Upgrading IE (Internet Explorer)

With Microsoft announcing the beta release of IE9, many companies would be planning to upgrade from the (once?) stable IE6. Both 11i & R12 versions of Oracle Applications pose a challenge with respect to compatibility issues with different JRE versions. Careful consideration to different client operating systems (XP SP2, XP SP3, Vista, 7) should be given as well.

So here I am sharing my experience with upgrading the client machines. There are ActiveX controls to tweak for WebADI and also one needs to test the below to make sure the IE upgrade does not break anything:

1. BI publisher reports
2. MSCA (this requires a lower version of Java)
3. WebADI
4. Timeout (Automatic sign-on without loosing the form session - Profile values "ICX: Session Timeout" and "ICX:Limit Time")

The registry key (HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\TypeLib\{EAB22AC0-30C1-11CF-A7EB-0000C05BAE0B}\1.1\0\win32\) in Windows should have the below values:

• shdocvw.dll for IE6
• ieframe.dll for IE7

Both the above dll's are located normally under c:\windows\system32 folder.

The below metalink notes detail the recommended browsers for Oracle E-Business Suite (Certification Compatibility Matrix) for both IE & firefox browsers.

• 285218.1 - Recommended Browsers for Oracle E-Business Suite Release 11i
• 389422.1 - Recommended Browsers for Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12