FRM-92101 and FRM-92050

Hi Readers,

I faced below two errors reported by end users many times but I did not face the same error even a single time. I crosschecked with my other team members and they also did not face the same . Even in Application log files I did not get much information. Most of the times we communicated to end users that the problem is with there laptop/desktop or some java issue etc. etc. because they face this issue intermittently. Finally issues has been caught. It's because of Internet explorer 8. We are using IE6 but few end users are using IE8.

1. Login to E-Business Suite
2. Select any Forms based responsibility
3. Select any Form function to launch Forms

Errors:

1>FRM-92050: Failed to connect to the server: /forms/formservlet: -1
2>FRM-92101: There was a failure in the Forms during startup. This could happen due to an invalid configuration

Simply follow below metalink notes and do the mentioned ACTION PLAN's .You can also use temporary workaround as mentioned in the below notes:

a) [ID 389422.1] - Recommended Browsers for Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12
b) [ID 1103277.1] - Is Microsoft Internet Explorer 8 (IE8) Certified With Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12
c) [ID 1059574.1] - Internet Explorer Has Modified This Page To Prevent Cross-site Scripting
d)[ID 397174.1] - Deploying a New Forms .ear File in Oracle Applications Release 12


FYI,
workarounds: snapshot from the metalink notes:

(i) The following temporary workaround, of disabling the XSS filter is not recommended, but has been reported and may be of help until you implement the supported solution delineated in Note 389422.1.1. In MSIE 8 > [Menu Bar ] >Tools > Internet Options > [Tab] Security > [Button] Custom Level > Scroll down to entry "Enable XSS Filter" > Select Disable XSS Filter > Click OK

(ii) Previous releases of Internet Explorer have allowed users to logon to the same Oracle E-Business Suite environment concurrently from the same desktop by launching each application session through a new browser session. By default the ‘Session Merging’ feature within IE8 prevents this functionality from working correctly. This IE8 functionality causes the same session id to be used when accessing the same Oracle E-Business Suite environment despite opening a new browser window to launch a second session. This can result in unusual behavior with invalid sessions causing errors such as “Your login session has become invalid" and failures to launch forms causing errors such as “FRM-92050: Failed to connect to the server: /forms/formservlet: -1"
To retain the use of multiple sessions to the same Oracle E-Business Suite environment with IE8, please use one of the workarounds below to ensure each browser session remains independent;
Open a new explorer window using its own session cookie by selecting 'File -> New Session' from an existing browser window.
Run from the command line adding the -nomerge parameter i.e. Start -> Run -> iexplore -nomerge
Create a new IE8 icon adding the -nomerge parameter i.e.
Start -> Program Files
Right click on the Internet Explorer icon and select Properties
Add -nomerge to the end of the link in the Target field i.e."C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe" -nomerge
Click the OK button to close the window
This icon may then be copied to the desktop if desired

Hope above docs will be helpul.

Regards
Guru