6 Post-Installation Tasks

This chapter describes the post-installation tasks you need to perform to ensure complete installation of Oracle Application Server 10g Forms and Reports Services.

This chapter contains the following sections:

Section 6.1, "Testing the Forms and Reports Services Installation"
Section 6.2, "NLS_LANG Environment Variable"
Section 6.3, "Deployment of Forms and Reports Application"
Section 6.4, "PATH Environment Variable for Linux Installations"

6.1 Testing the Forms and Reports Services Installation

Testing the Forms and Reports Services install would require you to have a Windows machine and a browser to invoke the OEM page of your installation.

To test your installation, perform the following steps:

Open the Oracle Application Server Welcome page (http://hostname:7777)
Click the Demonstrations tab.
Click the Business Intelligence and Forms link.
Click the Forms Services or Reports link to run the test Form or test Report.

6.2 NLS_LANG Environment Variable

Check the value of the NLS_LANG environment variable to ensure that it is correct for your environment. See the Oracle Application Server 10g Globalization Guide for details, including a list of files that set this variable. You might need to edit the value of the NLS_LANG variable in these files.

6.3 Deployment of Forms and Reports Application

Table 6–1 lists the guides that outline post-installation information on how to configure and deploy Forms and Reports applications.

Table 6-1 Deploying Forms and Reports Applications

Component	Guides
OracleAS Reports Services	Oracle Application Server Reports Services Publishing Reports to the Web
OracleAS Forms Services	Oracle Application Server Forms Services Deployment Guide

6.4 PATH Environment Variable for Linux Installations

If you installed Oracle Application Server 10g Forms and Reports Services on a Linux system, include the /usr/bin directory as the first entry of the PATH environment variable. This is a requirement for relinking executables using make files.