{"id":913,"date":"2008-10-20T15:44:46","date_gmt":"2008-10-20T19:44:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/onlineappsdba.com\/index.php\/2008\/10\/20\/custom-look-and-feel-claf-in-apps-11i-framework-pages\/"},"modified":"2008-10-20T15:44:46","modified_gmt":"2008-10-20T19:44:46","slug":"custom-look-and-feel-claf-in-apps-11i-framework-pages","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/onlineappsdba.com\/index.php\/2008\/10\/20\/custom-look-and-feel-claf-in-apps-11i-framework-pages\/","title":{"rendered":"Custom Look and Feel (CLAF) in Apps 11i (Framework Pages)"},"content":{"rendered":"

This post covers overview of Custom Look and Feel <\/strong>(CLAF) in Self Service Pages (Oracle Apps 11i) and steps to troubleshoot look & feel related issues.
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Custom Look and Feel\u00a0functionality in 11i\u00a0 Framework Pages
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\n1.<\/strong>User type in username\/password to login to Apps 11i<\/p>\n

2.<\/strong> System checks value of profile option Oracle Applications Look and Feel<\/strong> at User Level<\/strong> (if blank then); Responsibility Level<\/strong> (if blank then);\u00a0 Server Level<\/strong> and finally Site<\/strong> Level<\/strong>.
\n(lets assume value of this profile option is my_claf<\/strong>)<\/p>\n

3.<\/strong>Web Server (Jserv component of Apache) then search for page layout template<\/strong> from renderer<\/strong>component in $OA_HTML\/cabo\/lafs\/[claf_name<\/strong>].xml<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0 (in our case my_claf.xml<\/strong>)<\/p>\n

<renderers>
\n<renderer name=”pageLayout”>
\n<template name=”pageLayout.uit<\/strong>“><\/template>
\n<\/renderer>
\n<\/renderers><\/p>\n

4.<\/strong>System picks page layout from $OA_HTML\/cabo\/template\/[claf_name]\/pageLayout.uit<\/strong>(my_claf) and apply to user page<\/p>\n

5.<\/strong>System picks style sheet from $OA_HTML\/cabo\/styles\/[claf_name<\/strong>].xss<\/strong>(my_claf.xss) and apply to user page.
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Terminology \/ Important files<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n

A. Renderer<\/strong>– renderer defines where items are placed on screen\/page and HTML around it.
\nB. Styles<\/strong> – defines how common components (tabs, buttons) look like.
\nC. Profile Option<\/strong> – “<\/strong>Oracle Applications Look and Feel“<\/strong>
\nValue in above profile options determine Look and Feel<\/strong> in Oracle Apps 11i (You can Set profile option at User, Responsibility, Server, Site level)
\nD. CLAF related directory on Application Tier<\/strong> –
\ni) Styles<\/strong>– $OA_HTML\/cabo\/styles
\nii) Templates<\/strong>– $OA_HTML\/cabo\/templates
\niii) Cache <\/strong>– $OA_HTML\/cabo\/styles\/cache
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 – $OA_HTML\/cabo\/images\/cache<\/p>\n

iv) Log file<\/strong> related to issues around Look and Feel –
\n$IAS_ORACLE_HOME\/Apache\/Jserv\/logs\/Jserv.log<\/strong> (enable logging in jserv.properties <\/strong>change log=false<\/strong> to log=true<\/strong>)<\/p>\n

E. Define new Look & Feel<\/strong> – Responsibility -> Customizing Look and Feel Administrator<\/p>\n

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Trouble shooting Look and Feel Issues on Framework Pages<\/u><\/strong>\u00a0<\/p>\n

Users reported that header <\/strong>(custom GIF – company logo)\u00a0was missing from OA Framework Pages.<\/p>\n

Step 1<\/strong> – I enabled Extra Logging by\u00a0updating log=true<\/strong> in jserv.properties
\nStep 2 <\/strong>– Bounced Apache using adapcctl.sh<\/strong>
\nStep 3<\/strong> – Reproduced issue by accessing self service page
\nStep 4 <\/strong>– Checked logs in jserv.log<\/strong> and found\u00a0below error<\/p>\n

[598] Binding param 1: HOMEPAGE:1259
\n[599] Binding param 2: 1259
\n[12\/06\/2008 09:03:09:614 BST] OAPageLayoutBean, localName=’pageLayout’
\n[12\/06\/2008 09:03:09:626 BST] null
\njava.net.SocketException: Connection reset
\nat java.net.SocketInputStream.read(SocketInputStream.java:168)
\nat HTTPClient.ExtBufferedInputStream.fill(ExtBufferedInputStream.java:198)
\nat HTTPClient.ExtBufferedInputStream.read(ExtBufferedInputStream.java:335)
\nat HTTPClient.StreamDemultiplexor.read(StreamDemultiplexor.java:514)
\nat HTTPClient.RespInputStream.read(RespInputStream.java:199)
\nat HTTPClient.RespInputStream.read(RespInputStream.java:158)
\nat HTTPClient.Response.readResponseHeaders(Response.java:1176)<\/p>\n

Steps\u00a05<\/strong> – Custom GIF (company logo) was urlInclude<\/strong>(relative path like $OA_HTML\/companyLogo.gif )\u00a0and\u00a011i was configured to use\u00a0SSL. While searching Oracle Forums found this<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n

Steps 6 <\/strong>– Changed urlInclude<\/strong> to use absolute path (like https:\/\/istore.myserver.com\/OA_HTML\/companyLogo.gif ) ; bounced Apache and this time there was new error message in jserv.log<\/strong><\/p>\n

[12\/06\/2008 10:15:49:273 BST] OAPageLayoutBean, localName=’pageLayout’
\n[12\/06\/2008 10:15:49:305 BST] null
\njava.net.UnknownHostException<\/strong>: istore.myserver.com<\/strong>
\nat java.net.InetAddress.getAllByName0(InetAddress.java:1016)
\nat java.net.InetAddress.getAllByName0(InetAddress.java:981)
\nat java.net.InetAddress.getAllByName(InetAddress.java:975)
\nat HTTPClient.HTTPConnection.getSocket(HTTPConnection.java:1907)
\nat HTTPClient.HTTPConnection.sendRequest(HTTPConnection.java:2922)
\nat HTTPClient.HTTPConnection.handleRequest(HTTPConnection.java:2150)
\nat HTTPClient.HTTPConnection.setupRequest(HTTPConnection.java:3561)<\/p>\n

Step\u00a07<\/strong> – Added istore.myserver.com<\/strong>in \/etc\/hosts<\/strong> (Linux Server)\u00a0file on Web Node, bounce Apache
\nStep\u00a08<\/strong> – This time logo was visible<\/p>\n

Note * This note is to give you direction on how to troubleshoot Look and Feel (LAF) related issues for OA Framework pages and may not cover all aspects of LAF.<\/font><\/p>\n

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References<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n