Hi,

I've compiled a form, albeit not much at the mo, but wanted to see how it ran. All it does is open up an IE window and just hang and say web site found, waiting for reply. I've been to the preferences in Forms and gone to the runtime tab and made sure its on the right port that my listener is on - they match fine.
Is there anything else Im missing? Or can the form be run without using servlet mode?
Thanks!

No actual & specific Oracle Product mentioned (w/version).
No OS or OS version specified.

>Is there anything else Im missing?
Possibly a clue or two.

>Or can the form be run without using servlet mode?
Via what mysterious mechanism can a dumb web browser automagically "run a form" even if it could locate it?

You neglected to actually share with use EXACTLY what you tried to do in order to "run the form".
So how are we to know what you are doing wrong?

Im using Oracle Forms 9i using Oracle 9i on WinXP
In edit preferences the application server URL is set to http://local:1521/forms90/f90servlet (local being my computer) which according to online help is correct. The port 1521 I assume should be the same as the local listener which I also have as using port 1521 using TCP/IP protocol when I go to Oracle Net Manager. Well in reading the help they dont mention anything else that you do need, which I found a bit strange too, although that what I find help files to be.
So having had the configuration correct and compiled the form accordingly, running it took me to the blank IE page.

With computers & many technical folks specific words have specific meanings & things "do not compute" when incorrect terms are used.

> Oracle Forms 9i using Oracle 9i
Neither of the above are VERSION specific.
Each has R1 & R2.

You can not buy & can not install "Oracle Forms 9i"
as it only comes bundled with iDS or 9iAS.

HTTP <> SQL*NET
HTTP is Hyper Text Transport protocol
Apache is the most common utility to send/receive HTTP.
Apache "never" uses port 1521 by default;
depending upon Oracle preference dejour,
Apache might be listening on 80, 8080, 7777, etc.
Port 1521 is the typical default port of SQL*Net;
used by database clients to initiate an connect to the database.

>http://local:1521/forms90/f90servlet (local being my computer)
>which according to online help is correct.
WRONG!

> running it took me to the blank IE page
Not surprising to me.

You are nowhere near close to understanding what is needed to make webforms work and then actually making it work.

Did you download and install jinitator?

Bill, apart from today's rubbish, this question was asked in 2003

I wonder how it turned out? I was so interested.

I laughed, I cried, it changed my life.

Now, alas, I will never know if poor scomfort got his form to display.

I...

I feel used.

Color my face red.... It showed up in my browser as a new message.