| Online Form Cache Initialization |  |
| The user interface of the Online Form Cache Initialization allows you to select a consecutive range of packages and a non-consecutive range of packages and modules. The availability of this feature depends on the version of the Infor ERP system you connect to. Older versions of Infor ERP systems cannot supply the required information to the Online Form Cache Initialization form. When you are connected to such an older version of an Infor ERP backend, a user interface is displayed that allows you to only enter a consecutive package range. Note To move an existing form cache, complete the following steps: Open the Online Form Cache Initialization form. Specify a new form cache directory. Click Submit.
Fields | Description
XFE directory | The location that is the root of the XFE dump directory structure. See the explanation of the Online Form Cache Initialization process later in this section.
Log directory | The location to store the log files
Form cache directory | The location to store the form cache. Important! To confirm the location of the form cache directory, click Submit.
Baan Environment | The environment for which to initialize the form cache.
User name | The username login for that environment.
Password | Specify the password of the username to log on to the specified environment. Click Connect.
Packages and Modules | Select the package(s) and module(s), from the tree with check boxes.
Package Combination | If the Infor ERP system is connected you can supply information about available package combinations, languages, packages, and modules. Here you can select a package combination from the drop-down list. For older Infor ERP systems, the user interface displays fields that allow you to specify a consecutive range of packages only. The Online Form Cache Initialization process uses the package combination and language specified in the User Data (ttaad2500m000) session for the user that connected to the Infor ERP system.
Language code | Here you can select a Language code from the drop-down list.
Commands | Description
Connect | Click Connect to establish a connection with the selected environment. If the connection is succesful the Connect button becomes disabled
Disconnect | If the connection is succesful the Disconnect button becomes enabled.
Start | If you click Start a modal dialog appears to display the progress of the Online Form Generation process. If the cache already contains forms, only those forms older than the associated XFE dump will be regenerated. Also, some optimization takes place to reduce the number of XFE dumps that will be generated and transferred. When the Online Form Cache Initialization process has been started, the following events occur: A connection is established with the Infor ERP system as described in the selected environment, using the given username and password. A comparison, per module, between the creation dates of the forms in the cache and similar runtime objects on the Infor ERP system. If a module is found that contains outdated forms in the cache, a process is started on the Infor ERP system. This converts local session and form data for all sessions and forms in the given module into XML files, also known as XFE dumps. The XFE dumps are collected and compressed in a tar.gz file per package, and each file is transferred to the Web UI server. On the Web UI server, these tar.gz files are unpacked into the XFE Root Directory in a directory structure that reflects the origin of the XFE dumps. When the tar.gz files are unpacked, a process is started on the Web UI server. This converts the XFE dumps into Java form classes that are stored into the Form Cache.