Upgrade Recommendations and Troubleshooting Tips Upgrading Oracle Forms Services Application Modules

Upgrading to Oracle Forms Services 11g 13-3 ■ Section 13.2.6, Upgrading the Forms Listener Servlet Architecture to Oracle Forms Services on page 13-8 ■ Section 13.2.7, Upgrading Load Balancing on page 13-9 ■ Section 13.2.8, Usage Notes on page 13-9

13.2.1 Upgrade Recommendations and Troubleshooting Tips

Consider the following recommendations and considerations while upgrading Forms applications: ■ Keep the Oracle6i Forms Services installation available until applications are successfully deployed and tested. ■ Back up and secure all files, then upgrade the source files. ■ Replace Run_Product calls to integrated Reports with Run_Report_Object calls to Oracle Reports or use the PLSQL conversion utility, Forms Migration Assistant in Oracle Forms. ■ Install Oracle Fusion Middleware and configure the formsweb.cfg file with the information used by your applications. ■ Copy the environment files used by the applications to the same relative directory. ■ Copy the upgraded Oracle Forms application module files to the computer on which Oracle WebLogic Server is installed, if it is not the same computer. ■ After starting Oracle WebLogic Server, access the Forms Services Listener Servlet test page with this URL default port 8888: http:hostname:portformsfrmservlet?form=test.fmx ■ Verify that any application settings are added to the formsweb.cfg file and that the environment variable Forms_Path contains the directory of the application modules. ■ Verify that you can connect to the database using SQLPlus. ■ Use the following URL to invoke upgraded applications: http:hostname:portformsfrmservlet?config=your application name

13.2.2 Upgrading Oracle Forms Services Application Modules

This section provides instructions for upgrading from Forms Application Modules fmb files that were deployed in Oracle 6i Forms Services. Follow these steps to upgrade Forms Application Modules fmb files deployed in Oracle 6i Forms Services to an Oracle Forms Services installation.

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Copy the Forms application files to a new directory. 2. Optionally, use the Forms Migration Assistant to upgrade the Forms Application Modules .fmb files, Forms menu modules .mmb files, and the Library modules .pll files. 3. Use the Forms Compiler frmcmp.sh on Unix or frmcmp.exe on Windows to regenerate the Forms Application executable files fmx, mmx, and plx files. For more information, see Oracle Forms Upgrading Oracle Forms 6i to Oracle Forms 11g at: http:www.oracle.comtechnologydocumentation 13-4 Forms Services Deployment Guide

13.2.3 Upgrading Common Gateway Interface CGI to the Oracle Forms Servlet