May 6, 2015 | Forms, Install / Config, Unix / Linux, WebLogic, Windows
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) and 12c using Oracle WebLogic Server. In our...Apr 16, 2015 | Forms, PITSS.CON
Recently, Google has removed NPAPI support from Google Chrome, one of the supported Web browsers which can be used to run Oracle Forms or any application requiring the use of a Java Runtime Environment (JRE). Starting with the latest Google Chrome update (released in...Mar 31, 2015 | PITSS.CON, Resolve Issues
In PITSS.CON 12.3.1 and older, there is a button in Application Analysis called “Custom Reports” which will take you to a page to do an analysis of dead code in your Forms application. This is a button which could be selected after parsing the application. Once the...Mar 31, 2015 | Install / Config, PITSS.CON
GraphViz is a great third-party tool which can be used to generate graphs in PITSS.CON. By default, if you generate a graph from PITSS.CON (such as from the “Generate Forms Flow as DOT file” button in ADF Assistant) as a DOT file, it will create the DOT file code in...Mar 31, 2015 | PITSS.CON, Resolve Issues
The Unused Objects Analysis module in PITSS.CON is a great module to check for unused code in an application. However, there is a known issue in PITSS.CON 12.3.1 and earlier where if you attempt to export a pool to a text file after running the Unused Objects...Mar 19, 2015 | Database, Resolve Issues
There is a known issue where the DB Admin Console is unable to start (either with the Windows Service in Windows or with emctl start dbconsole in other OS platforms) due to the following error: “Starting Oracle Enterprise Manager 11g Database Control …The...Mar 19, 2015 | ADF / JDeveloper, Forms, Resolve Issues, Unix / Linux, WebLogic
To run WebLogic domains especially if one server is hosting multiple WebLogic domains (for ADF, Forms, OAM, etc.), the server must have enough resources to handle all the processes required for WebLogic and all of the Oracle Fusion Middleware components. In Linux, it...Mar 13, 2015 | EN, News and Events
The new Oracle APEX Release 5.0 is now available on the market The popular development environment that is based on database for Web Applications Oracle Application Express briefly APEX presents itself now in the new Release APEX 5.0. PITSS accompanies the new Release...Mar 10, 2015 | Database, Install / Config, Resolve Issues
By default in every Oracle Database, you can have up to 200 total data files (.DBF files) in each Oracle Database instance as indicated by the value of the parameter “db_files” (you can check the value by running “show parameter db_files” in your database. If you need...Mar 4, 2015 | Reports, Resolve Issues, Unix / Linux
There is a known issue where the standalone reports server can fail to start in OPMN. If this is the case, check in $ORACLE_INSTANCE/diagnostics/logs/ReportsServerComponent/$NAME_OF_REPORTS_SERVER/rwserver_diagnostic.log for the root cause of the error. If you see the...