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Oracle Forms 12c Browser Alternatives

Michael Ferrante Principal Product Manager Application Development Tools November 2016


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Program Agenda

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Browser Concerns

Configurations with Browsers

Configurations without Browsers

Oracle Forms Features Session

Contact Information

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End-User Tier

• Browser vendors dropping support for plug-ins. • Google Chrome: September 2015

• Mozilla Firefox: March 2017 (Early 2018 in ESR)

• Microsoft Internet Explorer: October 2020 (Extended Support October 2025)

• Apple Safari: Unknown

• Application compatibility within various browsers.

• Compatibility between browser versions, plugin, and operating systems.

• Security concerns. Browsers, Java Plugin, and combinations of versions.

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Browser concerns


Client Deployment Configurations From browser to browser-less

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Java Plugin

• JNLP embedded in HTML – Supports SSO, SSO Logout, and JS.

– Base64 encodes client side JNLP code. • Improved startup performance.

• Obfuscates browser “View Source”

– Integration with HTML applications.

– Requires browser and Java Plugin (JRE).

• Applet embedded in HTML – Default configuration.

– Supports SSO, SSO Logout, and JS.

– Integration with HTML applications.

– Requires browser and Java Plugin (JRE).

Browser Configurations

Browser

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HTML – End-User Source View

Embedded JNLP Traditional Applet


• Java Web Start (JWS) – Limited SSO support (requires browser).

– Does not support SSO Logout or JS.

– Browser optional (required for SSO).

– Client Java (choose one): • Java Plugin

• Java Development Kit (JDK)

• Forms Standalone Launcher (FSAL) – Does not support browser.

– Does not support SSO, SSO Logout or JS.

– Launched from command line.

– Client Java (choose one): • Java Plugin (JRE)

• Java Development Kit (JDK)

• Server JRE

Browser-less Configurations

REQUIRED (choose one) • Java Plugin (JRE) • Java Development Kit (JDK) • Server JRE

OPTIONAL • Browser

REQUIRED (choose one) • Java Plugin (JRE) • Java Development Kit (JDK)

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Using JWS

• Called from most browsers or hyperlink using either http or jnlp protocol.

• Called from command line, script, shortcut, or custom executable.

• Can be run using these Oracle Java distributions: JRE (Plugin) and JDK

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JNLP/JNLPS requires Java 8u92 or newer


Oracle Forms and Microsoft Edge Oracle Forms and Google Chrome


JWS - Install App


Java Network Launch Protocol <jnlp spec="1.0" codebase="http://example.com:9001/forms/java/"> <information> <title>Oracle Forms Services</title> <vendor>Oracle Corporation</vendor> <homepage href="http://www.oracle.com"/> <description>Oracle Forms Services applet launcher.</description> <description kind="short">Oracle Forms Applet</description> </information> <security> <all-permissions/> </security> <update check="always" policy="prompt-run"/> <resources> <java href="http://java.sun.com/products/autodl/j2se" version="1.7+"/> <javafx-runtime version="2.2+"/> <jar href=http://example.com:9001/forms/java/frmall.jar " download="eager" main="true"/> <extension href="http://example.com:9001/forms/java/extensions.jnlp" name="Extensions"/> </resources> <applet-desc name="Oracle Forms" main-class="oracle.forms.engine.Main" width="1" height="1"> <param name="width" value="902"/> <param name="recordFileName" value=""/> <param name="height" value="705"/> <param name="disableMDIScrollbars" value=""/> <param name="digitSubstitution" value="context"/> . . . . . .


JWS/JNLP - More Information

https://docs.oracle.com/javase/tutorial/deployment/deploymentInDepth/jnlp.html

http://bit.ly/2emxed8

Java Network Launch Protocol


Using FSAL

• Called from command line, script, shortcut, or custom executable.

• Can be run using any Oracle Java SE distribution (JRE, JDK, Server JRE).

• Requires small launcher file (frmsal.jar) on the user’s machine.

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http://example.com:9001/forms/html/fsal.htm

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Things To Know About FSAL

• Uses “java” command to start launcher.

– Refer to the java documentation for available extra arguments. https://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/technotes/tools/windows/java.html

• Launcher does not provide file based logging. Output is sent to shell that starts FSAL. Redirect output to file as needed.

java –jar frmsal.jar –url “http://example.com/forms/frmservlet?config=standaloneapp” > c:\fsal.txt

• WEB.SHOW_DOCUMENT is supported.

• To use SSL, needed certificates must be imported into the keystore of the java instance being used to run FSAL.

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Java - More Information

https://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/technotes/tools/windows/java.html

http://bit.ly/2emv3Gs

Java Command


Browser-less Settings

• alwaysOnTop

– Forces the Forms window to remain on top of all other desktop windows.

• centerOnStartup

– Centers Forms MDI parent window on screen upon application startup.

• isResizable – When set to FALSE, the Forms MDI parent window cannot be resized by the user.

Requires 12.2.1.1 or newer.

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Oracle Forms 12c Client Deployment Options http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/developer-tools/forms/documentation

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As of September 2016


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•Oracle Technology Network Forms Forum community.oracle.com/community/development_tools/forms

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