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DebuggingOAFramework7DifferentTechniques

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WrittenbyAnilPassi
Saturday,15September2007
Inthisarticle,IwillexplainsevendifferentmethodstodebugOAFrameworkpagesinOracleeBusinessSuite.
EachofthesemethodsareexplainedusingworkingAudioVideodemo,henceyouwillneedyourheadphones.
SomeofthesetechniquesareapplicablewhenrunningtheFrameworkpagesfromjDeveloper,whereasotherdebugging
techniquesapplywhendebuggingOAFrameworkPagesfromeBusinessSuiteresponsibility.
EachmethodofdebuggingOAFrameworkpageshasitsownmerits,andhenceyoumustapplyoneofthetechniquesthat
suitesthemosttoyoursituation.

1.UseSystem.out.println
WhenrunningtheOAFrameworkpagesfromjDeveloperitself,youcanwritedebugmessagesusingSystem.out.println.
ThesedebugmessageswillbedisplayedintheconsoleofjDeveloper.
Pro
*Easeofuse,asyousimplyenterfreetextmessages
*Debugmessagessimplyappearwithouttheneedtosetanyprofileoptions
Cons
*Toomuchtyping,whichcanbeavoidedwhenusingthedebuggerofjDeveloper.
*Youcandebugonlythosepiecesofcodethatyoususpectarecausingtheerror.Unliketothisapproach,using
jDeveloperdebugging,breakpointscanbesetforexceptions/classesaswell.
ClickheretoseeaquickworkingdemofordebugingOAFrameworkusingSystem.out.println

2.UsejDeveloperinbuiltDebugger
ThishappenstobemyfavouritemechanismtodebugOAFrameworkPages,forthefollowingreasons
Pro
*Togetstartedjustonebreakpointisrequired,asmoreandmorebreakpointscanbeaddedinruntimeitself.
*Youcansetgenericbreakpoints,forexample,youcansetbreakpointonexceptions,whichwilltakeyoutotheexact
lineofcodefromwheretheexceptionwasbeingraised
*jDevelopermakesitpossibletotrydifferentscenarios,forexample,youcanchangethevariablevaluesatruntime
Cons
*Giventhatyoudonothavesourcecodeofbaseclasses,debuggerusuallydivesintothoseclasseswithoutgiving
manyvisibledetails.Onemayfindthisannoying.
*SomeversionsofOAFwkraiseexceptions[caughtinternallybyOracle]likeClasscastexceptionevenbeforethe
pagerenders.
Debuggeroftenpauseswhenthoseexceptionsareraised.Thiscanbeovercomebyclickingonresumebuttonof
debugger.
Clickherefordemoofdebuggingviajdeveloperdebugger
Thedemoinabovelinkalsoshowshowyoucanchangethevariablevaluesatruntime.
Clickherefordemoofusingdebuggertotrapclasscastexceptions
ThedemoinabovelinkshowshowyoucansetbreakpointsforspecificExceptionsthatcanberaisedfromOAFramework
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3.UsejDeveloperdebuggingfeature,bychangingJavaVMruntimeoptionDjbo.debugoutput
Letssay,forthisexercise,IwishtofindtheexactpieceofSQLStatementthatmyscreenfires,whendoinganupdate.
Inordertodoso,wecanappendtextDjbo.debugoutput=consoletorunnerproperty
Asshownbelow,IcanenterthefollowingtextinRunnerpropertyofjDeveloper

Havealookatthisdemotovisuallyseethisdebuggingtechnique

4.UsetheFNDDebugLoggingfeature,toseedebugmessagesontheOAFrameworkScreenitself
Thedebugmessagescaneitherbeenseenonthesamescreenorthosecanbespooledintoatablenamed
FND_LOG_MESSAGES
InjDeveloper,youmustincludeOADiagnosticintheRunOptions.
ThisiseffectivelysimilartosettingprofileoptionFNDDiagnosticstoYesineBusinessSuite.
Usingthisoption,youwillbeabletoclickonDiagnosticstoenableOnScreendisplayofdebugmessages.

Pro
*ThedebugmessagesseenusingthistechniqueareexactlythesameasthedebugmessagesseenineBusiness
Suite,onceFND%Log%profileoptionsareavailable.
*ThereistremendousamountofdebugmessagesinFNDclassesgivenbyOracle.
*ThisapproachisthemostusefulwheninvestigatingredcolourederrormessagePleasecontactyoursystem
administrator
Cons
*Priorto11.5.10,thisoptionmightbringyourapplicationsessiondowntoitsknee.ButInoticefrom11.5.10onwards,
thesedebugmessagesarecapturedveryefficiently.
*Thedebuggingislimitedtothedebugmessagesinplace.Tomaximisethelistingofdebugmessages,trytouse
statementleveldebugging.
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ClickhereforthedemoofdoingonscreendebuggingforOAFrameworkpages

5.SQLTraceforOracleFrameworkSessions
WeoftenusethistechniquefortracingtheSQLstatementsexecutedbyOracleFormsorbyconcurrentprograms.
ThesametechniquecanbeappliedtoOAFrameworktoo.
YoucanruntheSQL*TraceeitherwhenrunningtheapplicationpagesfromOAFrameworkorwhenrunningOA
FrameworkpagesfromwithineBusinessSuite.
ForjDev,ensurethatOADiagnosticshasbeenincludedinjDeveloperProjectpropertyRunOptions.
AlternatelyensurethatprofileoptionFNDDiagnosticshasbeensetupagainstyourusername.
ClickhereforthedemoofSQL*TraceonOAFrameworkPages

6.UseFNDLoggingprofileoptionstocapturedebugmessagesintoatablenamedFND_LOG_MESSAGES
UsetheFNDDebugLoggingfeature,toseedebugmessages.
Thedebugmessagescaneitherbeenseenonthesamescreenorthosecanbespooledintoatablenamed
FND_LOG_MESSAGES
PleaseclickonthislinktoseeanarticleonFNDLogging

7.UseraiseDeveloperException.
Ihadallbutforgottenaboutthistechnique,untilIdiscussedthispaperwithMrSenthilpriortoitspublication.
HeremindedofraiseDeveloperException.YoucanraisedebugmessagestobedisplayedinOAFrameworkpagesusing
raiseDeveloperException.
Bydoingso,yourdebugmessageswillbevisibleontothetopportionofthescreen.
ThisisverysimilartoSystem.out.println,howeverthekeydifferencebeingthatraiseDeveloperExceptiondisplaysthedebug
messageontopportionofthepageitself.
Pro
*Easeofuse,asyousimplyenterfreetextmessages
*Debugmessagessimplyappearwithouttheneedtosetanyprofileoptions
*Debugmessagesappearonthetopportionofthepageandhencetheeaseofvisibilitywhentestingyourcodein
jDeveloper
Cons
*Toomuchtyping,whichcanbeavoidedwhenusingthedebuggerofjDev.
*Youcandebugonlythosepiecesofcodethatyoususpectarecausingtheerror.
ClickherefortheworkingdemoofthistechniquetodebugOAFrameworkPage.
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writtenbySamuelSchwartz,September17,2007
HiAnil,
Amazingarticles!Thanks.
Ihaveadoubt.SupposingIwanttowalkthroughthecode(notdebug),rightfromthescreentotheEO'sandVOs,in
Jdeveloper.Isitpossibletoimportthesourcecode,viz,.jsp,.xml(usingapatchfrommetalink)intojdeveloper?
Regards,
Sam

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writtenbyAnilPassi,September17,2007
HiSam
Ifyouwishtowalkthroughthecode,thendothefollowing
1.FTPalltherequiredsubdirectoriesfrom$JAVA_TOPtomyclasses.
Thisincludesall.classfilesandallthe.xmlfiles
2.FTPthesamesubdirectoriesfrom$JAVA_TOPtomyprojects.
3.Decompilethe.classfilesinmyprojectsandnamethosedecompiledfilesto.java
4.Deletethe.classfilesfrommyprojects
5.FTPthexmlfilesfrom$PRODUCT_TOP/mdstomyprojects
6.ImporttherequiredBC4Jfilesthatyouwishtodebug
7.SetbreakpointsindesiredEOandVO
8.Runthemdspageindebugmode,andthatwilltakeyoustraighttobreakpointsinEO/VO/AM/COetc.
Thanks,
AnilPassi

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writtenbykartikey,September19,2007
HiAnil,
itsreallyag8workwhichyourdoing.manymanythanksforthat.
Ihvaquestionsorryididnotgettherightformsoimusingthis.Ihvcreatedasqlplusbasedreportandregisteredit
inappsasaconcurrentreportwhichrunforUS,UK,CANADA.althoughihvsetorg_idanditisrunningfinenowi
wanttodoamodification.Iwanttorunthisreportthroughonegeographicresponsibilityanditshouldcollectallthe
dataofallgeographic
ExifIminPAUSsuperuseriwanttorunthisreportforUSandUKasihvsettheorg_id:default:profileitisonly
gettingdataofUSnotUK.IwantthatusercanabletogetdataofUKandUSthroughPAUSsuperuserorUKand
canadaorUSUKcanadameanstogetdataofothercountryusershouldchangenotresponsibilityhecangetdata
ofallcountrybyoneresponsibility.
Plzhelpmeasapbymailor.
Iwillbeverythankful
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writtenbyAnilPassi,September19,2007
HiKartik
AreyouonR12,ifso,pleasereadhttp://oracle.anilpassi.com/multiorgr1233.htmlandalso
http://oracle.anilpassi.com/mo...ign2.html
Incaseyouareon11i,youwillneedtoimplementthelogicyourself.
Therearevariousoptionsthatyouhave:
1.CreateOrgGroups,sayusingFND_LOOKUPTYPESandpassthelookuptypeasparameter.
Lookupcodeswillbetheorgcodesforeachlookuptype.
IntheSQLqueryuse_alltablesandjointothefnd_lookup_typesforthelookup_typepassedasparameter.
2.Passanodeoftheorghierarchyasaparameter
Again,amendyourSQLquerywith_allsynonymsandjointoorghierarchy
3.Forthesameexecutable,usevariousconcurrentprogramandpasshiddenparameters.
Incase,youwishtoreportaccrossallorg'sthenignoreabove3options,andsimplyuse_allsynonymsinyourSQL
Thanks,
AnilPassi

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writtenbybompada,September20,2007
HiAnil,
veryusefulinformation.Appreciateyourhelp.
Ihaveadoubtisthereanywaytostopdeveloperexceptionsallatonce.
ForexampleIhave10placeswhereihaveraisedthisdeveloperexceptions.JustbeforedeliveringmycodeIhave
todisabletheselines,soisthereanywaytounsetallatatime.
Thanksinadvance.
Bhaskar

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writtenbymadhusudhan,September21,2007
HiAnil
DohaveAppsFunctional(manufacturing&distribution)interviewquestions

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writtenbyAnilPassi,September22,2007
HiBhaskar
PleasetrysettingprofileoptionFNDDeveloperModetoNoandseeifdebugmessagesdisappear.
raiseDeveloperExceptionisprimarilyusedinternallybyOracledevelopers.
Havingsaidso,thebestwaytocapturedebugmessagesinOAFrameworkisFNDLogging,asthatfacilitateson
screenlogging,tablebasedlogging&filebasedlogging.ForthisyoucanusepageContext.writeDiagnosticsin
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Controlleroroadbtransaction.writeDiagnosticsinBC4J.Allyourcustom/extendedclassnameswillbeginwithxx,
henceyoucanapplythefilterformodule=xx%.Bydoingso,onlyyourcustomdebugmessageswillbedisplayed
Thanks,
AnilPassi

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writtenbyvidhya,September26,2007
hianil,
iwanttoknowhowtodownloadareportfromunixfoldertolocalsystemthroughOAF.canwedothis.canutellme
thesolution

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writtenbyAnilPassi,September26,2007
HiVidhya
Itisntclearfromyourpostwhetherthefileonunixboxisinasecuredarea?
IncasethefileisinOA_HTML[nonsecured],thensimplycreateahyperlinktothatfileinframeworkpage.Userscan
thenrightclickthelinktosavefileontothePC.
Ifthefileexistsinsecuredarea,thenloadthatfileintoablobintoatable.Next,inyourOAFrameworkpage,create
anattachmenttablebeanthatprovidesaccesstofileinblob.Userscanthenclickonattachmentlinktoopenthefile.
Iamafraid,thereisnowayyoucanFTPthefilestraightfromserverontoPCusingOAFramework.
Thanks,
AnilPassi

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writtenbySS,September27,2007
Hi,
Ihavetocreateanewemployeenumberusingpersontypes.
TherearethreeEmployeetypeslikeType1,Type2,Type3.Allthethreepersontypesmusthaveuniqueseriesof
numbers(numericoralphanumeric).
Regards
SS

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writtenbyvidhya,September27,2007
ThanksAnil

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writtenbyManishKumar,September29,2007
HeyAnil,
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Firstofallthanksforstartingsuchanicethread.Itsreallyhelpful.
IamfacingaproblemwithOADefaultHideShowBean.Ihaveapageinwhichasharedregionisembeddedtwice.
ThatsharedregioncontainsaHideShowregionbymakinguseofOADefaultHideShowBean.
Butwheniclickontheshowhidelinkoftheregionembeddedsecondithides/showstheregionthatwasembedded
first.Whenthehide/showlinkoffirstregionisclickedchangehappensonlyforthefirstregion.
Pleaseguidehowtoproceedtosolvethisproblem?
Thepagelayoutisasfollows
Page1(MainPage)
ShowHideRN(1st)
SharedRegion
ShowHideRN(2nd)
whenshow/hidelinkof2ndinstanceisclickedchangehappensonlyinthefirstinstance.

Howtocompile.fmbinlinuxmachine
writtenbypavankumar,October05,2007
iamnotabletocompilethe.fmbinlinuxmachineitwastellinginvalidcommand
plztellmewatistheproblem

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writtenbypavankumar,October08,2007
Hianil

iamnotabletocompilethe.fmbinlinuxmachineitwastellinginvalidcommand
plztellmewatistheproblem

Thanks
PavanP

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writtenbyAnilPassi,October08,2007
HiPravin,
Yourappsenvironmentonshellisn'tsetupcorrectly.
Hencef60genisnotinthepath.
Yourdba'sshouldbeabletohelpyouwiththis
Thanks,
AnilPassi

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OApagedebugging
writtenbysilpa,October09,2007
Hianil
WehaveanOApage.Weneedtomakesomechangestothispage.Couldyoutellmethestepstobefollowedto
downloadthepageandtheentireprojectrelatedtoit?
Thanks
Silpa

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writtenbyAnilPassi,October09,2007
Shilpa
Oracledoesnotdeliver.jprfiles.
Henceyouneedtobringtheobjectsyourselfintojdev
YouwillneedtoFTPthepagefrom$PRODUCT_TOP/mds/../....webui
Andthenputthatpageintomyprojects
Youcanopenthatpagetoseetheservercomponents[VO/EO/AM]etcyouneed.
Torunthatpage,allthesedependentobjectsmustbeplacedinmyclasses,asmyclassesfolderisincludedin
CLASSPATHforOAFrameworkruntimeinjDev.
IncaseyouneedtoextendBC4J,thenopenthoseBC4Jobjectsusingserver.xml
YouwillalsofindmyresponsetoSam[abovedatedSeptember17,2007]useful.
Thanks,
AnilPassi

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writtenbypavankumar,October16,2007
HiAnil
Canuplztellmetheformslogfilelocationwhenwearecompilingthe.fmb(form)whereshouldbelogfilewillbe
created.
Thanks
PavanP

Selfservicepagetables
writtenbysivaram,December24,2007
HiAnil,
iwanttodebugoneoftheselfservicepagetocheckwhichtablesgotupdatingorinsertingbehindthepage.

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iknowthatwecancheckintheoracleformsthroughHELPDIAGONASTICSEXAMINEtocheckthecolumnand
table.
SamewayhowtocheckintheOracleHTMLpage(OA).
Thanks,
Siva

addingalabeltext
writtenbyscott,December28,2007
question.inoaframework(newtoit)ineedtoaddaitem(asmessagestyletext)
whenthebuttonishit,iwanttheblankprompttosayCreatedondate(dateisavariable).howwouldigoabout
doingthis.mypageworksbutnotsurehowthiswouldbedone
thanks
scott

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