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The main reason for Oracle to develop Jinitiator was to support Oracle Forms on the web in earlier releases due to bugs in earlier releases of the JDK.
The main reason for Oracle to develop Jinitiator was to support Oracle Forms on the web in earlier releases due to bugs in earlier releases of the JDK.


In 2007 Oracle announced, that for the upcoming release of Forms version 11, Jinitiator would no longer be needed<ref>http://forums.oracle.com/forums/thread.jspa?messageID=1548100&#1548100</ref><ref>https://blogs.oracle.com/stevenChan/entry/jinitiator_118_to_be_desupport</ref> and that users should migrate to the Sun Java plug-in<ref name="obsolete">https://blogs.oracle.com/stevenChan/entry/jinitiator_11827_certified_for</ref> In January 2010, a product obsolescence despupport notice was posted saying that JInitiator would no longer be supported and that all users should upgrade.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://support.oracle.com/epmos/faces/DocumentDisplay?_afrLoop=460080037836744&id=761159.1&_afrWindowMode=0&_adf.ctrl-state=uesu0qpcx_21 | title=Product Obsolescence Desupport Notice | accessdate=2013-11-14}}</ref> Since version 10.1.2.0.2 of Forms in 2010, Oracle began working closely with Sun to phase out Jinitiator (announced here for 1.4.2 and 1.5.0 of the Sun JDK:<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/developer-tools/forms/clientsod-forms10gr2-097528.html | title=Client Platform Statement of Direction 10g R2| date=2010-3-1 | accessdate=2013-11-14}}</ref>)
In 2007 Oracle announced, that for the upcoming release of Forms version 11, Jinitiator would no longer be needed<ref>http://forums.oracle.com/forums/thread.jspa?messageID=1548100&#1548100</ref><ref>https://blogs.oracle.com/stevenChan/entry/jinitiator_118_to_be_desupport</ref> and that users should migrate to the Sun Java plug-in.<ref name="obsolete">https://blogs.oracle.com/stevenChan/entry/jinitiator_11827_certified_for</ref> In January 2010, a product obsolescence despupport notice was posted saying that JInitiator would no longer be supported and that all users should upgrade.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://support.oracle.com/epmos/faces/DocumentDisplay?_afrLoop=460080037836744&id=761159.1&_afrWindowMode=0&_adf.ctrl-state=uesu0qpcx_21 | title=Product Obsolescence Desupport Notice | accessdate=2013-11-14}}</ref> Since version 10.1.2.0.2 of Forms in 2010, Oracle began working closely with Sun to phase out Jinitiator to completely phase it out.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/developer-tools/forms/clientsod-forms10gr2-097528.html | title=Client Platform Statement of Direction 10g R2| date=2010-3-1 | accessdate=2013-11-14}}</ref>)


A lot of (custom) legacy applications still use Jinitiator (in 2012), and the software is still available at the Oracle website. Latest version (made in 2008) is 1.3.1.30. Obsolete versions of Jinitiator can be made to work under [[Windows 7]] (x64) with [[Internet Explorer 9]], but this approach is not supported or recommended by Oracle.<ref>http://notsomany.wordpress.com/2010/03/30/jinitiator-working-on-windows-7/</ref><ref name="obsolete"/>
The latest version (released in 2008) is 1.3.1.30 and is still available at the Oracle website. Obsolete versions of Jinitiator can be made to work under [[Windows 7]] (x64) with [[Internet Explorer 9]], but this approach is not supported or recommended by Oracle.<ref>http://notsomany.wordpress.com/2010/03/30/jinitiator-working-on-windows-7/</ref><ref name="obsolete"/>


==References==
==References==

Revision as of 16:27, 14 November 2013

Jinitiator
Developer(s)Oracle Corporation
Operating systemMicrosoft Windows
WebsiteOracle Jinitiator

Jinitiator is a JVM (Java Virtual Machine) made and distributed by Oracle Corporation. It allows a web enabled Oracle Forms client application to be run inside a web browser. This JVM is called only when a web-based Oracle application is accessed. This behavior is implemented by a plugin or an activex control, depending on the browser.

The first two numbers of the version roughly follow the Sun Java numbering convention. It means that for instance Jinitiator 1.3.1.25 is based upon JDK 1.3 or later.

The main reason for Oracle to develop Jinitiator was to support Oracle Forms on the web in earlier releases due to bugs in earlier releases of the JDK.

In 2007 Oracle announced, that for the upcoming release of Forms version 11, Jinitiator would no longer be needed[1][2] and that users should migrate to the Sun Java plug-in.[3] In January 2010, a product obsolescence despupport notice was posted saying that JInitiator would no longer be supported and that all users should upgrade.[4] Since version 10.1.2.0.2 of Forms in 2010, Oracle began working closely with Sun to phase out Jinitiator to completely phase it out.[5])

The latest version (released in 2008) is 1.3.1.30 and is still available at the Oracle website. Obsolete versions of Jinitiator can be made to work under Windows 7 (x64) with Internet Explorer 9, but this approach is not supported or recommended by Oracle.[6][3]

References

  1. ^ http://forums.oracle.com/forums/thread.jspa?messageID=1548100&#1548100
  2. ^ https://blogs.oracle.com/stevenChan/entry/jinitiator_118_to_be_desupport
  3. ^ a b https://blogs.oracle.com/stevenChan/entry/jinitiator_11827_certified_for
  4. ^ "Product Obsolescence Desupport Notice". Retrieved 2013-11-14.
  5. ^ "Client Platform Statement of Direction 10g R2". 2010-3-1. Retrieved 2013-11-14. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  6. ^ http://notsomany.wordpress.com/2010/03/30/jinitiator-working-on-windows-7/