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Deploying Icons

To deploy Forms applications on the web that contain icons in buttons and in tree control items, you'll first need to convert the icon files into GIF (GIF 89a ) or JPG format .

Unlike the client/server model of previous versions of Forms, Oracle Forms has no UI_ICON variable to locate icons used in Forms applications. Instead, image icons in Oracle Application Server Forms Services are referenced by a URL that is constructed internally based on three things: the "imagebase" parameter in the formsweb.cfg configuration file, the icon name in the items property palette, and the default icon path setting in the Forms Registry.dat properties file.

At runtime, icons in your Forms applications are referenced through a Java Applet.

More detailed information, such as testing images with your Forms applications and deployment examples can be found in the Oracle Application Server Forms Services Deployment Guide, as well as the white paper on OTN, Oracle9iAS Forms Services: HowTo Deploy Icons, available at http://otn.oracle.com/products/forms.


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