3 Deprecated Features
This chapter provides information about features that have been deprecated and de-supported in Oracle Forms and Reports.
Deprecated Forms Features
This section provides information about features that have been deprecated or desupported in Oracle Forms.
For information about features that have been desupported from Oracle Forms, see Preparing to Upgrade.
sign_webutil Utility Script
Although included in this release, the sign_webutil utility script that Oracle Forms provided to self-sign JAR files has been deprecated.
No further development of this utility is planned for the future. Support of this utility may be limited. This utility may be removed from future Forms releases.
It is recommended that you consider using digital signature certificates obtained
from an industry recognized Certificate Authority. Although self-signing can be used
for testing and development, it should be avoided in production in order to limit
any impact to the end-user experience. In order to sign custom JAR files, the Java
jarsigner utility
will be needed to insert your certificate into your custom JAR files. Refer to the
Java documentation for details on how to use the jarsigner utility
or contact the Certificate vendor for assistance.
Microsoft Internet Explorer End of Support
Given Microsoft's desupport of Internet Explorer (IE) in 2022, the use of IE to run Oracle Forms can no longer be supported.
The use of Microsoft Edge with IE-Mode to run Oracle Forms as an embedded Java applet is supported, but with limitations.
Specifically, if a failure occurs while using Edge with IE-mode, but the same cannot be reproduced with any other supported Forms client configuration (such as Forms Standalone Launcher or Java Web Start), the issue will be considered unique to the use of IE and will not be investigated as a Forms (or Java) defect. Therefore, the continued use of Oracle Forms running as an embedded Java applet is not recommended.
Deprecation Notice for Oracle Reports
Although included in this release, Oracle Reports has been deprecated as of Fusion Middleware 12c Release 2 (12.2.1.3.0).
No further development of Oracle Reports is planned for the future. If future releases are made available, Oracle is not planning any functional enhancements for Oracle Reports other than critical bug fixes and changes necessary to make it compatible with a new supporting technology stack. For more information, refer to the Reports Statement of Direction available here.
Oracle recommends migrating to Oracle Analytics Publisher (formerly called BI Publisher) for reporting purposes. Oracle Analytics Publisher is Oracle’s strategic product for enterprise reporting. This reporting solution allows authoring, managing, and delivering pixel-perfect customer facing reports against various data sources with web browser or familiar desktop tools.