Custom Message Setup on PeopleSoft Signon Page

Whenever a maintenance activity is scheduled, we use to publish message in the sign on page to intimate the users rather than sending mails. I remember every time an activity is scheduled, the login page HTML file (signin.html) residing in web server needs to be edited, which requires a minimal knowledge of HTML scripting. Moreover web server bounce is required to get the changes reflected in front end.

Guys using People tools 8.51 and later don’t need to worry about this, as there is a new feature with tools release 8.51 onwards where we have an option to configure display message via PIA itself and it does not require any code changes. In a single stretch you can create list of messages and you can set the time frame to display that specific message. 

Navigate to People Tools > Utilities > Administration > Shutdown Msg (PT 8.53),

Click on the plus button to create new message and View/Edit hyper link to edit the existing message. 

Once you click the plus button, you will find a space to post your message and also you can find an option to specify when and how long the message should be displayed. 

I have replicated this post @ http://www.citagus.com/citagus/blog/custom-message-setup-on-peoplesoft-signon-page/ 

Java.lang.NullPointerException - Invocation Target Exception (Tuxedo Installation)

I was given a task to create a finance demo environment with PeopleTools 8.49 on Windows 2008 R2 machine with a plan upgrading the same later to PeopleTools 8.53. I created the database, installed web logic server and everything went fine. But when I tried installing the Tuxedo 9.1, it was throwing the errors as mentioned in the below screenshots.

I had installed the same earlier and it used to take hardly 5 minutes, but this time it took almost an hour in the first step (below) - GUI mode.

I decided to install the same in command prompt, but resulted the same with below message.

Please find the error message screenshots below. I have come across java null exception kind of messages in web server domain but when I experienced in Tuxedo install, I was completely lost. 

 

Guys… Don’t panic if you get into this situation. The solution is so simple and please follow the below instructions to resolve it.

Select the select file --> right click --> properties, select compatibility tab and check the compatibility mode tab, change the OS as Windows server 2003, then apply. Now start installing and it will go smoothly without any issues.