Re: Forms 4.0 Startup Failure ??

In article <D7A65x.ID0_at_jabber.BTS.COM> phil_at_BTS.COM (Phil Eschallier) writes:
]
] i decided to take a look at the cde tools from oracle, however, i
] cannot even get the forms designer to start. the only version of the
] designer we have is the motif version (f40desm) -- invoking it, with
] or without command line options, results with:
]
] FRM-91109: Internal Error -- Application Startup Failure.
] FRM-10039: Unable to start up the Oracle Forms Designer.

    Try setting DEBUG_SLFIND. This will dump (a ton of) information on the files Forms is trying to find. Odds on, it's missing one of them, in which case it will say, "UNABLE TO LOCATE FILE". You may need to point an environment variable (e.g., FORMS40_RESOURCE) at it.

    Also, make sure your ORACLE_HOME points to the right directory.

    (Note to others: this info only applies on Unix, but most other OSes have similar variables. Check your IUG.)

] i cannot find anything in the forms docs that talk about any required
] environmental settings -- i did ensure that the LD_LIBRARY_PATH does
] contain /usr/dt/lib, the location of the solaris 2.x motif libraries.

    That shouldn't be it, since ld.so will fail if that's the case; Forms wouldn't even start up enough to display a message like that.

• Bill K.

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