Oracle Forms & Reports 12.2.1.4.0 - First Look

Posted by Dirk Nachbar on Saturday, September 28, 2019
Yesterday I was blogging about the new Oracle Forms & Reports 12.2.1.4.0 Release.

Today I got some spare time to install and configure the latest Oracle Forms & Reports 12.2.1.4.0 Release on one of my test VM's.

My configuration is as follows:
The installation and configuration is the same as under the previous Oracle Forms & Reports 12.2.1.3.0 Release.
At first install and configure your Oracle Database, I have created an Oracle 19c Instance with one PDB, which will be my target Database for the required Metadata Repository for Oracle Forms & Reports 12.2.1.4.0.
Next step is to install the JDK (or better to say unzip your Oracle Server JRE 8u221, you can even use a full JDK).
After that, install your Oracle WebLogic Server Infrastructure 12.2.1.4.0 and when this is done, install into the same MW_HOME your Oracle Forms & Reports 12.2.1.4.0 software.

Now, we can start to configure the required stuff. At first you need to run the Repository Creation Utility ($MW_HOME/oracle_common/bin/rcu), when this is done, we can configure the Oracle WebLogic Domain for Forms & Reports with the config.sh script located under $MW_HOME/oracle_common/common/bin).

When the configuration part is done, just startup your Node Manager with $DOMAIN_HOME/bin/startNodeManager.sh and after that your AdminServer with $DOMAIN_HOME/startWebLogic.sh

Now you can either start the Managed Servers (WLS_FORMS and WLS_REPORTS) from the WebLogic Console http://:7001/console or with the script $DOMAIN_HOME/bin/startManagedWebLogic.sh

Just to test, if your Forms Environment is working, get the frmsal.jar (located under $MW_HOME/forms/java) to your Desktop and execute following command:

#
# java -jar frmsal.jar -url "Full Qualified Server including the Configuration" [-t <timeout in milliseconds>] [-showConfig false|true]
java -jar frmsal.jar -url "http://<Your_ServerName>:9001/forms/frmservlet?config=standalone" -showConfig true

Config parameters from server are:
    CODEBASE=/forms/java
    ARCHIVE=frmall.jar
    WIDTH=750
    HEIGHT=600
    NAME=
    serverURL=/forms/lservlet?ifcfs=/forms/frmservlet?config=standaloneapp&standaloneapp=1&ifsessid=WLS_FORMS.formsapp.2&acceptLanguage=en-us
    networkRetries=0
    splashScreen=
    background=
    lookAndFeel=Oracle
    colorScheme=swan
    customColorScheme=
    serverApp=
    logo=
    imageBase=codebase
    formsMessageListener=
    recordFileName=
    EndUserMonitoringEnabled=false
    EndUserMonitoringURL=
    heartBeat=
    MaxEventWait=
    disableValidateClipboard=false
    allowAlertClipboard=true
    digitSubstitution=context
    highContrast=false
    disableMDIScrollbars=
    clientDPI=
    applet_stop_timeout=800
    guiMode=0
    idleTimeout=
    isResizable=
    centerOnStartup=
    alwaysOnTop=
    mediaBase=codebase
    webFormsTitle=Oracle Fusion Middleware Forms Services
Inspecting archive files in cache directory /var/folders/b_/ldw8b91n7h7dp58hd3xf2qmc0000gn/T/frmsal/greenfield/12.2.1.4
Downloading archive file frmall.jar to cache subdirectory ermz9mn700rz58gniz4ftx8un
Forms Session ID is WLS_FORMS.formsapp.2
The proxy host is null, and the proxy port is 0.
Native HTTP implementation is being used for the connection.
The connection mode is HTTP.
Forms Applet version is 12.2.1.4
With the optional option "-showConfig true" your java call on the frmsal.jar will display you the Forms Configuration in your shell or Command Prompt.

Now you should see following:


Enjoy the new Oracle Forms & Reports 12.2.1.4.0 Release, I will post in the next days more blog posts about the latest Oracle Forms & Reports 12.2.1.4.0 Release ...