Change Forms Mode from Servlet to Socket in R12

Run the following command to enable Forms Socket Mode on Forms/web nodes (Place correct context file name and Forms port value)

 -bash-3.2$ $FND_TOP/bin/txkrun.pl -script=ChangeFormsMode -contextfile=$CONTEXT_FILE -mode=socket -port=9000 -runautoconfig=No

*** ALL THE FOLLOWING FILES ARE REQUIRED FOR RESOLVING RUNTIME ERRORS

*** Log File = /u02/oraapps/inst/apps/TEST1_<hostname>/logs/appl/rgf/TXK/txkChangeFormsMode_Wed_May_29_11_30_41_2013.log

Program : /u02/oraapps/apps/apps_st/appl/fnd/12.0.0/patch/115/bin/txkChangeFormsMode.pl started @ Wed May 29 11:30:41 2013

*** Log File = /u02/oraapps/inst/apps/TEST1_<hostname>/logs/appl/rgf/TXK/txkChangeFormsMode_Wed_May_29_11_30_41_2013.log

Arguments passed: -contextfile=/u02/oraapps/inst/apps/TEST1_<hostname>/appl/admin/TEST1_<hostname>.xml -mode=socket -port=9000 -runautoconfig=No-----------

Values used

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Context File   : /u02/oraapps/inst/apps/TEST1_<hostname>/appl/admin/TEST1_<hostname>.xml

Mode           : socket

Port           : 9000

Run AutoConfig : No

Execute SYSTEM command : netstat -a

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Backing up context file....

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Context file backed up at: /u02/oraapps/inst/apps/TEST1_<hostname>/logs/appl/rgf/TXK/Wed_May_29_11_30_41_2013/TEST1_<hostname>.xml

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Changing to Socket Mode.......

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Updating context Variable s_forms_servlet_serverurl....

Updated context Variable s_forms_servlet_serverurl to

Updating context Variable s_frmConnectMode....

Updated context Variable s_frmConnectMode to socket

Updating context Variable s_formsstatus....

Updated context Variable s_formsstatus to disabled

Updating context Variable s_formsserver_status....

Updated context Variable s_formsserver_status to enabled

Updating context Variable s_other_service_group_status....

Updated context Variable s_other_service_group_status to enabled

Updating context Variable s_formsport....

Updated context Variable s_formsport to 9000

Updating context Variable s_formslauncher_path....

Updated context Variable s_formslauncher_path to OA_HTML/frmservlet

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You should run Autoconfig to update the runtime configurations to new Forms Mode.

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Log file to change the Forms Mode:

 /u02/oraapps/inst/apps/TEST1_<hostname>/logs/appl/rgf/TXK/txkChangeFormsMode_Wed_May_29_11_30_41_2013.log

Program: /u02/oraapps/apps/apps_st/appl/fnd/12.0.0/patch/115/bin/txkChangeFormsMode.pl completed @ Wed May 29 11:31:14 2013

End of /u02/oraapps/apps/apps_st/appl/fnd/12.0.0/patch/115/bin/txkChangeFormsMode.pl : No Errors encountered

   Once we changed to socket mode we have to run the autoconfig

Otherwise we get the below error

-bash-3.2$ sh adformsrvctl.sh status

You are running adformsrvctl.sh  version 120.15.12010000.2

Forms Connect Mode is set to Servlet. Please Change Forms Mode to socket and then run this script.

adformsrvctl.sh: exiting with status 1

.end std out.

couldn't set locale correctly

.end err out.

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adstrtal.sh: Exiting with status 1

Once autoconfig Completed we see the status like below

-bash-3.2$ sh adformsrvctl.sh status

couldn't set locale correctly

You are running adformsrvctl.sh  version 120.15.12010000.2

Checking status of FORMS Server (Socket Mode)...

Forms Server (Socket) is running as PID 27321

adformsrvctl.sh: exiting with status 0

-bash-3.2$ sh adformsctl.sh status

couldn't set locale correctly

You are running adformsctl.sh  version 120.16

Not starting the Forms OC4J instance as Forms connect mode is set to socket.

adformsctl.sh: exiting with status 1

  1. How to check application is running servlet or socket mode

For Socket mode          :< URL> //<Port>/OA_HTML/frmservlet

For Servlet mode         : <URL>//<Port>/forms/frmservlet

  For Socket mode we can observe the URL like below in context file

<formslauncher_path oa_var="s_formslauncher_path">OA_HTML/frmservlet</formslauncher_path>

    For Servlet mode we can observe the URL like below in context file 

<formslauncher_path oa_var="s_formslauncher_path">forms/frmservlet</formslauncher_path>

 -bash-3.2$ grep Mode $CONTEXT_FILE

<forms_connect oa_var="s_frmConnectMode">socket</forms_connect> (In socket mode)

 <forms_connect oa_var="s_frmConnectMode">servlet</forms_connect> (in servlet mode)