Mac support of Oracle Jinitiator
Troy Curtis
Server to provide a GUI interface to our Oracle databases.
Unfortunately, when we moved to Jinitiator GUI and away from character-based
access, they left all the Macintosh users behind. Mac users must now use
Virtual PC or find a PC somewhere.
I've checked with Oracle, and they said Macs do support Oracle Application
Server apps using the Apple Applet Runner and MRJ 2.2. The big catch is that
the HTML "start" page (which calls to the server and loads the applet)
*must* be written in standard java, not Jinitiator-specific java.
I don't suppose anyone knows how to translate the OBJECT and EMBET tagged
HTML used by our company into a standard APPLET tag HTML page? This is so
low on our IT department's priority list that it won't happen within the
next 3-6 months if I wait for their help.
The HTML isn't too heavy, but I'm no HTML jockey and can't figure it out.
I've included a sample start page below for reference.
Any help you can provide will be GREATLY appreciated!
Troy
-------------------- Begin HTML start page ---------------
<HTML>
<HEAD>
<TITLE>Oracle Applications Release 10.7 NCA</TITLE>
</HEAD>
<BODY>
<OBJECT classid="clsid:020f6116-407b-11d3-a3bb-00c04fa32518"
WIDTH=600
HEIGHT=480
codebase="http://server.company.com:7000/oa-US/jinit11718.exe#Version=1,1,7,
18">
<PARAM NAME="CODE" VALUE="oracle.forms.uiClient.v1_4.engine.Main" >
<PARAM NAME="CODEBASE" VALUE="/oa-java/" >
<PARAM NAME="ARCHIVE" VALUE="/oa-java/oracle/apps/fnd/appscore.jar" >
<PARAM NAME="type" VALUE="application/x-jinit-applet;version=1.1.7.18">
<PARAM NAME="serverPort" VALUE="9000">
<PARAM name="registryPath"
value="/oa-java/oracle/apps/fnd/formsClient">
<PARAM name="serverArgs"
value="module=/u01/app/appsnca/fnd/7.5/forms/US/FNDSCSGN
userid=APPLSYSPUB/l02pn@kojak_finprod fndnam=APPS">
<PARAM name="serverApp" value="OracleApplications">
</OBJECT>
</BODY>
</HTML>