To Get Forms Runtime Diagnostics also know as FRD logs

 ######Tracing And Logging For Forms In Oracle Applications [ID 438652.1]######

How to check Forms are Implemented in socket mode or servlet mode. 

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 1. R12.1 Forms can be implemented in servlet mode or socket mode. Check file $FORMS_WEB_CONFIG_FILE (or $INST_TOP/ora/10.1.2/forms/server/appsweb.cfg) to find which mode forms runs:

In Servlet mode:
serverURL=/forms/lservlet
connectMode=servlet    

In Socket mode:
serverURL=(should be blank)
connectMode=Socket

This can be also verified by Profile option "ICX: Forms Launcher" value https://hostname.domain:port/forms/frmservlet on site level.

How To Enable FRD logs?

1: Obtain FRD Trace Using Appsweb.cfg

2: Obtain FRD Trace Using Profile Options
3: Obtain FRD in an ADHOC way

1) To enable FRD on Site level:
In appsweb.cfg, set "record=collect" as shown below (under ENVIRONMENT SPECIFIC PARAMETERS section)

# Sub argument for other params
record=collect

also can specify the log name
log=site1.log 

2) To enable FRD on User level:
Change Profile option "ICX: Forms Launcher" on user level to https://hostname.domain:port/forms/frmservlet?record=collect

Then, launch forms after logging onto EBS (usually without any services downtime, but may need to bounce Apache or clear cache). Forms shall popup a note "Forms Runtime Diagnostics is enabled, Please note this can affect performance." before forms shows up.

By default, trace file collect_<pid> gets written in folder $FORMS_TRACE_DIR, where <pid> is the process identifier.  "grep" the pid to find which os process created it.

Optionally, in appsweb.cfgs, specify the log name
log=user1.log
(Note: Log file site1.log or user1.log will be saved in folder $FORMS_TRACE_DIR. This folder may need manually cleaning from time to time.)

3) Enabling FRD (in R12.1) by URL https://hostname.domain:port/forms/frmservlet?record=collect ( or https://hostname.domain:port/forms/frmservlet?record=collect+log=user1.log )
Enter EBS userID/password to access forms directly. But it may give error:
APP-FND-01542: This Applications Server is not authorized to access this database.

To get this working, modify current context file by changing “s_appserverid_authentication” value from SECURE to OFF. Then shutdown apps and run Autoconfig.

3. When QA uses Vugen 12 for scripting and uses HP Performance Center (PC) 12 to run the scripts to test EBS R12.1.3 site performance, I was asked to change Profile option "ICX: Forms Launcher" on user level from https://hostname.domain:port/forms/frmservlet to
https://hostname.domain:port/forms/frmservlet?play=&record=names

I did not know what that profile value really does. But after the change, performance testing worked by PC 12 for our QA.

NOTES:  For JWS, do NOT use Method 2 of Option 1 in Doc ID 438652.1 or follow Doc ID 373548.1 (How To Collect And Use Forms Trace (FRD) in Oracle Applications Release 12) to enable FRD by setting up profile option Forms Runtime Parameters to "record=forms tracegroup=0-97". It will give error "FRM-90926: Duplicate Parameter on Command Line" without launching forms.

OUTPUT

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When a form is run with FRD enabled, a combination of external user-application interactions and internal Forms processing events are written in chronological order to a log file. These events can be analyzed to determine user actions and corresponding system responses, which aid in problem diagnosis and issue resolution. Kindly refer below display for a brief extract from a frd log file.

Extracts from a frd log file :

File Name: /oracle1/PROD/inst/apps/PROD_vkaria/logs/ora/10.1.2/forms/collect_32188

Process ID: 22334

Client IP: 141.19.111.99

Forms 10.1 (Forms Runtime) Version 10.1.2.0.2 (Production)

PL/SQL Version 10.1.0.5.0 (Production)

Oracle Virtual Graphics System Version 10.1.2.0.0 (Production)

Oracle Multimedia Version 10.1.2.0.2 (Production)

Oracle Tools Integration Version 10.1.2.0.2 (Production)

Oracle Tools Common Area Version 10.1.2.0.2

Oracle CORE 10.1.0.4.0 Production

Opened file: /oracle1/PROD/apps/apps_st/appl/fnd/12.0.0/forms/US/FNDSCSGN.fmx

ON-LOGON Trigger Fired:

Form: FNDSCSGN

State Delta:

FNDSCSGN, 1, Trigger, Entry, 2016355936, ON-LOGON

FNDSCSGN, 2, Prog Unit, Entry, 2017421936, /FNDSCSGN-1/P53_04_JAN_200703_41_43

FNDSCSGN, 3, Prog Unit, Entry, 2018075936, /FNDSCSGN-1/DO_LOGON

Executing DEFAULT_VALUE Built-in:

In Argument 0 - Type: String Value: NULL

In Argument 1 - Type: String Value: GLOBAL.FNDSCSGN_UNAME

Executing GET_APPLICATION_PROPERTY Built-in:

In Argument 0 - Type: Number Value: 73

Out Argument 0 - Type: String Value: NULL

Note:http://appsdbastuff.blogspot.com/2010/04/forms-runtime-diagnostics-frd-tracing.html