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Re: forms stop working [message #526066 is a reply to message #525934] |
Fri, 07 October 2011 20:12 ![Go to previous message Go to previous message](/forum/theme/orafaq/images/up.png) ![Go to next message Go to next message](/forum/theme/orafaq/images/down.png) |
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oraclefan2011
Messages: 5 Registered: October 2011 Location: Planet Earth
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@alexmoore @Littlefoot
I had this same issue as I not only run Windows 7, but it is Windows 7 64Bit. Oracle Forms 6i will install on Windows 7 using compatibility mode, but it cannot communicate with Oracle Reports 6i. In addition to that issue, Oracle Reports crashes so much in Windows 7 it is useless.
The answer to my problem was to use Windows XP mode built-in to Windows 7 Professional. In order to use this, you need to enable Hardware Virtualization Support in your BIOS, or Oracle Forms will lag terribly. Ask me how I know this... ![Wink](images/smiley_icons/icon_wink.gif)
Oracle Forms/Reports 6i runs almost perfectly with no extra configuration using Windows XP Mode in Windows 7 Professional. The ONLY thing you need to configure is inside your TNSNAMES, it won't connect to a database if you use an address other then an IP for the database server. That issue is not exclusive to Oracle Forms 6i, because this also happened in SQLTools 1.4PP. Not sure why DNS does not work, but it cost me hours of trial and error to figure that one out.
Hope this helps, just reply if you need any help.
Kind Regards,
OracleFan2011
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Re: forms stop working [message #526106 is a reply to message #526067] |
Sat, 08 October 2011 05:20 ![Go to previous message Go to previous message](/forum/theme/orafaq/images/up.png) |
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Littlefoot
Messages: 21818 Registered: June 2005 Location: Croatia, Europe
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Thank you for these information! I gave up on Windows XP mode under Windows 7 as it was just useless - Forms were working as a dead cow. Didn't know about Hardware Virtualization Support - I'll try it next week.
So, what I did was: install VirtualBox, put Windows XP onto it, and installed Developer Suite onto that XP VirtualBox. I must admit that I like VirtualBox very much. It makes it possible to keep your job in separate machines; my Oracle VirtualBox is now configured and runs perfectly well, so even if my Windows 7 crashes for any reason, I won't have to install Oracle products once again - just take a copy of my Oracle VirtualBox and that would be all - up and running in a matter of minutes.
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