
Firefox 3.5 is not supported, please contact the Help Desk. Instructions are written using Firefox 3.0, but will apply to Firefox 2.0 as well. Obsolete versions of Jinitiator can be made to work under Windows 7 with Internet Explorer 9, but this approach is not supported or recommended by Oracle.Install JInitiator for use of the FAMIS Application FAMIS Mozilla Firefox JInitiator This job aid describes how to install, if necessary, the latest version of the JInitiator java client to use the FAMIS Application on a Windows XP system, using the Mozilla Firefox browser.

The latest version (released in 2008) is 1.3.1.30 and is still available at the Oracle website. Since version 10.1.2.0.2 of Forms in 2010, Oracle began working closely with Sun to completely phase out Jinitiator. In January 2010, a product obsolescence desupport notice was posted saying that JInitiator would no longer be supported and that all users should upgrade. In 2007 Oracle announced, that for the upcoming release of Forms version 11, Jinitiator would no longer be needed and that users should migrate to the Sun Java plug-in. 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. It means that for instance Jinitiator 1.3.1.25 is based upon JDK 1.3 or later. The first two numbers of the version roughly follow the Sun Java numbering convention. This behavior is implemented by a plugin or an activex control, depending on the browser. This JVM is called only when a web-based Oracle application is accessed. It allows a web enabled Oracle Forms client application to be run inside a web browser.


Jinitiator is a Java virtual machine (JVM) made and distributed by Oracle Corporation. Java virtual machine Jinitiator Developer(s)
