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Oracle Applications NLS Release
Notes Release 12
Oracle® Applications
NLS Release Notes
Release 12
Part No. B31571-01
Revised: 30 August 2007
These release notes update and supplement Oracle Applications Installation
Guide: Using Rapid Install, Oracle Applications Upgrade Guide: Release 11i to
Release 12, and Oracle Applications Maintenance Procedures with
information specific to National Language Support (NLS) installations. Use this
document and the appropriate supplementary manual or manuals when you
install or upgrade Oracle Applications NLS systems.
The Oracle Applications Release Notes also contain important information
about your installation or upgrade. You must read and perform the tasks in all
documents.
Additional Information:
See Oracle Applications Translation Scope and Availability
(Doc ID: 405992.1).
Documentation Resources
Oracle Applications Documentation Resources, Release 12 (Doc ID: 394692.1)
lists the full set of documentation associated with Release 12. In addition to the
documents previously mentioned, it also has a link to Oracle Applications
Concepts, which contains important information about managing NLS
systems.
Two additional resources (available on OracleMetaLink) are:
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provides a quick way to synchronize existing translations with the American
English software on your system, along with an option to obtain the latest
translations.
Oracle Applications Globalization Support Guide (Release 12) (Doc ID:
393861.1)
Installing Translations
All references to NLS patch 4440000 and NLS Release 12 patch 4440000
refer to the Release 12 NLS software for the language. The software is
available from the NLS DVD media or from EPD (http://edelivery.oracle.com/).
The NLS software is a zip file that contains the NLS Release 12 patch
4440000, a README.txt file and a README.html file with instructions on how
to install the NLS software.
The minimum recommended space required for each active language in the
APPL_TOP is 7GB and 1GB for the database. Follow the steps in the
Post-installation Tasks section of this document to complete the installation of
the language software.
Use the following table to decide which installation method best suits your
needs.
If you are... Follow the instructions in...
Upgrading an existing Oracle Applications Upgrade Guide: Release
system to Release 12 11i to Release 12 to install the NLS software
The Post-installation Tasks section of this
document
Installing a new language Oracle Applications Maintenance Procedures.
in a Release 12 system See the Adding and Maintaining NLS Languages
section in Chapter 1 Maintaining Your System.
Use the instructions pertaining to the business
requirement of adding a language.
Installing a new language Oracle Applications Maintenance Procedures.
in a Release 12 system See the Adding and Maintaining NLS Languages
to which you have section in Chapter 1 Maintaining Your System.
applied the latest Complete steps 1 and 2 from the instructions
Release Update Pack pertaining to the business requirement of adding a
(RUPx) language, then proceed to the following bullet:
After you complete steps 1 and 2 from the
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If you are... Follow the instructions in...
previous section, you can merge the R12 NLS
language software with the latest RUP for the
language(s) and apply the merged patch to your
system.
Maintaining existing Oracle Applications Maintenance Procedures.
translations in a Release See the Adding and Maintaining NLS Languages
12 system section in Chapter 1 Maintaining Your System.
Use the instructions pertaining to the business
requirement of keeping NLS language software
current.
Note:
There may be temporary form failures during NLS patch
application if the US code level is higher than the NLS patch
level. These errors will be resolved when you run the
Translation Synchronization Patch Utility to synchronize the
NLS code level with the US level, or when you apply the latest
NLS Release Update Pack to your system.
Post-installation Tasks
After you install translations (Release 12 NLS software), complete the
following tasks to finish the installation.
Install Font Files
For dynamic image generation, font files are required on the Web server
(Oracle HTTP server, powered by Apache) to support the active Applications
languages. Unicode font files are shipped with Oracle Applications, and should
be installed if either of the following conditions applies to your installation:
Multiple languages from different native character sets are active
The operating system of the node that contains the Web server is not
configured with the required language support for the active languages
If you require the font files, refer to Install Oracle Unicode Fonts for Dynamic
Image Generation in Oracle Applications on OracleMetaLink.
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Restart the Apache Service
On the node that contains the Web server, restart the Apache service to
enable the new languages on the login page.
UNIX:
$ cd $ADMIN_SCRIPTS_HOME
$ adapcctl.sh stop
$ adapcctl.sh start
Windows:
C:\> cd <ADMIN_SCRIPTS_HOME>
C:\> adapcctl.sh stop
C:\> adapcctl.sh start
Install Online Help
The translated online help for Release 12.0 (patch 5051400) is currently
available in several languages. You can apply the language versions of the
patch directly using AutoPatch. There is no need to apply the US version of
this patch.
In addition, translations for the Oracle Applications User's Guide (patch
6333541) are currently available for most languages. To install the translated
user's guide content, first apply the US patch using AutoPatch, then apply the
NLS patch for the language(s) you require. Users do not have to log off during
the application of these patches. Both the online help patch and the user's
guide translation patch can be applied to a Release 12 system at any US RUP
level.
Note that the translated online help patch contains the full content of the
translated Oracle Applications User's Guide. If you have already applied the
online help patch for a language, there is no need to apply a separate patch for
the Oracle Applications User's Guide.
Additional Information:
See Release 12 Translation Scope and Availability (Doc ID:
405992.1) for current information about the availability of
online help and user's guide translations.
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Special Instructions
The instructions in this section apply only to the customers indicated in the
section headings.
Customers Using Hebrew Translations Only
You cannot use the Hebrew ISO character set IW8ISO8859P8 on the
application tier servers. All other character sets supported by Oracle can be
used (for example UTF8 or IW8MSWIN1255). You can use any character set
that Oracle supports on the database tier (including the ISO character sets).
Customers Using Both Hebrew and Arabic Translations
Use the PASTA utility (FNDPSTAX) for printing. For more information, see
Chapter 6 in Oracle Applications System Administrator's Guide.
Customers Changing an Existing Installed Language to a New
Base Language
Release Update Pack 2 (RUP2) introduces the Change Base Language script
(adchgbase.pl). You use this script to make an existing installed language the
new base language. This script updates single-language tables and
corresponding seed data to the new base language.
Note:
You do not need to use this script when you are installing a
new language as the base language.
1. From Oracle Applications Manager, go to License Manager and change
an installed language the new base language.
2. Run the adchgbase.pl script to generate the u_ChangeBase.drv patch
driver. This driver is based on seed data in your environment.
3. $ perl $AD_TOP/bin/adchgbase.pl [AppsUID/AppsPswd]
4.
5. Apply the driver to your system using AutoPatch. The driver is located
at: $AU_TOP/patch/115/driver/u_ChangeBase.drv.
6. Review the log files for any issues.
Current Revisions Log
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The following sections were changed in the Oracle Applications NLS Release
Notes.
Section
Heading Summary of Changes
30 August Updated online help information for RUP3. Translated help is now
2007 available, along with a translated version of the Oracle
Applications User's Guide.
17 July Added information about changing an installed language to a new
2007 base language for your system.
17 April Added information about translated versions of the 12.0.1
2007 Release Update Pack.
01 February Removed pre-installation requirement of applying patch 5688415.
2007
24 January Initial release of this document.
2007
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