Re: Developer 2000 web applications yet ? browser used ?

Yes - limited success only. Using D2K 1.5w and OWS 2.1 on NT 4.0, the Forms and Reports cartridges (not Graphics) work using IE 4.0 R2 (Beta). Reports and Graphics cartridges (not Forms) work through Netscape 4.03. The server must be configured to use the Request Broker and the D2K components only work when executed independently. It may be possible to access the cartridge through a HTTP reference, but Oracle tech support says this feature is not supported until D2K 1.5.1w. Some other problems to be aware of: 1) calling additional forms from the main application will appear as separate applet windows - if the user accidently clicks on the previous window, he can easily become "lost"; 2) the application is slow to initiate (due to the download of about 500K of JAR code) and doesn't appear to get much better; Oracle recommendation for the server was 32MB for the OS, 32 MB for OWS, and 32 MB for each cartridge - tack on some more RAM if you want users to actually hit the server - starts getting expensive; 3) the interface just doesn't have the standard web "feel" since all code appears in a java panel - the browser just sits in the background with no further interaction (i.e., there is no indication of progress when moving from one form to another).

Best of luck!

P.S. - I've been devoted to Oracle development products for about 5 years and believe that they will eventually get it together (6 months to a 1 year), but the current problems we've had with Web development are forcing us to consider other products (i.e., Cold Fusion from Allaire) to do the same thing and still be compatible with Netscape 3.0 and IE 3.0. Any recommendations?

Charles Crow <ccrow_at_erols.com> wrote in article <01bcc4b0$2c985440$02020202_at_jt.crow>...
> I have been playing with Developer 2000 web, forms 4.5 applications on my
> test NT 4.0 server
> with 7.3.2 of the oracle rdbms and Microsoft web server. We got a test
> forms web application
> working fine but the only way we can access it, so far, is though the Sun
> Java appletviewer
> provided by Oracle.
>
> Has anyone developed any Web applications with Developer 2000 1.4w or 1.5
> ???
> What are you using for a browser?
> Pros ---?
> Cons ---?
>
>
>
Received on Fri Jan 30 1998 - 00:00:00 CST