Frankenserver: Sharing WLS Install between WLP 10.3.5 and WebCenter 11.1.1.1.7

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Caveat: I have only tried this on Windows. *nix varieties may vary. For a limited time only, the latest releases of WLP and WC can run on the same version of WLS (10.3.5). I found that if you first install WLP and then install WebCenter the same Oracle Home (in my choice, C:OracleMiddleware11.1.1.7) they seem to co-exist nicely.

That said, the first time I did this I left OEPE running and tried to start JDev after applying some of the tweaks described at http://bexhuff.com/2012/09/jdeveloper-memory-and-performance. This was not a good thing, and resulted in the need for the fix described at http://ariklalo.com/2012/05/27/unable-to-create-an-instance-of-the-java-virtual-machine-jvm-dll/. I probably would not have had the problem if I had closed OEPE first, but the fix seems to be a good thing either way, so no harm done and a fairly easy lesson learned.

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JDeveloper, WebCenter, TaskFlows and 11.1.1.6.0

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Posting some of my random notes as their current container will be wiped in less than 48 hours…

If you find JDev freaking out while trying to edit a TaskFlow in Customization Mode, the word is that you need Patch 13948973.

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What Happens to Beehive ServiceControls in a WebLogic Portal Upgrade?

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They go away. The Beehive project has been (for better or worse) retired. While some of the old Beehive classes continue to work in post 10.3.2 WLP versions, the ServiceControls do not. This is really a blessing in disguise as the old controls do not scale well.

The new approach is to use the stubs that you can generate with OEPE. The steps are here:

http://docs.oracle.com/cd/E15315_03/help/oracle.eclipse.tools.weblogic.doc/html/webservices/clientTooling.html

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New IT Phrase

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Where I had hear of Rocket Surgery for the really hard stuff, this weekend I had to do some things on the fly in production to get a go-live completed after a 14 month effort. After the 11th hour of effort and final success, I thought of:

Cowboy Rocket Surgery.

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Every Portal Manager and Developer Should Read This

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Because many portals suffer in usability at the hands of budgets and schedules, the user is often left out. This blog entry reminds us that users have needs:  Website Personas: A Practitioner’s Guide – Introduction (1 of 6)

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