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Install & Configure Oracle Weblogic Server 10.3.6 & Forms & Reports 11g on Windows8/Windows 2008 R2

We are running a blog explaining many workaround solutions for installing and configuringdiscontinued, uncertified Oracle software on Windows 7 & Windows 8 from last year onwards.

Let us accept it, Developer 6i applications face multiple issues while used on both Windows 7&8 like:

1. Intermittent crashes 2. Rendering menu modules 3. Stability 4. Running products like Reports and Graphs

Usually a legacy application compiled using patch sets below 18 are less prone to above mentionedissues, however an application completely developed using patch 18 regularly get into issues on Windows 7 & 8 where hacks are used.

Recently we were forced to look towards a better environment for a new application, which bycertain reasons cannot be accommodated and hosted within Oracle Application entity, and we started dwelling the possibilities of setting up a Weblogic server (old application server) for our forms and reports modules.

in short, we did it! and we are sharing the experience with you.

you need the following to carryout the installation and configuration

Windows 8/Windows 2008 R2 box (VM for testing)

Oracle Weblogic Server 10.3.6 (32Bit)

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/middleware/weblogic/downloads/wls-main-097127.html(http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/middleware/weblogic/downloads/wls-main-097127.html)

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Oracle Forms and Reports 11g Release 2

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/developer-tools/forms/downloads/index.html(http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/developer-tools/forms/downloads/index.html)

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(Hurry, you may not find the above software bundles with OTN after few weeks or months time)

Part 1 – Weblogic Server 10.3.6 Installation

Installation of Weblogic is pretty straight forward on Windows 8. Only once the compatibility issueis raised, which you can safely ignore by the click of a button.

The Weblogic 10.3.6 (wls1036_win32.exe) installation comes as a single .exe file, which you can startlike any other installer.

Please have a look at the images

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Choose a directory name without spaces, this is going to be your middleware home.

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Uncheck the email notification, you don’t need it as far you don’t have a support from oracle


Select “Custom” installation type, as you can select which JDK to be selected and other componentsat later stages. We installed both JDK for our installation.


Click next to continue


Leave the selection as it is

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Select Yes for “Node Manager Service”, it will make few things simpler at later stages, especiallywhile you are using Admin Server for managing both forms and reports servers.


Select “All Users”


Clicking “Next” will start installing the Weblogic server 10.3.6 for you. Relax and wait until theinstallation completes.


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Once installation has been done, you will be given an option to setup the Weblogic server with aninstance, which we will do as a part of Forms & Reports 11g installation and configuration.

Part 2 – Installation of Oracle Forms and Reports 11g Release 2

Once you download the Oracle Forms and Reports 11g Release 2, the zip archive must be unzipped to a folder, which will create Disk1, Disk2, Disk3 folders. You should start the “Setup.exe” from Disk1 folder. Once again the installation is straight forward, without requiring to make any specific hack to the installation media.



You must skip the “Software Update” option, unless you have the paid support from Oracle for theproduct you are installing.

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Most important: You should select “Install Software – Do not configure” at this level, as the configuration will be done once after the installation completed.


On Windows 8 you will be notified about two vital check failures, however allowing you to continuethe installation at own risk by clicking the “Continue” button.


Next page will clearly notify you that you must have an application server already installed.Application server akka Weblogic server. Without Weblogic server you cannot use Oracle Forms and Reports 11g Release 2 even for development purpose.


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You can safely ignore being updated about the software updates once again


Once you say yes to software update related prompt, the installation will start



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Now you have finished installing Oracle Forms and Reports 11g Release 2 on Windows 8/Windows 2008 R2

Part 3 – Configuring the Weblogic server with forms and reports 11g

As we have installed “Node Manager Service” prior configuring the forms and reports, we need to stop the Node Manager Service from Windows services console

Invoke “services.msc” and stop the following service “Oracle Weblogic NodeManager(D_Weblogic_Middleware_wlserver_10.3)

If you don’t stop this service, you are going to come across issues as discussed here(https://kr.forums.oracle.com/forums/thread.jspa?threadID=2346481)

To configure the Weblogic server for forms and reports, you need to invoke the “Configure ClassicInstance” cmd file from Windows menu folder “Oracle Classic 11g – Home1”



It may take couple of minutes until you are provided the installation application GUI as shownbelow. Click next

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Select the option “Configure for Deployment”


Unless you are entitled for Oracle support ignore the email part



Now, choose a meaningful name for your Oracle instance.

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Important: You must note down the following details for future references. We opted to use theusername suggested by Oracle during the configuration which is “weblogic” and provide a password consist of alphabets and minimum one digit (number)

Domain is the node which will be setup with Weblogic for Administration server as well for bothForms and Reports Servers.


By default, Developer tools are not selected, you MUST select this node, incase if you are going touse the same machine for development (which is our objective with this exercise). You may uncheck the “Clustered” option, unless used in a production environment.


Select “Auto Port Configuration”

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Try to avoid using Proxy. Microsoft ISA server can make the whole experience a parody, if used.


Use Identity management, only if already implemented and business mandatory. Else leave itunchecked


Click on “Configure” button and sit back, until the process is over!

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You may save the installation responses for a future installation by clicking the Save button. Click“Finish” button to exit the configuration wizard

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You can access the Weblogic Admin Server by visiting http://localhost:7001/console(http://localhost:7001/console) & the Enterprise manager through http://localhost:7001/em(http://localhost:7001/em)

You may run into issues accessing the Enterprise Manager, incase if you have automated the weblogic adminserver startup part using services & we have another post explaining how to tackle it here(http://windows7bugs.wordpress.com/2013/04/23/weblogic-10-3-6-oracle-enterprise-managerem-startup-error-oracle-security-jps-wls-listeners-jpsapplicationlifecyclelistener/)

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If the node manager service is installed you can start and stop various components for the domainthrough this console.

Part 4 – Starting and Stopping domain components AdminServer, WLS_FORMS(Forms Server),WLS_REPORTS(Reports server)

Oracle provides batch files to start and stop all the above mentioned components. You may start justWLS_FORMS and WLS_REPORTS services, unless planning to manage them through the Admin Server console.

Starting Weblogi Admin Server

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Starting Forms Server

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Starting Reports Server

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Part 5 – Automating Weblogic Admin Server, WLS_FORMS(Forms Server), WLS_REPORTS(Reports server) startup with Windows Services

Let us agree, the cmd windows look ugly, dangerous and a user can close them down, thus bringingthe entire servers down unintentionally. A windows service looks much favorable under such scenarios and wise people from Oracle do provide solutions to create windows services for

1. Weblogic Admin Server 2. WLS_FORMS (Forms Server) 3. WLS_REPORTS (Reports Server)

Creating Windows services for Admin Server and Forms server are pretty simple and straightforward business, while CMD command line length limitations will make Reports Server service creation a little difficult, don’t worry we have solution for it also.

Part 6 – Creating Windows Service for Weblogic Admin Server

Pre-requisite(s)

Notepad++ (or any decent text editor other than Windows notepad)

Create a .cmd file named “Install_AdminServer.cmd” with the following lines

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Please note, you must provide the absolute domain name and physical directory names based onyour installation preferences!

Save the script to “USERDOMAIN_HOME” folder, ie, “D:\WebLogic\Middleware\user_projects\domains\appsdomain” in our case

From elevated command line, execute the batch file, and the Windows service for Admin Servermust be created, unless there were mismatches with the information supplied

Part 7 - Creating Windows Service for WLS_FORMS(Forms Server)

Create a .cmd file “InstallWLS_FORMS.cmd” using Notepad++ with following lines

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echo off

SETLOCAL

set DOMAIN_NAME=appsdomain

set USERDOMAIN_HOME=D:\WebLogic\Middleware\user_projects\domains\appsdomain

set SERVER_NAME=AdminServer

set WL_HOME=D:\WebLogic\Middleware\wlserver_10.3

set WLS_USER=weblogic

set WLS_PW=pass123

set PRODUCTION_MODE=true

set MEM_ARGS=-Xms512m -Xmx512m

call "%WL_HOME%\server\bin\installSvc.cmd"

ENDLOCAL

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Save the script to “USERDOMAIN_HOME” folder, ie, “D:\WebLogic\Middleware\user_projects\domains\appsdomain” in our case

From elevated command line, execute the batch file, and the Windows service for WLS_FORMS mustbe created, unless there were mismatches with the information supplied

Part 8 - Creating Windows Service for WLS_REPORTS(Reports Server)

Create a .cmd file “InstallWLS_REPORTS.cmd” using Notepad++ with following lines

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echo off

SETLOCAL



set SERVER_NAME=WLS_FORMS



set WLS_PW=pass123


set ADMIN_URL=http://localhost:7001 (http://localhost:7001)

cd %USERDOMAIN_HOME%

call %USERDOMAIN_HOME%\bin\setDomainEnv.cmd

rem *** call "D:\Oracle\Middleware\wlserver_10.3\server\bin\installSvc.cmd"


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Unfortunately, you cannot just run the .cmd file and create a service for WLS_REPORTS like otherservices, as the java CLASSPATH for reports server has more than 3000 character length, which is beyond 32Bit command line architecture.

Hence you have to do a minor hack, as provided as a solution by Oracle.

Go to “D:\WebLogic\Middleware\wlserver_10.3\server\bin” folder (equivalent on your machine)and make a backup for the file “InstallSvc.cmd”

If the report server is running, terminate it by using Ctrl+C within the open cmd window

Wait until the server shutdown. Check the status through Admin Console.

Now restart the Report Server, using the menu interface

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Mark and copy the CLASSPATH= output and paste it to a new text document. You have to spendfew minutes to wrap up the text and make sure the entire text is wrapped into a single line (This is why we love Notepad++)

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SETLOCAL



set SERVER_NAME=WLS_REPORTS



set WLS_PW=pass123


set ADMIN_URL=http://localhost:7001 (http://localhost:7001)

cd %USERDOMAIN_HOME%

call %USERDOMAIN_HOME%\bin\setDomainEnv.cmd

rem *** call "D:\Oracle\Middleware\wlserver_10.3\server\bin\installSvc.cmd"


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Add “set” in front of CLASSPATH= and your txt file content should look something like below andsave the text file as “myClasspath.txt”

Now open the “InstallSvc.cmd” using Notepad++ and locate the line “set CLASSPATH=%WEBLOGIC_CLASSPATH%;%CLASSPATH%” and comment the same like

rem *** set CLASSPATH=%WEBLOGIC_CLASSPATH%;%CLASSPATH%

Now locate the line “set CMDLINE” within the “InstallSvc.cmd” and change the line like following

There are two instances of set CMDLINE, you must change both lines, only replacing the “-classpath \"%CLASSPATH%\" part with -classpath @d:\myClasspath.txt

After the above, from elevated command line, execute the batch file, and the Windows service forWLS_REPORTS must be created, unless there were mismatches with the information supplied

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Change “Automatic” to “Manual” for better ease, at various situations. You may create a .cmd file forstarting the services and another one for stopping them.

From our prospects, these services are just a facelift for the batch files, avoiding the immediateproblems with accidental closure of cmd windows and thus causing serious issues to the instance. We came to this conclusion because, the service status are not updated incase if one of the services stopped by the Admin Server console at later stages, neither the service status update waits until the actual server starts to update state of the service.

You can delete whole these service from command prompt, after stopping like following

>SC DELETE “service name”

1 set CLASSPATH=D:\WebLogic\Middleware\Oracle_FRHome1\jdbc\lib\ojdbc6.jar;;;D:\WebLogic\MIDDLE~1\ORACLE~1\modules\oracle.jdbc_11

1 set CMDLINE="%JAVA_VM% %MEM_ARGS% %JAVA_OPTIONS% -classpath @d:\myClasspath.txt

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We hope you will enjoy setting up Weblogic 10.3.6 and Oracle Forms and Reports 11g Release 2 on Windows 8/ Windows 2008 R2 following the instruction set provided above.

Regards,

admin

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34 Responses to Install & Configure Oracle Weblogic Server 10.3.6 & Forms & Reports 11g on Windows8/Windows 2008 R2

windows7bugs says:April 6, 2013 at 4:51 pmFew RecommendationsAlways use a clean machine, ie, a fresh installation of Windows OSIf possible, no other Oracle software (Obviously you need a database for most of the local development)

Replywindows7bugs says:April 6, 2013 at 4:54 pmContd:..Try avoid multiple IP addresses set for the Windows box. Especially Public IP addresses as such setups could lead to interrupted server responses (as in our case)Unless mandatory, disable IPV6 which is not completely supported by Oracle Weblogic servers 10.3.x

ReplyWeblogic 10.3.6 Oracle Enterprise Manager(em) startup error “oracle.security.jps.wls.listeners.JpsApplicationLifecycleListener” | Duh! Microsoft did it again says:April 23, 2013 at 12:53 pm[...] may refer to our previous post, explaining how to install Weblogic Server 10.3.6 & Forms/Reports 11g for detailed explanation about creating Windows Services for Weblogic [...]

ReplyOracle, Migrating from Developer 6i to 11g & Weblogic Application Server 10.3.6 | Duh! Microsoft did it again says:September 10, 2013 at 9:28 am[…] We are going to draft the easiest methods to migrate to Oracle Weblogic server 10.3.6 &Developer suite 11g briefly over here. Please read on how to install the weblogic server here […]

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Harley Tooley says:September 24, 2013 at 8:44 pmThis was an excellent article on how to get a 10.3.6 Weblogic server up and running. My only suggestion is to note in the services setup part that it may present a conflict with Enterprise Manager (and the writeup that you provided there was top notch also).

I really do appreciate the work that you all did to put this “how to” together. Thank you!

Replywindows7bugs says:September 24, 2013 at 10:06 pmThank you Harley. We don’t post many, whenever we do, we try to make them really useful for visitors who are looking for practical, tried & confirmed solutions.

regards,admin

Replyiraklisvai says:October 27, 2013 at 5:07 pmHello, I have Windows 7 x64 Home EditionIs it possible to install Forms 11.1.2.00?

I installed Weblogic ( wls1035_generic.jar ) okThen Forms.okThen configure Forms (for deployment ).

Here I have problems….

Replywindows7bugs says:October 27, 2013 at 6:08 pmAre you the same one from ittoolbox? What exact problems you are having?

Replyazam says:November 23, 2013 at 10:25 ami have windowsXP dual core 1.8 and 1GB Ram ,can i install oracle 11g?

Replywindows7bugs says:November 23, 2013 at 10:44 amHi Azam

You mean database? Or the developer suite(s)? Well, we are not sure whether you will achieve the intended results with 1GB memory, anywhere there is nothing wrong with trying :)If it does work, do let us know. All the best

for Windows7bugs

Admin

ReplyMuhannad says:

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December 16, 2013 at 10:38 pmis this for Windows Server 2008 R2 64 bit or 32 bit?

Replywindows7bugs says:December 19, 2013 at 11:43 amHello MuhannadThis post refers towards installing 32Bit Weblogic+Developer Suite on Windows7/8 & 2008 R2 servers.

regards,

ReplyEng Hasnaa says:December 24, 2013 at 12:39 pmhi ,before this article i was installing jdevloper 12 c after removing and try to install oracle 11g r2when I have chosen the installation location (which is the middleware home) and press next to continue, I receive the error: INST-07408: Unable to install or configure the product on a 32-bit JVM on a 64-bit machine.i remove jdeveloper and delet all files but still error what can i do?my oracle database in 12 c

Replywindows7bugs says:December 24, 2013 at 8:36 pmHello therePlease let us know what Oracle products other than database are installed.

regards,

Replyreaz says:January 7, 2014 at 6:36 pmcan you provide Video tutorial ?

Replywindows7bugs says:January 7, 2014 at 10:04 pmHiYou mean the whole installation? We don’t think it is doable right now.

regards

ReplyBottom_End says:February 15, 2014 at 12:57 amWe installed Forms/Reports 11gR2 64bit (11.1.2.1.0) by accident on WLS 10.3.6 on Win2008r2 and it appears to hinge together even with the 32bit JRE/JDK. Do you know if we are going to hit a wall?

Replywindows7bugs says:February 15, 2014 at 8:09 am

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Hello there

Better you ask this to communities.oracle.com or Oracle’s forums, for us the challenge was to get the product installed. At the same time, you should always double check whether the products are certified by Oracle for the chosen OS. it saves loads of troubles at later stages.

regards

Rajesh

ReplyMike says:February 17, 2014 at 1:40 pmHi, i’ve followed your guide everything works fine, but when i try to open Forms Builder or Forms Compiler i get a popup “Oracle Forms Designer / Oracle Forms Generator has stopped working.Oracle Reports Converter, Oracle Reports Builder and Oracle WebLogic Admin Server works correctly.

Replywindows7bugs says:February 17, 2014 at 1:45 pmHello MikeDid you receive errors during installation? Are you using Windows 7/8? Please comment.

Regards,Admin

ReplyMike says:February 17, 2014 at 1:56 pmI’ve used windows 8.1, i have not received error during installation.Webogic Server, reports builder and reports server starts correctly.Is there any forms logs?Thanks

windows7bugs says:February 17, 2014 at 2:27 pmHello MikeWe are also having couple of installations over 8.1 (64bit) and yet to come across any of the errors you mentioned. You may use the EM http://localhost:7001/em console to read the forms server error messages.Please post the messages for our review as well

regards,

Mike says:February 17, 2014 at 6:25 pmI have used EM but no errors found, wls_forms and wls_reports are in runnnig mode.I tried to install also forms 11.1.2.2 in development and deployment mode but unfortunately forms builder always crash

Mike says:February 17, 2014 at 6:57 pm

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The only difference compared to your installation is that my installation is in C and not in D, the rest of the path is equal

windows7bugs says:February 18, 2014 at 9:25 amHello Mike

If you agree to, please follow the instructions belowInstall Oracle Virtual BoxCreate a VM using the Windows 8.1 Media or Windows 8 Media (if Windows 8, don’t upgrade to 8.1 yet). A 40-60GB dynamically expanding VDI will be more than adequate for storageUpdate the box with latest MS updatesFollow our instructions once again to install both Weblogic and Developer Suite 11gConfigure the domainRe-test the scenario

Let us hear about your experience.

regards,

rajesh

Mike says:February 18, 2014 at 7:42 pmThanks, i tried with your suggestions using Parallels instead of Virtualbox, same problem.When i look up the report in event viewer i see that the faulting module is C:\Oracle\Middleware\Oracle_FR_Home1\BIN\UIW.dll

windows7bugs says:February 19, 2014 at 8:17 amHello MikeWould you please post the developer forms “about” details? We are using the following with three test machines @ our lab, without any issues on Windows 8.1 64bit boxes

Forms [32 Bit] Version 11.1.2.1.0 (Production)Oracle Toolkit Version 11.1.2.1.0 (Production)PL/SQL Version 11.1.0.7.0 (Production)Oracle Procedure Builder V11.1.2.1.0 – ProductionPL/SQL Editor (c) WinMain Software (www.winmain.com), v1.0 (Production)Oracle Query Builder 11.1.2.1.0 – ProductionOracle Virtual Graphics System Version 11.1.2.1.0 (Production)Oracle Tools GUI Utilities Version 11.1.2.1.0 (Production)Oracle Multimedia Version 11.1.2.1.0 (Production)Oracle Tools Integration Version 11.1.2.1.0 (Production)Oracle Tools Common Area Version 11.1.2.1.0Oracle CORE 11.1.0.7.0 Production

regards,rajesh

windows7bugs says:February 19, 2014 at 8:19 am

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Hello MikeFurther to what we requested, we could see that a particular .dll file is causing the issues for your situation. We will suggest you switch to Forms [32 Bit] Version 11.1.2.1.0 (Production)(R1) instead of R2, what you are trying out.Please let us know whether it helped.

regards,

rajesh

Mike says:February 24, 2014 at 10:48 amThanks for your support, i thought it was an Oracle problem, but i installed Windows 8 and Oracle Forms Reports 11g on VirtualBox and it works correctly. Probably Parallels is incompatible.

Regards

Mike

Replywindows7bugs says:February 24, 2014 at 11:26 amHello Mike

Thanks for the update and truly glad to see that you resolved the issue(s). The earliest I will try out the scenarios creating you issues and confirm whether it is reproducible at our end.

Cheers!

rajesh

Replywindows7bugs says:February 24, 2014 at 2:53 pmHello MikeI just upgraded the forms & reports to

Forms [32 Bit] Version 11.1.2.2.0 (Production)Oracle Toolkit Version 11.1.2.2.0 (Production)PL/SQL Version 11.1.0.7.0 (Production)Oracle Procedure Builder V11.1.2.2.0 – ProductionPL/SQL Editor (c) WinMain Software (www.winmain.com), v1.0 (Production)Oracle Query Builder 11.1.2.2.0 – ProductionOracle Virtual Graphics System Version 11.1.2.2.0 (Production)Oracle Tools GUI Utilities Version 11.1.2.2.0 (Production)Oracle Multimedia Version 11.1.2.2.0 (Production)Oracle Tools Integration Version 11.1.2.2.0 (Production)Oracle Tools Common Area Version 11.1.2.2.0Oracle CORE 11.1.0.7.0 Production

and everything is working perfect until now. I mean, I was able to start the forms developer, reports and the weblogic server 10.3.6 is intact and running as expected.

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I will soon post the steps to upgrade the forms & reports components.

regards,

rajesh

Replywindows7bugs says:February 24, 2014 at 3:04 pmMissed out few thingsMy work laptop is on Windows 8.1 64Bit professionalWith latest updates in placeI have Oracle 10g 10.2.0.3 databaseDeveloper 6i Suite

all running from the same box :) and never came across the situation you mentioned. Many times, the base system language also could cause problems with certain Oracle products.

regards,

rajesh

Mike says:February 24, 2014 at 6:48 pmDoes your vm running on Parellels Desktop?I actually have installed Oracle Forms Reports 11.1.2.2 (development mode) on VirtualBox 4.3.6 and it works.I imported this machine on Parallels Desktop 9 and i have the same problems.

windows7bugs says:February 25, 2014 at 7:03 amHello MikeNone of my Oracle installations (other than E-Business Suite Vision) are over VMs. About parallels, I had to google to read about it. So, answer to your question could be “May be” :)

regards,

rajesh

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