

ssoDynamicResourceCreate

ssoErrorURL

ssoCancelUrl

Accessing Single Sign-on Information From Forms

Availability of Information on Integrating Oracle Forms and Reports

Authentication Flow

7 Tracing and Diagnostics

Forms Trace

Configuring Forms Trace

Specifying URL Parameter Options

Starting the Trace

Viewing Forms Trace Output

Running the Translate Utility

List of Traceable Events

List of Event Details

User Action Events

Forms Services Events

Detailed Events

Three-Tier Events

Miscellaneous

Monitoring Forms Services Trace Metrics

Servlet Logging Tools

Enabling Logging

Specifying Logging in the URL

Specifying Logging through Enterprise Manager

Specifying Full Diagnostics in the URL that Invokes the Forms Servlet

Location of Log Files

Example Output for Each Level of Servlet Logging

(none)

/session

/sessionperf

/perf

/debug

8 Performance Tuning Considerations

Introduction

Built-in Optimization Features of Forms Services

Monitoring Forms Services

Monitoring Forms Services Instances

Monitoring Forms Events

Monitoring Metrics for User Sessions

Sorting Metric Information

Searching

Forms Services Web Runtime Pooling

Configuring Prestart Parameters

Starting Runtime Pooling

Forms Services Utilities

Minimizing Client Resource Requirements

Minimizing Forms Services Resource Requirements

Minimizing Network Usage

Maximizing the Efficiency of Packets Sent Over the Network

Rendering Application Displays Efficiently on the Client

Tuning OracleAS Forms Services Applications

Location of the Oracle Application Server Forms Services with Respect to the
Data Server

Minimizing the Application Startup Time

Using Java Files

Using Caching

Reducing the Required Network Bandwidth

Other Techniques to Improve Performance

Web Cache and Forms Integration

A JInitiator

Oracle JInitiator

Why Use Oracle JInitiator?

Benefits of Oracle JInitiator

Using Oracle JInitiator

Supported Configurations

System Requirements

Using Oracle JInitiator with Netscape Navigator

Using Oracle JInitiator with Microsoft Internet Explorer

Setting up the Oracle JInitator Plug-in

Adding Oracle JInitiator Markup to Your Base HTML File

Customizing the Oracle JInitiator Download File

Making Oracle JInitiator available for download

Modifying the Oracle JInitiator plug-in

Modifying the cache size for Oracle JInitiator

Modifying the heap size for Oracle JInitiator

Check and modify the proxy server setting for Oracle JInitiator

Viewing Oracle JInitiator output

Modifying the baseHTML file

B Sample Configuration Files

Default formsweb.cfg File

Platform Specific default.env Files

Default default.env File for Windows

Default default.env File for UNIX

base.htm, basejini.htm, basejpi.htm, and baseie.htm Files

Parameters and variables in the baseHTML file

Usage Notes

Default base.htm File

Default basejini.htm File

Default basejpi.htm File

Default baseie.htm File

web.xml

Default web.xml File

forms90.conf

Default forms90.conf

Registry.dat

Default Registry.dat

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