{"id":776,"date":"2015-07-08T09:23:41","date_gmt":"2015-07-08T08:23:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/patrick4pitss.wordpress.com\/?p=200"},"modified":"2017-09-19T13:09:33","modified_gmt":"2017-09-19T11:09:33","slug":"how-to-auto-download-jres-from-application-server-for-forms-11g-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pitss.org\/de\/how-to-auto-download-jres-from-application-server-for-forms-11g-2\/","title":{"rendered":"HOW TO AUTO-DOWNLOAD JRES FROM APPLICATION SERVER FOR FORMS 11G"},"content":{"rendered":"

Oracle Support document 367778.1 provides a great document explaining how auto-downloading a JRE can be done from Oracle Application Server 10g. The same procedure can also be performed for Oracle Forms 11g (and 11gR2) using Oracle WebLogic Server.<\/p>\n

In our example, we are attempting to have the client auto-download the latest Java 8 update (1.8.0_45). The steps below were done using Oracle WebLogic Server 10.3.6 and Oracle Forms 11.1.2.2.0 (the only version of Oracle Forms currently supported with JRE 8):<\/p>\n

1. Download a 32-bit JRE from Oracle (example for latest Java 8: jre-8u45-windows-i586.exe)<\/p>\n

2. Create a folder in your application server and place the JRE in this location. In our example, we created a folder called C:PITSSJava8Download<\/p>\n

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3. Navigate to %DOMAIN_HOME%deploymentplansformsapp11.1.2 and make a backup of plan.xml<\/p>\n

4. Open up plan.xml in a text editor.<\/p>\n

5. Inside the file, create a new variable for the directory where the folder containing the JRE is located. You may use our example below as a guide:<\/p>\n

\n

<variable>
\n<name>vd-C:\/PITSS<\/name>
\n<value>C:\/PITSS<\/value>
\n<\/variable><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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6. Further down in the file, create a new variable assignment containing both the directory specified in the variable above and then the xpath or alias containing the name of the folder which has the JRE inside:<\/p>\n

\n

<variable-assignment>
\n<name>vd-C:\/PITSS<\/name>
\n<xpath>\/weblogic-web-app\/virtual-directory-mapping\/[url-pattern=\u201dJava8Download\/*\u201d]\/local-path<\/xpath>
\n<\/variable-assignment><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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7. Save and close the file.<\/p>\n

8. Log into your WebLogic Administration Console and go to Deployments.<\/p>\n

9. Click \u201cLock & Edit\u201d in the top-left corner.<\/p>\n

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10. In the Deployments page, place a check mark next to \u201cformsapp (11.1.2)\u201d and click \u201cUpdate\u201d.<\/p>\n

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11. Click the radio button next to \u201cUpdate this application in place\u2026\u201d and click \u201cFinish\u201d.<\/p>\n

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12. In the top-left corner, click \u201cActivate Changes\u201d to publish the changes.<\/p>\n

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13. After the changes are activated, open up your formsweb.cfg file (located in %DOMAIN_HOME%configfmwconfigserversWLS_FORMSapplicationsformsapp_11.1.2config)<\/p>\n

14. Locate your jpi_codebase parameter. Replace the current value with the URL. If you need to, also update your other JPI parameters to use Java 8 (as indicated in the screenshot below) .Use the format below:<\/p>\n

http:\/\/server.domain:8888\/forms\/AliasName\/JRE_file.exe<\/a><\/p>\n

Example: jpi_codebase=http:\/\/server.domain:8888\/forms\/Java8Download\/jre-8u45-windows-i586.exe<\/p>\n

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15. Save and close the file.<\/p>\n

16. Restart WLS_FORMS.<\/p>\n

After completing the steps above, the next time you run your Oracle Forms application (assuming that JRE 8 has not been installed in your machine), you will be prompted to auto-download Java 8.<\/p>\n

Source: Oracle Support note 367778.1<\/strong><\/p>\n

Thanks to my colleague Scott for composing this information in our knowledge base:<\/p>\n

http:\/\/pitss.org\/us\/2015\/05\/06\/how-to-auto-download-jres-from-application-server-for-forms-11g\/<\/a><\/p>\n

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