Re: multiple runtime versions

[Quoted] Running on NT Server, but Ill check out the registry entries. I just hated [Quoted] to beat my head against the registry is there was some oracle technical reason that the applications just simply could NOT live together on the same [Quoted] workstation. At least if I know it CAN be done, Ive got a chance of getting it going.

thanks for the info

[Quoted] John P. Early <jpe1_at_lehigh.edu> wrote in message news:37837175.F969EFD6_at_lehigh.edu...
> Bob,
> Under what platform is this? I've done it under Linux and AIX w/o any
> problems; just run the "oraenv" shell script to specify the instance (SID)
you
> want. If you are working under Micro$oft Windows then I would expect that
some
> simple tweaking of registry entries will do what you need. I have gotten
SQL
> Plus 3.3 and 8.0, and reports 2.5 and 3.0 to co-exist under Windows, but I
> still do my forms development in 4.5 so I can't comment specifically to
Forms
> 5.0 vs. Forms 4.5. I suspect that the registry keys:
> \HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\ORACLE\FORMS45 and
> \HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\ORACLE\FORMS45_PATH have a 50 version, and if
they
> is set to point to the right place you will be fine. You might also need
to
> change the shortcut icon...
>
> Unix is sooo much simpler...
>
> John.
>
>
> Bob wrote:
>
> > Every time I install both versions of runtime on a client Ive installed
the
> > 4.5 runtime and then the 5.0 runtime and the 5.0 install ALWAYS breaks
the
> > 4.5. The 4.5 runtime will NOT run at all. I forget the error messages
I
> > get but it simply refuses to run, even though Im simply trying to run
the
> > original 4.5 fms files.
> >
> > Did you have to do anything in particular to get both runtime clients to
> > install and run?
> >
> > thanks for the response
> >
> > <pootie_at_my-deja.com> wrote in message
news:7ltbha$ilu$1_at_nnrp1.deja.com...
> > > I have multiple versions of Forms runtime and Reports runtime happily
> > > coexisting on several clients. I have it point to different .FMX and
> > > .REP files in differend subdirectories on the server.
> > >
> > >
> > > Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
> > > Share what you know. Learn what you don't.
>
>
>
>
> --
> John Early jpe1_at_lehigh.edu x85066
> Senior Programmer, Enterprise Systems Implementation
> Lehigh University, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
> qotd: "Whereof one cannot speak, thereof one must be silent."
(Wittgenstein)
>
>
Received on Thu Jul 08 1999 - 02:14:46 CEST