Preface

Intended Audience

This manual is intended for software developers who are interested in deploying Forms applications to the Web with the Oracle9i Application Server.

This manual contains the following chapters and appendices:

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	Basics of Deploying Oracle9i Forms Applications Introduces you to the basic files you need to configure Forms Services and describes the steps for deploying applications.
Chapter 3	Configuring Oracle9iAS Forms Services Describes advanced topics in configuring Forms Services and provides guidelines and tips for designing Forms applications for Web deployment.
Chapter 4	Using Oracle9iAS Forms Services with the HTTP Listener and OC4J Describes how Forms Services works using Oracle HTTP Listener and OC4J.
Chapter 5	Using Oracle9iAS Forms Services with SSO and OID Describes using Forms Services with Sing Sign-On and Oracle Internet Directory.
Chapter 6	Enterprise Manager and Oracle9i Forms Describes the Oracle Enterprise Manager (OEM) system management tool..
Chapter 7	Tracing and Diagnostics Describes tracing and diagnostic tools that are available with Forms allow you to analyze the performance and resource consumption of your Forms applications at runtime
Chapter 8	Performance Tuning Considerations Describes the tuning considerations when you deploy an application using Forms Services
Appendix A	JInitiator Describes the benefits of using Oracle JInitiator and how to set up the Oracle JInitiator plug-in.