How to access Oracle Apps 11i/R12 professional forms from Linux Client ?

In you to access forms from Linux client, Three steps are installed (You can skip first if Mozilla is installed on your Linux client) 1. Install Mozilla Browser 2. Install JRE on client machine (JRE version to install will depend on Server configuration, Identify which version of JRE you need on client machine For 11i/R12 : Login to server as application o.s. user (applmgr), set environment variable and run grep plugin $CONTEXT_FILE (If you get output like 1.5.0_13 you need JRE 1.5.0 patchset 13, if its 1.5.0_10 you need 1.5.0 patchset 10; or for 1.4.2_04 you need 1.4.2 patchset 4) 3. Use JRE installed above on client machine in Browser (Mozilla) Plugin 1. Install FireFox Mozilla Download Mozilla for Linux from http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/all.html#en firefox2.0.0.7.tar.gz gunzip -d firefox-2.0.0.7.tar.gz (You will get unzipped file with name as firefox-2.0.0.7.tar) Extract tar file as tar -xvf firefox-2.0.0.7.tar This will create directory called firefox which is under you will see executable called firefox; Use this executable to start FireFox on Linux machine. 2. Install JRE on client machine Download JRE 5.0 Update 10 (change this as per your server plugin version shown above; I am on 12.0.0 hence 1_5.0.10) for Linux from http://java.sun.com/products/archive/j2se/5.0_10/index.html jre-1_5_0_10-linux-i586rpm.bin chmod 755 jre-1_5_0_10-linux-i586-rpm.bin ./jre-1_5_0_10-linux-i586-rpm.bin (You will be asked to accept license agreement , click enter and when prompted to accept license enter Yes) This will install jre 1.5.10 in linux machine under /usr/java and plugin is installed under /usr/java/jre1.5.0_10/plugin/i386/ns7/libjavaplugin_oji.so Configure JRE Plug-in in browser Go to Mozilla FireFox plug-in directory which is $location_where_you_unziped_firefox_directory/plugins and create soft link like ln -s /usr/java/jre1.5.0_10/plugin/i386/ns7/libjavaplugin_oji.so ./libjavaplugin_oji.so

Re: How to access Oracle Apps 11ithrough Linux clients (Mozilla Firefox)
Anand, Jinitiator is nothing but JRE + some fixes & workaround introduced by Oracle in order to get Forms GUI running on your PC. In the future versions of Apps Oracle will not use JInitiator at all. In fact even now you can use native JRE from Sun to run Forms GUI. http://blogs.oracle.com/schan/2006/04/18 Do conceptually you do not need JInitiator at all. Just Metalinking a bit and you would find the following post: https://metalink.oracle.com/metalink/plsql/f?p=200:27:3224136047069007519:::: p27_id,p27_show_header,p27_show_help:639774.993,1,1 -------------------------------Setup ---------------Oracle application Version used: 11.5.10.2 client Desktop: Redhat Linux Web Browser used: Firefox 1.0.7 1. find out sun_plugin_version from $FND_TOP/resource/appsweb_${HOST}.cfg from your applications NODE Version was 1.4.2._04 2. Download and install j2sdk version 1.4.2_04 from www.javasoft.com on Linux Desktop. The JDK install directory would be /usr/java/j2sdk1.4.2_04. 3. Creae Link in firefox plugins directory. Example: firefox plugin location: /usr/lib/firefox-1.0.7/plugins Create a link: ln -s /usr/java/j2sdk1.4.2_04/jre/plugin/i386/ns610-gcc32/libjavaplugin_oji.so . 4. Manually register the plugin; Open firefox browser at the url type about:plugins and you should see bunch of mime types under JAVA(TM) Plugin-In 1.4.2_04

From: "Jurijs Velikanovs" <j.velikanovs@xxxxxxxxx> To: "Anand shankar" <shastry17@xxxxxxxxx> Date: Mon, 11 Sep 2006 00:29:09 +0100

Now you are set with Jinitiator/java plugin required for Linux desktop. 5. Access oracle apps using http://server:port/

If you want to Ask any How to ? Question for Oracle Applications like How to Configure Shared APPL_TOP, SSL, Monitoring, Add Node, Backup, Start/Stop Services in Oracle Applications then Mail Me. How to access Oracle Applications (Core Application/ Forms) from Linux Client ? As you knw there is no Jinitiator for Linux so you can use Java plug-in to access Oracle Applications 11i Forms. Here is the steps
Please Note , Applications 11i currently certified from windows & Mac Clients only. Information provided below is just for information & testing purpose.

Check first which JDK version your form server is Using . On form server execute env | grep FORMS60_WEB_CONFIG_FILE depending on your apps version you will see file like appsweb_$CONTEXT_NAME.cfg or appsweb.cfg Open this file & check for JDK version check for parameter sun_plugin_version If you see entry like sun_plugin_version=1.4.2_04, install this version of JDK from sun's site java.sun.com to your linux client machine from where you want to access forms and create a symbolic link for the plugin in browser plugin directory usually in */usr/lib/mozilla/plugin* as in my case I am configuring mozilla on linux client. Then change appsweb file defined by parameter FORMS60_WEB_CONFIG_FILE on forms tier plugin from jinit to jdk ; The following parameter specifies the type of plugin to be used. ; Following are the accepted values: ; jinit - use the JInitiator plugin (default) ; jdk - use the Sun's JDK plugin plugin=jdk Try accessing Form server & check if you can access forms.