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Playing Audio - Forms 12c new features

buggleboy007Nov 16 2020 — edited Nov 16 2020

Hello Michael,
We wish to play an audio that has been recorded when a specific form is launched. This is what we have done:
a) recorded a file and named it as po.mp3
b) gave the file to middleware who then signed it into a jar file (as mentioned in the new features document). These were his words "The file is accessible from /apps/retail/base/12c/icons on the server, or http://srv-fm1:7777/forms/icons/audio.jar"
c) based on the above, I called the file in WHEN-NEW-FORM-INSTANCE as :
PLAY_AUDIO('po.mp3'); This resulted in no luck.
so tried: PLAY_AUDIO('http://srv-fm1:7777/forms/icons/audio.jar/po.mp3');;) Even this resulted in no luck.
Is there anything else that needs to be done that is missing? Please advice.
Thanks in advance!
PS: For a known issue mentioned by Oracle for Forms: 12.2.1.1.0 (which is what we are using)
2.3.9 Oracle Forms does not play Audio Files using URL served by WebLogic Server
Oracle Forms audio functionality does not works if the URL, to obtain an audio files, is served by Oracle WebLogic Server. The audio file will fail to load.
The URL for the audio files must be served by the Oracle HTTP Server. Audio files delivered in JAR file can use URL served by either Oracle WebLogic Server or Oracle HTTP Server.
I checked with my DBA if the above is causing an issue and here was his reply:
We are using weblogic. We run Oracle HTTP Server on top of the WLS_FORMS / WLS_REPORTS managed servers.
This post has been answered by Michael Ferrante-Oracle on Nov 17 2020
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Evandro Lima-Oracle

Hello, as you did not specify much, I leave here a link hint that can at least give you an idea of the options you have to upload files to the Database, hope it helps.

https://blogs.oracle.com/searchtech/loading-documents-and-other-file-data-into-the-oracle-database

Regards

CJ Bell

I am using the file browser item on a form as below

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When the user selects the file I want the file to be uploaded to my table

The table i want the file to be uploaded to is not the table the form is based on I want to use the KEY field on the form to link to the other table

I also want to be able to load multiple files

I used to have a working version that used www_flow_files table then we copied the file from there - but this table doesn't exist now

I see that it uploads to APEX_APPLICATION_TEMP_FILES but when I check that table there is nothing there

hopefully thats a bit more detail

fac586

CJ Bell wrote:

I am using the file browser item on a form as below

pastedImage_0.png

When the user selects the file I want the file to be uploaded to my table

The table i want the file to be uploaded to is not the table the form is based on I want to use the KEY field on the form to link to the other table

I also want to be able to load multiple files

I used to have a working version that used www_flow_files table then we copied the file from there - but this table doesn't exist now

I see that it uploads to APEX_APPLICATION_TEMP_FILES but when I check that table there is nothing there

Note the "TEMP" in that table name. Files are only stored in APEX_APPLICATION_TEMP_FILES temporarily, with their lifetime being determined by setting the file browse item Purge File at property. The default option is End of Session, which stores the file until the end of the current APEX session. The other option is End of Request, which only holds the file for the duration of accept processing for the current page submission.

When are you checking for the files and what did the previously working version actually do? There is no reason why this shouldn't work if the file is copied to the target table at the appropriate time.

CJ Bell

I had something like this example previously

Use APEX to Create the File Browse Item - Create Upload Button

I set the purge file setting at session level then checked the table in SQLDeveloper after clicking apply changes and nothing was in there

fac586
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CJ Bell wrote:
I had something like this example previously
Use APEX to Create the File Browse Item - Create Upload Button

Now very out of date (and not a source that I would recommend anyway).

I set the purge file setting at session level then checked the table in SQLDeveloper after clicking apply changes and nothing was in there

How were you connected to SQL Developer? APEX_APPLICATION_TEMP_FILES is a synonym for WWV_FLOW_TEMP_FILES, which is actually a session-dependent view. You would only see any data from within the same APEX session or when connected with elevated DBA or APEX_ADMINISTRATOR_ROLE privileges.

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CJ Bell

I was in SQLDeveloper connected as The schema owner

I see what you mean , I will try and copy from that table to my local table using a process on the form thats in the session

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