See below for the change document for UPK 3.1.6:

1:- MULTI-USER DEVELOPER AND USAGE TRACKING CHANGES
Added support for Oracle Databases v9i, v10g, and v11g.

2:- STANDARD JAVA CHANGES
Added support for Sun Java Runtime Environment (JRE) version 1.6.0_05.

3:- JD EDWARDS ENTERPRISEONE CHANGES
Added support for tools version 8.97 on application version 8.12.

SIEBEL CHANGES
4:- Added support for Siebel 7.7.2.9, 7.8.2.7, and 8.0.0.2.

QUESTION
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If I capture content on the Development Instance where Context ID’s are implemented, is this translated to the Production Instance(context Id’s implemented) once we go live? OR do I have to recreate/recapture UPK content again?

ANSWER
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The context ids that are captured are the context information used by Oracle help to load the correct help page. For example on the profiles query form the context id might be FNDPOMPV_PROFILE_QF. As long as both instances are at the same apps version then the same form should have the same context id as this is independent of the instance. Therefore, you should be able to use your content recorded on the Development instance to provide help content on the production instance.

http://www.oracleappsblog.com/index.php/weblog/C47/

 MetaLink Recognition Report for September 2007  

About This Report This report is provided by the Oracle USA Knowledge Management Team to recognize your contribution and sharing of knowledge on MetaLink. This report will display published articles that you have authored along with the MetaLink usage for each article. This usage information will be provided to you on a monthly basis for up to 6 months. Your Contribution Thank you for participating in the Customer Knowledge Exchange Program! Your contribution is highly valued by both customers, partners, and employees and is viewed by over 300,000+ total users worldwide. To provide you with a snapshot of how your knowledge is being leveraged by this global KM community, please see the report below. Note ID Title Date Published 432864.1 My experience with install and configuration of Oracle Applications Desktop Integrator (ADI 7.2.8) for GL 15-MAY-07 Your MetaLink Usage Note: 432864.1 My experience with install and configuration of Oracle Applications Desktop Integrator (ADI 7.2.8) for GL Month # of Visits * Bookmarks ** May 2007 50 0 Jun 2007 106 2 Jul 2007 86 0 Aug 2007 78 1 Sep 2007 97 0 Total 417 3 * The number of times the note was opened in MetaLink ** The number of times the note was bookmarked in MetaLink

]]> http://ebusinessuite.wordpress.com/2007/10/15/metalink-recognition-report-for-september-2007/feed/ 0 nasirh Home http://ebusinessuite.wordpress.com/2007/09/21/recognized-on-blogsoraclecom/ http://ebusinessuite.wordpress.com/2007/09/21/recognized-on-blogsoraclecom/#comments Fri, 21 Sep 2007 16:09:49 +0000 nasirh http://ebusinessuite.wordpress.com/2007/09/21/recognized-on-blogsoraclecom/ ]]> I was looking through my referrer URL’s and found Blogs.Oracle.com

I was listed under “NON-EMPLOYEE BLOGS (that we know of)” by Oracle.

The Oracle blogging community is where Oracle executives, employees, and non-employees alike exchange views about customer requirements and best practices for using Oracle and industry-standard technologies.

To summarize:

- Implement Oracle Configuration Manager
- Run the Diagnostic Tools Oracle provides

You can find more information on this in Metalink.

FYI through this 2 hour meeting I found out that Oracle it redeveloping Metalink and the project is called Project Orion, it is due to launch next year.

About This Report This report is provided by the Oracle USA Knowledge Management Team to recognize your contribution and sharing of knowledge on MetaLink. This report will display published articles that you have authored along with the MetaLink usage for each article. This usage information will be provided to you on a monthly basis for up to 6 months. Your Contribution Thank you for participating in the Customer Knowledge Exchange Program! Your contribution is highly valued by both customers, partners, and employees and is viewed by over 300,000+ total users worldwide. To provide you with a snapshot of how your knowledge is being leveraged by this global KM community, please see the report below. Note ID Title Date Published 432864.1 My experience with install and configuration of Oracle Applications Desktop Integrator (ADI 7.2.8) for GL 15-MAY-07 Your MetaLink Usage Note: 432864.1 My experience with install and configuration of Oracle Applications Desktop Integrator (ADI 7.2.8) for GL Month # of Visits * Bookmarks ** May 2007 50 0 Jun 2007 106 2 Jul 2007 86 0 Aug 2007 78 1 Total 320 3 * The number of times the note was opened in MetaLink ** The number of times the note was bookmarked in MetaLink

]]> http://ebusinessuite.wordpress.com/2007/09/17/metalink-recognition-report-for-august-2007/feed/ 0 nasirh Home http://ebusinessuite.wordpress.com/2007/09/04/upk-help-menu-integration-for-e-business-suite/ http://ebusinessuite.wordpress.com/2007/09/04/upk-help-menu-integration-for-e-business-suite/#comments Tue, 04 Sep 2007 13:25:09 +0000 nasirh http://ebusinessuite.wordpress.com/2007/09/04/upk-help-menu-integration-for-e-business-suite/ ]]> To implement Help Menu Integration, you must modify the HELP_WEB_AGENT profile on theOracle server to point to the Player content. This causes the browser-based Player interface tolaunch directly from the Oracle Help menu. If you want the users to have access to Oracle help as well, you can modify a supplied Java script file so that a decision or “gateway page” launches instead of the Oracle Help gateway page. This gateway page contains an OnDemand link in a separate frame at the top of the Oracle Help page. Clicking this link opens the Player.

Modifying the HELP_WEB_AGENT Profile

You must modify the HELP_WEB_AGENT profile in Oracle to point to the odhelp.html in the
Player content deployed on the server.
For Oracle E-Business Suite 11i , the URL consists of two parts: the path for the odhelp.html file
located in the \oracle\hemi folder in the Player content, plus the path of the default dbc file for the
Oracle server.

Following is an example for 11i:

URL=http://<serverame>:<port>/ORACLE/hemi/odhelp.html?dbc=d:\oracle\
o11iappl\fnd\11.5.0\secure\<server name>.dbc

Following is an example for R12:

URL=http://<server name>:<port>/ORACLE/hemi/odhelp.html

To modify the HELP_WEB_AGENT profile in Oracle E-Business Suite 11i:

1. Sign on to the Oracle EBS Application via the web browser as an administrator.
2. Click the System Administrator link and locate the System Profile.
3. When the java form launches, enter APPLICATIONS_HELP% in the Profile field andclick Find.
4. Enter or edit the URL with the path to the odhelp.html and the dbc file in the Site fieldof the Applications Help Web Agent.
5. For the profile change to take effect in the current session, exit from Oracle applications and log in again.
6. Click Help in Oracle, and the Player launches.

To modify the HELP_WEB_AGENT profile in Oracle E-Business Suite R12:

1. Sign on to the Oracle EBS Application via the web browser as an administrator.
2. Click the System Administrator link, find the System Profile.
3. When the java form launches, enter APPLICATIONS_HELP% in the Profile field and click Find.
4. Enter the location of the odhelp.html file in the Site field of the Applications Help Web Agent
5. Save the changes and reboot the forms server to take effect.

* Reference taken from UPK Content Administration Guide: CH 6 Help Menu Integration for the Oracle E-Business Suite

A couple of good examples would be Workflow (OWF), and Oracle Application Manager (OAM).

If you want to implement context-sensitive Help for Oracle E-Business Suite applications, the correct Context IDs of the objects in Oracle must be captured while the content is recorded. To enable this, you must deploy or modify the custom library (CUSTOM.pll) on the Oracle serverbefore content creation begins.

Deploy a Custom Library

Use the following steps if you have not deployed a custom library on your Oracle Applications
server.

1. Back up your existing CUSTOM.pll to CUSTOM.pll.orig.
2. Locate the ODPNCustomPLL.zip file in the ORACLE folder where the Developer is installed and retrieve the CUSTOM.pll file. Then copy it to the $AU_TOP/resource folderon the Oracle Applications server.
3. Locate the ODPNCustomPLL.zip file in the ORACLE folder where the Developer isinstalled and retrieve the ODPN.pll file. Then copy it to the $AU_TOP/resource folder on the Oracle Applications server.
4. Ensure that no one is currently using Oracle Applications (web Forms).
5. While in the $AU_TOP/resource, compile the ODPN.pll and CUSTOM.pll library filesusing the command for your specific EBS version:

For Oracle E-Business Suite 11.5.9

f60gen module=ODPN.pll module_type=LIBRARY userid=apps/apps@<instance>
compile_all=yes

f60gen module=CUSTOM.pll module_type=LIBRARY userid=apps/apps@<instance>
compile_all=yes

For Oracle E-Business Suite 11.5.10

ifcmp60 module=ODPN.pll module_type=LIBRARY userid=apps/apps@<instance> compile_all=yes

ifcmp60 module=CUSTOM.pll module_type=LIBRARY userid=apps/apps@<instance> compile_all=yes

For Oracle E-Business Suite R12

frmcmp module=ODPN.pll userid=apps/apps@<instance> module_type=library compile_all=yes

frmcmp module=CUSTOM.pll userid=apps/apps@<instance> module_type=librarycompile_all=yes

*Replace the database connect string to reflect your instance.

Modify an Existing Custom Library

Use the following steps if you have custom logic in your custom library (CUSTOM.pll) that you do not want to overwrite. You must place a line of code in the custom library that will call out to new library (ODPN.pll). After doing this, you will only need to recompile your existing CUSTOM.pll if you receive new versions of ODPN.pll with software upgrades.

1. 1. Backup your existing CUSTOM.pll to CUSTOM.pll.orig.
2. Copy the CUSTOM.pll from the $AU_TOP/resource folder on the Oracle Applications server to a client machine that has Oracle Forms Builder installed.
3. Copy the APPCORE2.pll from $AU_TOP/resource folder on the Oracle Applicationsserver to a client machine that has Oracle Forms Builder installed. This should be the same folder you used for step 2.
4. Locate the ODPNCustomPLL.zip file in the ORACLE folder where the Developer isinstalled and retrieve the ODPN.pll file. Then copy it to the client machine into same folder as previous file copies. Note that this library is not version-specific to 11i or R12.
5. Open CUSTOM.pll using Oracle Forms Builder and attach ODPN.pll. Place this file in the same folder on the client side as your CUSTOM.pll prior to the attachment.
6. Answer Yes, when asked to remove directory path.
7. Add the following code to the Event procedure:gkod_event (event_name, ‘SPECIAL15’);
8. Ensure that no one is currently using Oracle Applications (web Forms). Shut down Oracle Forms Server service.
9. Copy the CUSTOM.pll and ODPN.pll files from the client to the $AU_TOP/resourcefolder on the Oracle Applications server.
10. Compile both the ODPN.pll and the CUSTOM.pll files using steps 5 and 6 in the previous section.

* Reference taken from UPK Content Administration Guide: CH 6 Help Menu Integration for the Oracle E-Business Suite