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Additional plugins are required issue in Firefox with Forms 11g

Posted on May 19, 2013 by Garth

At the time of writing this post, Oracle Forms 11g installations are configured by default to work with a specific JPI (Java Plug-In) version: 1.6.0_12. You can verify this by checking your formsweb.cfg file: grep jpi-version formsweb.cfg #jpi_mimetype=application/x-java-applet;jpi-version=1.6.0_12 Unfortunately, it seems Firefox is very particular when it comes to JPI versions, and it will only run with the

Forms 11g – Java client hangs at security warning with “The application’s digital signature cannot be verified”

Posted on April 30, 2013 by Garth

Having modified our formsweb.cfg file recently to configure WebUtil in our Forms 11g installation, we started hitting issues when trying to access various form-based application URLs. When the security warning window appears (below), usually you would tick the check-box and run the application: In this instance however, the window turned completely unresponsive and just hung, resulting in the Java