[March 25, 2010: Elaborated on Firefox 3.6’s incompatibility with JInitiator 1.3] We certified Firefox 3.5 with Oracle E-Business Suite in September, 2009. The Mozilla team released Firefox 3.6 today, and I’m very pleased to announce that Firefox 3.6 is now certified with the E-Business Suite. If you’ve already applied all of the prerequisites required for Firefox 3.5, you’ll be happy to learn that no additional E-Business Suite patches are needed for Firefox 3.6 compatibility. The same baseline of patches for Firefox 3.5 allow for a painless upgrade to Firefox 3.6.
Firefox 3.6 requires “next generation Java” Firefox 3.6 is only supported with ‘next generation Java’ plug-in versions JRE 1.6.0_10 (6u10) or higher. The ‘Enable the next-generation Java plug-in’ option within the ‘Java Control Panel’ may still be switched off if required. Trying to launch Forms-based products with earlier JRE versions (JRE 1.6.0_07 or earlier or JRE 1.5.x) will prompt the user to download and install the latest available plug-in version through the Firefox ‘Plugin Finder Service’. Forms will not launch until a ‘next generation Java’ plug-in version is installed on the desktop client. Special Note for JInitiator Users As noted above, Firefox 3.6 has a hard dependency on JRE 1.6. JInitiator 1.3 is based on JRE 1.3 and will not work in Firefox 3.6. JInitiator is no longer supported for E-Business Suite environments. If you upgrade to Firefox 3.6, you must ensure that your E-Business Suite environment is also switched from using JInitiator to using the native Sun JRE plug-in. See:
Prerequisites for Oracle E-Business Suite Release 11i
- Oracle Applications 11.5.10 plus Maintenance Pack 11.5.10.CU2 or later
- Oracle Developer6i patchset 18 (6.0.8.27.x) or later (Note 125767.1)
- Oracle Applications Technology 11i.ATG_PF.H Rollup 6 (RUP 6, patch 5903765) or later
- Oracle Applications Framework (OAF) Patch 7651759
- Oracle Applications Technology Patch 7567782 which removes the use of the jpi-parameter and switches Firefox to a non-static versioning model
- Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12.0.x
- Oracle Applications Technology R12.ATG_PF.A.delta.6 (patch 7237006) or later
- Oracle Applications Framework (OAF) Patch 7602616
- Oracle Applications Technology Patch 7567840, which removes the use of the jpi-parameter and switches Firefox to a non-static versioning model
- No additional prerequisites are required
- Microsoft Windows 7
- Microsoft Windows Vista Service Pack 1 and 2
- Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2 and 3
- Recommended Browsers for Oracle E-Business Suite Release 11i (Note 285218.1)
- Recommended Browsers for Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 (Note 389422.1)
- Upgrading Sun JRE (Native Plug-in) with Oracle Applications 11i for Windows Clients (Note 290807.1)
- Upgrading JRE Plugin with Oracle Applications R12 (Note 393931.1)
- New Sun Java JRE Plug-In Certification Policy for Apps 11i & 12
- Updated Tips for Debugging Sun JRE + Forms Focus Issues for EBS 11i and 12
- Roundup: Oracle JInitiator 1.3 Desupported for EBS Customers in July 2009
- Internet Explorer 8 Certified with E-Business Suite Release 12
- Internet Explorer 8 Certified with E-Business Suite Release 11i
- Microsoft Windows 7 Certified with Oracle E-Business Suite