Enabling Forms Socket Mode

Enabling Forms Socket Mode

Changing forms servlet mode to forms socket mode is very easy. This needs running of just 1 script and bouncing the services.

Follow the below steps for changing from forms servlet mode to forms socket mode. Also note that both these modes cannot co-exits.

1) Stop all services using adstpall.sh present in $ADMIN_SCRIPTS_HOME location.

 Note that while stopping this will call adformsctl.sh script for stopping forms services. This is because the current mode is servlet mode.

2) Run the following command to enable Forms Socket Mode:

$FND_TOP/bin/txkrun.pl -script=ChangeFormsMode \
[-contextfile=] \
-mode=socket \
[-port=] \
-runautoconfig= \
-appspass=

Example :

$FND_TOP/bin/txkrun.pl -script=ChangeFormsMode \
-contextfile=$INST_TOP/appl/admin/mycontext.xml \
-mode=socket \
-port=9095 \
-runautoconfig=Yes

In this case you can get the forms port number from context file.

 Make sure that autoconfig has run successfully and that it has updated the forms launcher in database.

3) start the services using adstrtall.sh present in $ADMIN_SCRIPTS_HOME

Note that this time it will use adformsrvctl.sh script to start the forms. This is the script for starting forms in socket mode.

Executing service control script:
/slot02/appmgr/inst/apps/SCM3R3X3/admin/scripts/adformsrvctl.sh start
script returned:
****************************************************

You are running adformsrvctl.sh version 120.9.12000000.6

Starting FORMS Server in Socket Mode…

adformsrvctl.sh: exiting with status 0

adformsrvctl.sh: check the logfile /slot02/appmgr/inst/apps/SCM3R3X3/logs/ora/10.1.2/forms/socket.log for more information …

You have new mail in /var/spool/mail/appmgr02

.end std out.

.end err out.

After converting to forms socket mode the ICX_FORMS_LAUNCHER will take below form.

://.:/OA_HTML/frmservlet

Also adopmnctl.sh will not list the forms process now.

-bash-3.00$ ./adopmnctl.sh status

You are running adopmnctl.sh version 120.4.12000000.3

Checking status of OPMN managed processes…

Processes in Instance: tkr12r3m_rws60001tch.rws60001tch.us.oracle.com
———————————+——————–+———+———
ias-component | process-type | pid | status
———————————+——————–+———+———
OC4JGroup:OC4J | OC4J:oafm | 14533 | Alive
OC4JGroup:OC4J | OC4J:oacore | 13722 | Alive
OC4JGroup:OC4J | OC4J:oacore | 13723 | Alive
HTTP_Server | HTTP_Server | 13405 | Alive

adopmnctl.sh: exiting with status 0

Regards,

Sukhwinder Singh