2-2 Forms Services Deployment Guide
2.1.2 Oracle Forms Services
Oracle Forms Services is a comprehensive application framework optimized to deploy Forms applications in a multitiered environment. It takes advantage of the ease and
accessibility of the Web and elevates it from a static information-publishing mechanism to an environment capable of supporting complex applications.
The Form applications that you design and develop in Oracle Forms Developer are deployed on Oracle Fusion Middleware. These applications run on the middle tier see
Figure 2–2 . The user interface is presented on the client tier as a Java applet in the
clients browser. This guide describes the configuration files, and environment variables that can be
used to customize deployment of Forms applications. It also provides information on performance, logging and monitoring your deployment. You can use Oracle Fusion
Middleware Enterprise Manager Control to manage the configuration files, and environment variables, and monitor the deployment.
2.1.3 How Oracle Forms Services Launches a Forms Application
When a user first starts an Oracle Forms application by clicking a link to the applications URL, the baseHTML file is read by the Forms servlet. Any variables
variablename in the baseHTML file are replaced with the appropriate parameter values specified in the formsweb.cfg file, and from query parameters in the URL
request if any.
You can easily modify the configuration files with Oracle Enterprise Manager Fusion Middleware Control as your needs change.
Section 2.6, Oracle Forms Services Architecture
describes the processes that are involved in deploying and running a typical Forms application.
2.2 Oracle Database
Oracle Database is the latest generation of RDBMS. Among the numerous capabilities are unlimited scalability and industry-leading reliability with Oracle Real Application
Clusters; high availability technology including advancements in standby database technology Oracle Data Guard; and built-in OLAP, data mining and Extract,
Transform and Load ETL functions.
For more information on Oracle Database, refer to http:www.oracle.comtechnologydocumentationindex.html
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2.3 Oracle WebLogic Server
Oracle WebLogic Server 11g Release 1 is an application server for building and deploying enterprise Java EE applications with support for new features for lowering
cost of operations, improving performance and supporting the Oracle applications portfolio.
Regardless of whether you want to create a staging, production, or testing environment, you begin by creating a WebLogic domain. A WebLogic domain
includes instances of WebLogic Server, of which one is configured as an Administration Server. The Administration Server maintains configuration data for a
domain. You can deploy your application on Administration Server but it is recommended to create a managed server and deploy your application in managed
server. For more information on Oracle WebLogic Server, refer to Oracle Fusion Middleware Introduction to Oracle WebLogic Server.
Introduction to Oracle Forms Services 2-3
During configuration, a managed server for Forms is created WLS_FORMS. For more information on WLS_FORMS, refer to
Section 5.1, About the Oracle WebLogic Managed Server.
2.4 Oracle Fusion Middleware
Oracle Fusion Middleware includes Web servers, application servers, content management systems, and developer tools that provide complete support for
development, deployment, and management of software applications. Among the components are Oracle Forms Services, Oracle WebLogic Server, and Oracle
Enterprise Manager Fusion Middleware Control, which together provide the technology to fully realize the benefits of Internet computing.
You can manage and monitor Oracle Forms using Oracle Enterprise Manager Fusion Middleware Control.
For a complete overview, list of components, and conceptual information about Oracle Fusion Middleware, refer to the following manuals:
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Oracle Fusion Middleware Concepts
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Oracle Fusion Middleware Administrator’s Guide
2.5 About Installing or Upgrading Oracle Forms
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