Installing Oracle Forms (Oracle Suite 10g)

1. Preface

Oracle Forms works the way of MS "Visual Basic". Inside the framework, 
we use "objects" such as buttons along with their corresponding PL/SQL code 
programs to generate an interactive GUI applications to access an Oracle database. 
Oracle Forms can be found in the Oracle Developer Suite. 

2. Installing Oracle Forms (Oracle Suite 10g)

2.1. Go to: www.oracle.com.
After a free registration, download the two Windows version:
http://download-llnw.oracle.com/otn/nt/ids/101202/ds_windows_x86_101202_disk1.zip
(626,122,752 bytes); known as disk1,
and
http://download.oracle.com/otn/nt/ids/101202/ds_windows_x86_101202_disk2.zip
(236,880,881 bytes); known as disk2.

2.2. Unzip the two files within a directory,

2.3. Inside the directory given by the first unpacked file: 
ds_windows_x86_101202_disk1, double click on setup.exe, and follow the 
instruction. 

2.4. We get a 10g Oracle welcome screen, click Next, confirm Exit,

2.5. Choose any destination directory; use Browse,
2.6. Choose the complete installation insted of the one related to J2EE,
2.7. For Provide Outgoing Mail Server Information, leave it blanck, click Next,
2.8. Press Install. The time the second disk is required (70% progression), direct the 
query by browsing to the directory of the second unzipped file: 
ds_windows_x86_101202_disk2. 
2.9. We get the End of Installation screen

At this step, the installation is successfully completed.



1. Intallation directory:
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Oracle Forms installed in :
C:\oraclexe\app\oracle\product\10.2.0\server\forms

2. Error:
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FRM-18107: Failed to create a DE context for the module. 
Cause: Forms could not create the DE context for the module. 
Action: Check your development

Solution:
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My Computer > Properties > Advanced > Environment Variables and 
delete ORACLE_HOME
(It wavs C:\oraclexe\app\oracle\product\10.2.0\server)


3.PATH:
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C:\j2sdk1.4.2_04\bin;C:\j2sdkee1.3.1\bin;C:\oraclexe\app\oracle\product\10.2.0\server\bin;
C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.6.0_03\bin;C:\MATLABR11\bin;C:\Program Files\Ant\bin;
C:\Program Files\Adobe\Flex Builder 3\sdks\3.1.0\bin

Add to it:
;C:\oraclexe\app\oracle\product\10.2.0\server\forms\bin