Re: Oracle 9i Web Forms Problems

luongopm_at_hotmail.com (Pete) wrote in news:3586ea64.0212060757.6e03edd6_at_posting.google.com:

> Hi. We are currently trying to upgrade our 6i Forms C/S application
> to 9i Web Forms. I've installed 9iAS Release 2, which requires
> upgrading to Forms 9i. Its a client requirement to use Release 2, so
> we can't keep our Forms in 6i and just run them on the web
> unfortunately. I've gotten it to work for the most part, but ran into
> a few errors, which I'm hoping someone can help out with.
>
> We have 9iAS setup on its own box and are testing in a fully-windows
> environment.
>
> 1 - The Hint Text for each item on the screens is no longer visible
> when using Oracle's JInitiator. When using IE 5.0 with the native
> JVM, the hint text is visible (its quirky, but I can see it) However,
> in any other browser (including IE 6) where you need touse Oracle's
> JVM, the hint text is no longer at the bottom of the screen. Any
> suggestion?
>
> 2 - We are using Oracle Reports as well, and have some canned reports
> we would like to be made available in PDF form through the app. I was
> using the RUN_PRODUCT(REPORTS) built-in, but that is replaced in 9i
> Forms with RUN_REPORT_OBJECT. However, I can't get this to work
> properly and connect to the Reports Server that is running within
> 9iAS. The RUN_REPORT_OBJECT built-in is supported in 6i Forms and I
> can get it running in C/S mode. When I re-compiled the same form in
> 9i, I added in the name of the reports server (its running on the same
> box, btw) but tha didn't do the trick.
>
> If you have any ideas or suggestions to these two problems, I'd really
> appreciate it.
>
> Thanks,
> Pete
>

I suggest that you first run a report from the command line to verify that the Reports Server is properly installed and can actually produce a report before you worry about doing it from the Forms Server. Received on Sat Dec 07 2002 - 01:49:58 CET