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JNLPFormsLauncher Java Exception After Clicking 'Open Document' Link in the PO Approval Notification (Doc ID 2802606.1)

Last updated on APRIL 17, 2023

Applies to:

Oracle Purchasing - Version 12.1.3 to 12.1.3 [Release 12.1]
Information in this document applies to any platform.

Symptoms

On : 12.1.3 version, Approvals - Req, PO

Issues when trying to open document from PO workflow Approval notification if a previous session for the same action is still open.

The following error occurs:

ERROR
-----------------------
basic: Starting new instance with arguments:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><!-- $Header: forms_jnlp.tmp 120.0.12010000.7 2018/09/28 05:32:22 lmanda noship $ --><!--#
...
class="oracle.apps.fnd.formsClient.jnlp.FndFormsEngine" height="1" width="1">
<param name="serverURL" value="/forms/lservlet?ifcfs=/forms/frmservlet?lang=US&#38;colorScheme=SWAN&#38;serverApp=OracleApplications&#38;digitSubstitution=CONTEXT&#38...;browserName=iexplore&#38;gp16=http_ticket&#38;gv16=L1NR8Pw300ZMqQjgMFejgQ..&#38;form_params=+config='actserv'+icx_ticket='.UPJ3esU-n-V112Wyp-5N9A..'+secgrp='STANDARD'+start_func='PO_POXPOEPO'+other_params='PO_HEADER_ID%3D4226333%5EACCESS_LEVEL_CODE%3DMODIFY%5EPOXPOEPO_CALLING_FORM%3DPOXSTNOT'&#38;encoding=UTF-8&#38;fsst=gDT5kWSyaqdg2bMRtOghBQ..&#38;acceptLanguage=en-US"/>
<param name="height" value="600"/>
<param name="width" value="750"/>
<param name="registryPath" value="/OA_JAVA/oracle/apps/fnd/formsClient"/>
<param name="serverApp" value="OracleApplications"/>
<param name="networkRetries" value="30"/>
<param name="disableValidateClipboard" value="true"/>
<param name="serverUserParams" ...

basic: JNLP2ClassLoader.findClass: oracle.apps.fnd.formsClient.jnlp.JNLPParamParser: try again ..
Exception in thread "Thread-20" java.lang.NullPointerException
at oracle.apps.fnd.formsClient.jnlp.JNLPFormsLauncher.mapParams(JNLPFormsLauncher.java:99)
at oracle.apps.fnd.formsClient.jnlp.JNLPFormsLauncher.newActivation(JNLPFormsLauncher.java:60)
at com.sun.jnlp.SingleInstanceServiceImpl$TransferListener.newActivation(Unknown Source)
at com.sun.deploy.si.SingleInstanceImpl$SingleInstanceServer$2.run(Unknown Source)
at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
at com.sun.deploy.si.SingleInstanceImpl$SingleInstanceServer.run(Unknown Source)


Steps to reproduce:
  1. Open PO Approval notification from worklist
  2. Click OPEN DOCUMENT link in the appproval notification
  3. Document is open in PO form (POXPOEPO)
  4. Attempting to click the OPEN DOCUMENT link again leads to the error above

Changes

 Issue occurs after enabling JWS per note 'Using Java Web Start with Oracle E-Business Suite <Note 2188898.1>'

Cause

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