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Fixing Internet Explorer Crash on Launching Oracle Forms Application with jInitiator
about Oracle & PL/SQL Stuff, Programming on 27/06/2009 - like it?

I’ve been facing this really annoying problem for quite some time now. My job revolves around developing apps using Oracle Forms Builder. Oracle Forms applications, uses Java applets to run inside any browser, on most platforms. Here’s the kink – Oracle Forms applications by default uses Oracle’s jInitiator which is a JVM made by Oracle and allows a web enabled Oracle Forms client application to be run inside a web browser.

As much as I hate using Internet Explorer – I have to depend on it as the my app depends on other components which are designed on run on Internet Explorer only  

Till now I’ve been using Mozilla Firefox, but now the situation demands that I needed to use Internet Explorer. And when I launched Internet Explorer – Ka boom! Internet Explorer crashes. Did few things, such as disabling all addons, getting rid of Sun’s JVM et al, but made no difference.

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Finally, I came across a solution(or rather a workaround) – replace the jvm.dll in jinitiator directory with that present in Sun’s JRE 1.6. If you don’t want to install the whole bundle – just click here(jvm.dll, 2.2 MB), I’ve uploaded just the jvm.dll file, rename the original jvm.dll (present in jinitiator/bin/hotspot directory) to, say jvm.dll.old, and replace it with the one given in the above link. Restart the browser, IE shouldn’t crash anymore.

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Lovingly written by Sathya on 26/06/2009

Thanks for your workaround. Just what the doctor needed for one of my sick patients.
Merci beaucoup.

Lovingly written by Bruce on 06/07/2009

Worked great thanks! This has been major problem for me for a long time.

I’m running Windows 7 now with IE8 and JInitiator works fine thans to this fix. However I have installed Sun JRE 1.6 and the jvm.dll from that (2.5 Mb) still crashes my IE and FireFox. Your version works fine.

Lovingly written by Doug on 09/07/2009

Worked great! Thanks.

Lovingly written by Manu on 15/07/2009

You’re a lifesaver. I’m a long time developer, but have just installed oracle on my home machine in order to create an app for my hobby business. I’ve never had to configure forms or create a db before, let alone on a single machine, so I was completely stumped when the blasted thing kept crashing!

Your fix did the trick first time. Thankyouthankyouthankyou!

Lovingly written by Karla on 21/07/2009

I tried the fixes from lot of websites but they never worked. When I used your solution..Boom..it worked (Frankly when I saw your solution I am not sure it will work..it just looked so simple).
But You are good…
Thank you for the solution..

Lovingly written by Satyajith on 06/08/2009

Work both in Mozilla and IE. thanks a billion

Lovingly written by Kenny on 07/08/2009

Hey,

Since I replaced the jvm.dll you provided, my IE crash under Windows Seven is now solved!

Thank you very much for sharing this information with us!

Matt

Lovingly written by Matthieu on 12/08/2009

@All
Hey, I’m glad my post helped you guys.
You’re welcome!

Lovingly written by Sathya on 13/08/2009

Thank you! I’ve spent the last two days trying to solve this problem. Like Doug the latest jvm file kept crashing my browsers but the version you provided solved the problem.

Lovingly written by Jenn on 10/09/2009

can someone plz tell me how where exactly i can find the directory…i really dont want to mess up the wrong file…is it in the java folder in program files?

Lovingly written by Zimran on 22/09/2009

@ Zimran
Under WinXP, it’s located at
C:\Program Files\Oracle\Jinitiator 1.3.xx\bin\hotspot

Lovingly written by Tony on 23/09/2009

I had the same problem and you tip saved me a lot of headache. Keep up the good work…
THx.

Lovingly written by Malik on 24/09/2009

Thanks a lot. I was struggling with this for the last 3-4 months. Very much thankful to you.

Lovingly written by Shahid A. Shaikh on 01/10/2009

Hello,

this was a great information, I was struggling from past one week to solve this problem. Now my Forms work very fine. Thanks a lot.

Lovingly written by Akshatha on 16/10/2009

This one was really a life saver! thanks

Lovingly written by Pedro Leite on 16/10/2009

solution works fine. thanks!

Lovingly written by Romel Gutierrez on 19/10/2009

Works as advertised.

Thanks.

Lovingly written by Siddharth on 20/10/2009

Thanks. Does anyone know what causes this. Mine started after installing msn. Worked fine before that.

Lovingly written by Andy on 21/10/2009

Actually, it works when I access a form on another server but when I run one from the builder it still crashes.

Lovingly written by Andy on 21/10/2009

Hi,

Thank you for providing this solution. its helped a lot. we are looking for a solution for last two weaks.

one doubt: why its not working with current jvm.dll file.

Best Regards,
Jishar

Lovingly written by Jishar on 27/10/2009

I’ve tried your solution, but I’m still having problems. I have IE8 with SP3. What I’m trying to launch is a software called CMiC which is an Oracle based software. When I click on the selections I have in my tree view it says the “navigation to this webpage was canceled”. I’ve tried everything and nothing works. Does anyone else have any ideas?

Lovingly written by Brandon on 28/10/2009

Thanks for the solution.

it works very well.

Lovingly written by Rajesh on 30/10/2009

Yay! It worked for me as well.
I almost decided to format my entire C drive.
Thanks a bunch!

Lovingly written by Femi on 01/11/2009

Thks solve my problem.

Lovingly written by Robson on 05/11/2009

Man, that’s really cool!
This solved a big annoyance: we were using FireFox 1.0.4 in order to get access to Oracle Forms!
Absurd!
Amazing contribution, thanks!
Groh

Lovingly written by Mr. Groh on 06/11/2009

This solution really works fine. Thanks.

Lovingly written by Rana Bikramjit on 07/11/2009

Perfect. Thks.

Lovingly written by migue on 09/11/2009

You can also resolve this by changing the default JRE in your JInitiator control panel (go to control panel–>JInitiator) and point it to your latest Java Runtime path.

Lovingly written by M on 10/11/2009

it’s so great… Many Tanks !!!

Lovingly written by Mohammed on 10/11/2009

This JVM.dll file helped us resolve a software conflict! Thanks a lot for posting it.

Lovingly written by Sai on 19/11/2009

its worked fine for me, but now i have some other problem and console say that
java.io.IOException: Connection failure with 503

at sun.plugin.protocol.jdk12.http.HttpURLConnection.getInputStream(Unknown Source)

at oracle.jre.protocol.jar.HttpUtils.followRedirects(Unknown Source)

at oracle.jre.protocol.jar.JarCache$CachedJarLoader.download(Unknown Source)

at oracle.jre.protocol.jar.JarCache$CachedJarLoader.load(Unknown Source)

at oracle.jre.protocol.jar.JarCache.get(Unknown Source)

at oracle.jre.protocol.jar.CachedJarURLConnection.connect(Unknown Source)

at oracle.jre.protocol.jar.CachedJarURLConnection.getJarFile(Unknown Source)

at sun.misc.URLClassPath$JarLoader.getJarFile(Unknown Source)

at sun.misc.URLClassPath$JarLoader.(Unknown Source)

at sun.misc.URLClassPath$2.run(Unknown Source)

at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)

at sun.misc.URLClassPath.getLoader(Unknown Source)

at sun.misc.URLClassPath.getLoader(Unknown Source)

at sun.misc.URLClassPath.getResource(Unknown Source)

at java.net.URLClassLoader$1.run(Unknown Source)

at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)

at java.net.URLClassLoader.findClass(Unknown Source)

at sun.applet.AppletClassLoader.findClass(Unknown Source)

at sun.plugin.security.PluginClassLoader.findClass(Unknown Source)

at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(Unknown Source)

at sun.applet.AppletClassLoader.loadClass(Unknown Source)

at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(Unknown Source)

at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClassInternal(Unknown Source)

at java.lang.Class.forName0(Native Method)

at java.lang.Class.forName(Unknown Source)

at oracle.ewt.util.FocusUtils.(Unknown Source)

at oracle.ewt.lwAWT.LWComponent.(Unknown Source)

at oracle.ewt.laf.oracle.OracleLookAndFeel._initCommonFixedDefaults(Unknown Source)

at oracle.ewt.laf.oracle.OracleLookAndFeel._getCommonDefaults(Unknown Source)

at oracle.ewt.laf.oracle.OracleLookAndFeel._getIndexedDefaults(Unknown Source)

at oracle.ewt.laf.oracle.OracleLookAndFeel.getDefaults(Unknown Source)

at oracle.ewt.lwAWT.BufferedApplet.getUIDefaults(Unknown Source)

at oracle.ewt.lwAWT.BufferedApplet.(Unknown Source)

at oracle.ewt.swing.JBufferedApplet.(Unknown Source)

at oracle.forms.engine.Main.(Unknown Source)

at java.lang.Class.newInstance0(Native Method)

at java.lang.Class.newInstance(Unknown Source)

at sun.applet.AppletPanel.createApplet(Unknown Source)

at sun.plugin.AppletViewer.createApplet(Unknown Source)

at sun.applet.AppletPanel.runLoader(Unknown Source)

at sun.applet.AppletPanel.run(Unknown Source)

at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source)

WARNING: Unable to cache http://java/myjar/FormsProperties.jar

java.io.IOException: Connection failure with 503

at sun.plugin.protocol.jdk12.http.HttpURLConnection.getInputStream(Unknown Source)

at oracle.jre.protocol.jar.HttpUtils.followRedirects(Unknown Source)

at oracle.jre.protocol.jar.JarCache$CachedJarLoader.download(Unknown Source)

at oracle.jre.protocol.jar.JarCache$CachedJarLoader.load(Unknown Source)

at oracle.jre.protocol.jar.JarCache.get(Unknown Source)

at oracle.jre.protocol.jar.CachedJarURLConnection.connect(Unknown Source)

at oracle.jre.protocol.jar.CachedJarURLConnection.getJarFile(Unknown Source)

at sun.misc.URLClassPath$JarLoader.getJarFile(Unknown Source)

at sun.misc.URLClassPath$JarLoader.(Unknown Source)

at sun.misc.URLClassPath$2.run(Unknown Source)

at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)

at sun.misc.URLClassPath.getLoader(Unknown Source)

at sun.misc.URLClassPath.getLoader(Unknown Source)

at sun.misc.URLClassPath.getResource(Unknown Source)

at java.net.URLClassLoader$1.run(Unknown Source)

at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)

at java.net.URLClassLoader.findClass(Unknown Source)

at sun.applet.AppletClassLoader.findClass(Unknown Source)

at sun.plugin.security.PluginClassLoader.findClass(Unknown Source)

at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(Unknown Source)

at sun.applet.AppletClassLoader.loadClass(Unknown Source)

at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(Unknown Source)

at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClassInternal(Unknown Source)

at java.lang.Class.forName0(Native Method)

at java.lang.Class.forName(Unknown Source)

at oracle.ewt.util.FocusUtils.(Unknown Source)

at oracle.ewt.lwAWT.LWComponent.(Unknown Source)

at oracle.ewt.laf.oracle.OracleLookAndFeel._initCommonFixedDefaults(Unknown Source)

at oracle.ewt.laf.oracle.OracleLookAndFeel._getCommonDefaults(Unknown Source)

at oracle.ewt.laf.oracle.OracleLookAndFeel._getIndexedDefaults(Unknown Source)

at oracle.ewt.laf.oracle.OracleLookAndFeel.getDefaults(Unknown Source)

at oracle.ewt.lwAWT.BufferedApplet.getUIDefaults(Unknown Source)

at oracle.ewt.lwAWT.BufferedApplet.(Unknown Source)

at oracle.ewt.swing.JBufferedApplet.(Unknown Source)

at oracle.forms.engine.Main.(Unknown Source)

at java.lang.Class.newInstance0(Native Method)

at java.lang.Class.newInstance(Unknown Source)

at sun.applet.AppletPanel.createApplet(Unknown Source)

at sun.plugin.AppletViewer.createApplet(Unknown Source)

at sun.applet.AppletPanel.runLoader(Unknown Source)

at sun.applet.AppletPanel.run(Unknown Source)

at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source)

WARNING: Unable to cache http://java/myjar/OracleFrame.jar

proxyHost=null

proxyPort=0

connectMode=HTTP, native.

Forms Applet version is : 10.1.2.0

java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: java.io.IOException: open HTTP connection failed.

at sun.applet.AppletClassLoader.getBytes(Unknown Source)

at sun.applet.AppletClassLoader.access$100(Unknown Source)

at sun.applet.AppletClassLoader$1.run(Unknown Source)

at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)

at sun.applet.AppletClassLoader.findClass(Unknown Source)

at sun.plugin.security.PluginClassLoader.findClass(Unknown Source)

at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(Unknown Source)

at sun.applet.AppletClassLoader.loadClass(Unknown Source)

at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(Unknown Source)

at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClassInternal(Unknown Source)

at java.lang.Class.forName0(Native Method)

at java.lang.Class.forName(Unknown Source)

at oracle.forms.handler.UICommon.instantiate(Unknown Source)

at oracle.forms.handler.UICommon.onCreate(Unknown Source)

at oracle.forms.handler.JavaContainer.onCreate(Unknown Source)

at oracle.forms.engine.Runform.onCreateHandler(Unknown Source)

at oracle.forms.engine.Runform.processMessage(Unknown Source)

at oracle.forms.engine.Runform.processSet(Unknown Source)

at oracle.forms.engine.Runform.onMessageReal(Unknown Source)

at oracle.forms.engine.Runform.onMessage(Unknown Source)

at oracle.forms.engine.Runform.sendInitialMessage(Unknown Source)

at oracle.forms.engine.Runform.startRunform(Unknown Source)

at oracle.forms.engine.Main.createRunform(Unknown Source)

at oracle.forms.engine.Main.start(Unknown Source)

at sun.applet.AppletPanel.run(Unknown Source)

at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source)

Lovingly written by dharmesh on 20/11/2009

Dharmesh, HTTP 503 error indicates an error with the server. Please follow up with your AS server administrator

Lovingly written by Sathya on 20/11/2009

This page really help me.
Thanks a lot for the information

Lovingly written by Mujahid Akhter on 22/11/2009

My wife is a teacher who works way too much for way too little and she couldn’t enter her grades at home. This fixed the problem and saved us HOURS of headache. THANK YOU!

Lovingly written by dirk on 28/11/2009

I’ve been looking for a solution for months until I gave up and began to use firefox 3.0.x at most. By luck I saw your post and all these ghosts disappeared.
Thanks a lot.

Lovingly written by Roger on 03/12/2009

as another workaround, try disabling Windows Live Sign-In Addon in Internet Explorer. worked for me.

i will also be using the author’s solution which has received positive feedback so far as a precaution

Lovingly written by xinfu on 08/12/2009

Thank you so much for this blog/post! You made my girlfriend very happy! This totally fixed the problem we were having with the grade data entry system…

Lovingly written by Dave on 14/12/2009

This page really help me.
Thanks a lot for the information

Lovingly written by vaibhav on 14/12/2009

Hey after much searching!

I am an oracle esso partner and I need a public site that uses Oracle forms with jiniator to show how to enable esso with oracle forms.

Do you know of any public websites?

All the ones i have worked with in the past are corporate ones that are inside the corp network thanks!

Tomatolord

Lovingly written by tomatolord on 22/12/2009

@Tomatolord Hey. I’m not aware of any public sites that use Oracle forms, but I’d imagine the configuration will be the same.

Lovingly written by Sathya on 22/12/2009

thank you man no …………… REALLY THANK YOU

Lovingly written by Ghassan on 26/12/2009

YOU ARE THE MAN !!!

Lovingly written by Saif on 26/12/2009

I’ve been having this damn problem for ages, and finding no solution for it.

and since I’m using forms builder as well, I have no option but to test my work , so I had to use Opera

but Opera has some problems in refresh time or something else so , I had to face lots of problems , such as that even that I’m pressing on the cell , the cell is not selected … and so on

I’ve read some solutions on the web , that makes the same way u did it, I tried to download the java console then copy they the jvm.dll file and paste it in the specific directory, but nothing is happening , and the browser is still crushing .

finally I found your blog , and find the same solution , but this time with the file is attached , and it worked perfectly

thanks 100 times bro , I’m very very grateful now I can use forms builder peacefully

Lovingly written by Muhammed on 28/12/2009

Thanks for the solution. I’ve been working on this issue off and on for weeks. I have been running Oracle in Firefox, but it nags me that it doesn’t work in IE. You r solution worked perfectly.

Lovingly written by Mark M on 30/12/2009

Works Great for IE and Firefox.

Great Solution

Lovingly written by Anji on 03/01/2010

i copied the Java file and it worked thanks a lot. this tip really saved me from reinstalling IE

Lovingly written by anoop on 05/01/2010

Thanks for the info!

I tested it ant it works on Windows 7 with IE8

Lovingly written by kioan on 12/01/2010

Thanks for this fix! Works for me, too!

Gotta repost this in my blog. Don’t worry, I will post a link to your blog there, too.

Lovingly written by joey on 18/01/2010

I love you! I’ve had this problem for forever, and your fix worked in seconds. THANK YOU

Lovingly written by Lori Edwards on 18/01/2010

THANKS MAN!..

i just copy the File.. every works well.. in IE, Firefox on Windows7 x64!

Cheers!

Lovingly written by Ryan H. on 21/01/2010

Fixing Internet Explorer Crash on Launching Oracle Forms Application with jInitiator http://bit.ly/8hLo4Y

Lovingly written by Sathya on 23/01/2010

Hey Sarah,

I tried your solution and it worked for me.Now i am able to run my Forms 9i application on WIN 7 and IE 8.

I just have a question though,how did just replacing the jvm.dll file (the one you provided) make it work?

Let me know if this way of doing has any implications?

Thanks
GAG

Lovingly written by GAG on 23/01/2010

Hi GAG,
I assume you’re referring to me, in which case my name’s Sathya, not Sarah
The crash is due to incompatibility with the Java Virtual Machine, handled by jvm.dll file which results in an error which cannot be tackled by the existing jvm.dll file. The replacement has certain modifications which is compatible with newer versions of IE. There are no known side effects.

Lovingly written by Sathya on 23/01/2010

I am sorry Sathya..got your link from another forum ,hence the confusion in the name.

Thanks for the explanation.

Lovingly written by GAG on 23/01/2010

Hello Sathya,

Is there any option of using the SUN JRE instead of the oracle jinitiator.

My need is to completetly replace the jinitiator with Sun’s JRE 1.6 (Sun’s Plug-in).

Let me know if you know how to do this

Thanks
GAG

Lovingly written by GAG on 25/01/2010

@GAG I haven’t tried it myself, by do have a look at http://www.oratransplant.nl/2007/01/04/oracle-forms-and-sun-jvm-16/

Lovingly written by Sathya on 28/01/2010

Yeah, thanks a bunch. This has saved my hide twice today already.

Lovingly written by dave on 03/02/2010

Thank you!!! I was able to fix a colleague’s finance application, which wouldn’t install. The support desk told us we’d have to wipe the hard drive.

Lovingly written by Elizabeth on 04/02/2010

Thank you. Works fine now. Just pasted your file into
C:\Program Files\oracle\JInitiator 1.3.1.25\bin\hotspot

Lovingly written by Will on 08/02/2010

Bravo! Thank you for the fix!

Lovingly written by Scott on 10/02/2010

Worked on the first try.

Thanks a million Sathya.

Lovingly written by SC on 14/02/2010

Brilliant!!! Thank you!

Lovingly written by Bill on 16/02/2010

when i’ve to open an oracle form using internet explorer 7 it closes every open page after i have entered my login details.

Lovingly written by Calvin on 18/02/2010

Thank you so much.
I finally can open the Oracle Form on Windows 7
IE 8

I’ve been trying to fixed this problem for almost a week now.

Thank god for your article.

You’re the man.

Lovingly written by May on 21/02/2010

Thank you very much for the fix..

Lovingly written by Krishna Chalasani on 23/02/2010

You are a life saver. My wife is a teacher, and report card season is horrible enough for me without all this crap. Thanks for the fix and saving my marriage…lol

Lovingly written by Tom B on 01/03/2010

@Tom B: Haha, I’m glad that this post helped you

Lovingly written by Sathya on 01/03/2010

Hi

Thankyou so much!!

Like someone else said above, when I tried this with my java 1.6 jvm.dll it didn’t work and IE7 was still crashing. As soon as I used your version it works fine.

What java version did you grab your dll from?

Lovingly written by Scott B on 02/03/2010

@Scott: I’m really not sure. I tried bunch of ‘em ( atleast half a dozen) – all of them resulted in crashing. Tried out this one, and it didn’t crash. Tried the same file across couple of other systems and it worked fine, and hence I proceeded with this post.

Lovingly written by Sathya on 02/03/2010

great work
thaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaank you
it worked well with firefox also

Lovingly written by hala on 02/03/2010

Thank you.
It is simple and very helpful..

Lovingly written by Hilman Ramli on 04/03/2010

You rock! We’ve had multiple issues that started suddenly with the jinitiator failing to launch. Your solution fixed it! Thanks SOOOO much!

Lovingly written by Jen on 11/03/2010

thanks man. worked well. simple and fast

Lovingly written by troy on 17/03/2010

Ran into same problem with IE 6 and Forms 10.1.2. However, swapping out the jvm.dll did NOT work for me. Disabling IE Add-Ons did fix it. Still don’t know which one was the cause but now it works with all of them enabled. Strange!

Lovingly written by Mario on 19/03/2010

Have been looking for this fix on and off for the last 6 months. this worked perfect.

Thank you

Lovingly written by Danatola on 20/03/2010

thanks – that was very helpful

Lovingly written by srini on 25/03/2010

After banging on this issue for a month now, I had just about gave up on IE 8 working with my Oracle app and then came across this. YOU DA MAN! Thank you!

Lovingly written by TRP on 30/03/2010

même problème avec IE8 sous XP.
La solution tiens ses promesses.
Merci

Lovingly written by bruno on 02/04/2010

This worked just fine, thanks

Lovingly written by Carlos on 05/04/2010

@Sathya, Can you find out the version of the jvm.dll that you are providing as a download to solve our problem? Which exact JRE version does it come from?

Lovingly written by Anjan Mustafi on 05/04/2010

@Anjan To be honest I don’t know, I had posted this about a year ago, can’t recall what version of JRE that worked.

Lovingly written by Sathya on 06/04/2010

@Sathya, I checked the “jvm.dll” file that you are offerring and found the following details:-

Company – Sun Microsystems, Inc.
File Version – 6.0.30.5
Full Version – 1.6.0_03-b05
Internal Name – jvm
Language – Language Neutral
Original File name – jvm.dll
Product Name – Java(TM) 2 Platform Standard Edition 6u3
Product Version – 6.0.30.5

Lovingly written by Anjan Mustafi on 06/04/2010

Let me explain the problem. Jinitiator launches Forms of an application. Now, one of these forms is configured to open an URL of an external Web Application running in an application server. The url opens in a separate Internet Explorer (IE 6.0, Update version-SP2) window. We can log in to that web application. That web application contains a link to launch an applet (compiled in JDK 6.0). The IE we are using has JRE 6 plugin integrated. As soon as we click the link for the applet in that web application, ALL windows get closed. There are no logs in any of the Jinitiator or JVM trace files. Is there a conflict happening between the Jinitiator and the JVM process being launched for the new applet?

Lovingly written by Anjan Mustafi on 06/04/2010

@Anjan – I suspect a conflict. Its possible that the initial forms applet works fine with jinitiator, but the web application might be incompatible with jinitiator. Other possible explanation would be that the web app is using Sun’s JRE, instead of jinitiator. You can try enabling Sun JRE from Internet options, reboot the system and try launching the app.

Lovingly written by Sathya on 07/04/2010

Thanks buddy. You saved my life.

Lovingly written by Fauzan Ismail on 17/04/2010

Tried several other solutions but this is the one that worked. Many thanks.

Lovingly written by Dean on 20/04/2010

Hey,

Really very useful post,I was struck with this problem for a long time ,and your solution short precise really helped me a lot.

Thanks

Lovingly written by sulakshana on 26/04/2010

Hey,

Really very helpful tip. I was having a tough time with IE8 launching oracle forms services. Now its working fine.

Thanks
Thomas Jacob

Lovingly written by Thomas Jacob on 26/04/2010

thank you very much …

appreciate

Lovingly written by marin on 28/04/2010

This works for me on Windows 7(64bit) running IE8, however I have yet to be able to get Firefox 3.6.3 working.

Lovingly written by Butch on 28/04/2010

Thank you very very much, what you posted helped me indeed..

Lovingly written by Reema on 08/05/2010

Cool it’s work on IE8, but it did not work on Firefox 3.6.3 is. It hang on Try to installed Oracle JInitiator Plugin version 1.3.1.18 Any help?

Thanks sjam

Lovingly written by Sjam on 12/05/2010

This works for me too… many thanks

Lovingly written by Andrea on 13/05/2010

@SJam I’m looking for ways to fix it. Will update once I figure out how

Lovingly written by Sathya on 16/05/2010

This solution works great for admins with us, but for normal users they just get:

“The Java Runtime Environment cannot be loaded from:

C:\PROGRA~1\Oracle\JINITI~1.26\bin\hotspot\jvm.dll”

… on attempting to load the Oracle business. Can’t understand why this is happening as it’s fine for my user, and yes, I’ve checked the permissions when I copied the file…

Is there something vital I’ve missed out?

Lovingly written by Patrick Timms on 21/05/2010

Hmmm actually, this problem is only occurring on the Windows 7 workstations with the same fix applied… the XP ones are fine… :/

Lovingly written by Patrick Timms on 21/05/2010

@Patrick Perhaps the application requesting the dll is masquerading as a different user ?

Lovingly written by Sathya on 21/05/2010

Turned out it wasn’t to do with admins or otherwise, it was a very specific Registry setting in my user account (“Enable Browser Extensions” = “Yes”) that was allowing it to work for me, so that’s now deployed via a GPO and it’s working fine for everyone. Excellent solution.

Lovingly written by Patrick Timms on 21/05/2010

@Patrik Great to know you got it solved. Thanks for sharing the solution too, might come it handy for others

Lovingly written by Sathya on 22/05/2010

I also encountered this problem. My solution before was replacing jvm.dll of jinitiator with jvm.dll of installed Sun JRE 6. After that, I was able to launch our Oracle forms. I also tried your solution and it works perfectly .

BTW, there might be other users that need to disable their third-party browser extensions if their IE keeps on crashing when loading Oracle forms.

Navigate IE – Tools – Internet Options – Advanced. uncheck ‘Enable third-party browser extensions’ check box.

For E-biz Application users running in in IE 7
Oracle Developer 6i patchset 18 (6.0.8.27.x) or later is required.

Lovingly written by Jay-A on 25/05/2010

@Jay-A Thanks for the input!

Lovingly written by Sathya on 26/05/2010

Excellent!! it works on Windows XP and IE 8, gotta try on Windows 7 64bits and IE 8, I’ll let you know the results.

Lovingly written by Jose on 28/05/2010

Perfect it works like a champ thanks for your help. Will visit again for other problems.

Lovingly written by B Patel on 01/06/2010

Hello Sathya,

I have a BIGG Issue and the Issue is that even after the I install the JInitiator 1.3.1.26 + the jvm.dll provided by Sathya,I face a peculiar issue.When we open any screen ,say the logon screen of these applications,using the Lenovo T410 machines if the user types his logon details in the text box,he does not see it and is able to see only when he hits the ALT+TAB or switches to a different screen and comes back to the logon screen.But when we see his screen remotely though sametime session or webex,we can see the typed characters.

I am not sure what is causing this issue,Do you have any idea why this is happening?

I use a IE 8.

Thanks
GAG

Lovingly written by GAG on 03/06/2010

http://tinyurl.com/yj5f9c5
Fixing Internet Explorer Crash on Launching Oracle Forms Application with jInitiator » My World

Lovingly written by cube_ice on 04/06/2010

Hi GAG,
I’m sorry I don’t have a clue as to why this happens. My guess is with Jinitiator not refreshing fast enough.
Apologies for the delayed reply

Lovingly written by Sathya on 09/06/2010

Hello Sathya & Others,

If you try and open two browsers simultaneously and open your application,then the second browser does not open.

Any solution for this?

Thanks
GAG

Lovingly written by GAG on 15/06/2010

@Sathya
Many thanks for your workaround, I owe you a beer

@GAG
This is usual: I’ve never get two IE or two Firefox instances running simultaneously on same pc.
But can have 1 IE and 1 Firefox….

Zaskar

Lovingly written by Zaskar on 24/06/2010

Dude!! you rocks… man you alsomst save my life…
perfect solution..

Al d best !!!
Bmax

Lovingly written by Beemax on 28/06/2010

this worked, thanks. ur copy worked, and the copy from jre 1.6 doesnt work at all.

Lovingly written by brian on 04/07/2010

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Lovingly written by Internet Explorer is crashing when using Jinitiator on Windows 7 » RO Windows Administrators Weblog on 04/07/2010

Thanks so much for a SIMPLE solution to this problem.

Lovingly written by kfoll on 13/07/2010

Hi Sathya,

It solved our problem of installation of jinitiator in windows vista which was very important and urget.

Thank you for such wonderful good solution.

Lovingly written by Madhusudan K on 17/07/2010

@Madhusudan K Glad I could help!

Lovingly written by Sathya on 17/07/2010

Thanks. Worked for me too. It is a beautiful thing finding the answer after your Info Tech dept and/or Oracle provide no help.

Lovingly written by Ohiojones on 19/07/2010

Top workaround. Finally got my problem solved with IE8

Many thanks!!!

Lovingly written by Klendino on 22/07/2010

Thanxxx!!!!
The file from jre V6.0.13 works but V6.0.20 NOT

Lovingly written by Nic on 03/08/2010

Thanks. I’ve been an Oracle Business Applications Consultant for 15 years. I started a new job weeks ago and have not been able to access Jinit applications since. Your fix worked!

Lovingly written by Jeff on 04/08/2010

Holy Crap! Finally found a fix to Internet Explorer Crash on Launching Oracle Forms
http://bit.ly/duZZBZ

Lovingly written by ATLTEK on 12/08/2010

@sudhamshu jinitiator is very unpredictable on anything but IE6 crashes FF3.6+ & IE8+.
WOrdaround for IE8: http://j.mp/9bZmeu

Lovingly written by Sathya on 13/08/2010

thnx…ws helpful a lot….

Lovingly written by naveen on 13/08/2010

Thanks bro. It helped a lot

Lovingly written by Nandun on 15/08/2010

For those that need a “legit” source for this jvm.dll, I tested it with a few and the most recent version that addressed the issue was JRE1.6.0.13, which you can download from here:

http://www.filehippo.com/download_jre_32/5419/

or possibly, more legit (but I didn’t try this)…
https://cds.sun.com/is-bin/INTERSHOP.enfinity/WFS/CDS-CDS_Developer-Site/en_US/-/USD/ViewProductDetail-Start?ProductRef=jre-6u13-oth-JPR@CDS-CDS_Developer

We also fixed this issue by disabling the “Enable memory protection to help mitigate online attacks” option on the Advanced tab of IE8 > Tools > Options.

Lovingly written by Duncan on 19/08/2010

Thanks for the update, Duncan!

Lovingly written by Sathya on 20/08/2010

Hello,
When I go to my company’s website that uses Oracle forms, I still get the ‘This website wants to install the following add-on: Oracle JInitiator from Oracle Corp.’
But I don’t install it since I want to use jvm.dll instead.

I’m on Windows 7 using IE 8.
Downloaded Sathya’s jvm.dll into this folder I created (didn’t exist): C:\Program Files\Oracle\JInitiator 1.3.1.25\bin\hotspot

Also did IE – Tools – Internet Options – Advanced – Browsing — uncheck ‘Enable third-party browser extensions’. Closed and restarted IE.

What am I missing?

Lovingly written by Scott L on 26/08/2010

@Scott: Let it install jinitiator. Once jinitiator has been installed, replace the jvm.dll file

Lovingly written by Sathya on 27/08/2010

Thanks Its really worked for me too..

Lovingly written by Ankur on 27/08/2010

Hi, Thanks for the link to download the correct jvm version as the latest does not work.

Lovingly written by Kevin on 02/09/2010