Comments on: Running Webforms without Oracle JInitiator

By: Fahd Mirza

Fahd Mirza — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 08:26:21 +0000

Very informative and timely too.

By: Will Mehigan

Will Mehigan — Fri, 11 May 2007 13:25:55 +0000

Hi folks,
Has anyone encountered any issues with webforms with Sun JRE 1.6.0_01 ?
Regards,

Will Mehigan

By: Mark

Mark — Tue, 27 Feb 2007 00:41:10 +0000

Thank you both (Marcos and Jacco) for the input. I now have some work to do

By: Jacco Landlust

Jacco Landlust — Tue, 27 Feb 2007 00:22:23 +0000

As an apple user I have to work with the JPI option in my safari browser. This is also the preferred method for linux workstations. I can confirm jpi works with headstart too. (this feature has been working since 9R2 for me )

By: Marcos Claver

Marcos Claver — Fri, 23 Feb 2007 14:00:26 +0000

Hi Mark,
I am not sure. I do not use headstart so I can not tell. I am testing at the moment and spotted some minor things when running the application through a Webex meeting. So at the moment I did not check yet if this issue was related to JPI or Webex. If I know more I will post a new blog with my findings.

By: Mark

Mark — Fri, 23 Feb 2007 11:23:02 +0000

Does this also work on a iAS with headstart installed? I’ve tried using the java runtime, but had some problems using i.e. the LOV button. When entered a LOV it wasn’t filled correctly or it wasn’t even filled at all.

By: Marcos Claver

Marcos Claver — Thu, 22 Feb 2007 11:47:19 +0000

Hi Wilfred,
Thanks for this information, I will update my post and point to the 1.5.0_11 version. Best to have the last release of the JPI which is certified by Oracle.

By: Wilfred

Wilfred — Thu, 22 Feb 2007 10:03:29 +0000

If you insist on using 1.5.0, please use at least 1.5.0_06 since that is the minimum required version for IE7/XP support. See then Client Platform Support statement at http://www.oracle.com/technology/products/forms/htdocs/10gr2/clientsod_forms10gr2.html#fn8

By: Wilfred

Wilfred — Thu, 22 Feb 2007 10:01:34 +0000

Thanks for the compliment! But if I was you I would not go for version 1.5.0_0 (the base release). If you really want to use the 1.5.x series, you’re better of with the latest version 1.5.0_11.

In my opinion you’re even much safer with using 1.4.2_13. There are a number of issues with Sun JPI 1.5 and Forms. There are numerous issues where you lose focus or mouse navigation. Also, there is a documented issue in the Forms 10gR2 release notes that states your Internet Explorer might hang every now and then when closing the browser window with Oracle Forms when using JPI 1.5. All of these issues do not seem to occur in 1.4.2_x.