Tracing A Forms User

Tracing A Forms User 10g - quick and dirty

Let the user run the regular link + record=forms&tracegroup=0-199
ie:
http://machine:port/forms/frmservlet?config=myConfig&record=forms&tracegroup=0-199

You will get a trace file in the following location:

%ORACLE_HOME%\forms\trace\forms_xxx.trc where xxx is the forms session ID.


Open CMD window and do the following:

set ORACLE_HOME=[oracle home location]

set PATH=%ORACLE_HOME%\jdk\bin;%PATH%

set CLASSPATH=%ORACLE_HOME%\jdbc\lib\classes12.zip;%ORACLE_HOME%\forms\java\frmxlate.jar

java oracle.forms.diagnostics.Xlate datafile=%ORACLE_HOME%\forms\trace\forms_xxx.trc outputfile=%ORACLE_HOME%\forms\trace\html_xxx.html outputclass=WriteOutHTMLoutputclass parameter:
WriteOutHTML = HTML output

WriteOut = XML output

you will get a file html_xxx.html in your %ORACLE_HOME%\forms\trace directory.

In grater details:

http://docs.oracle.com/cd/B25016_04/doc/dl/web/B14032_03/tracing.htm#i1012933