How to Download Previous Versions of Chrome Browser

Why I need older version of Chrome browser?  The latest is the best, right ?

Starting from version 45 the NPAPI is permanently disabled, and as a result I cannot use Chrome to launch the Oracle Form anymore.

Here I show you how to download previous version of Chrome browser, from the OFFICIAL source, not from randomly file download sites which probably contain virus and showing pictures not good in the office.

The key word is -- CHROMIUM, not CHROME

(1) Goto Wiki page http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Chrome_release_history to find out which version or platform you want to download.  Find out the BUILD number, e.g. for version 41 it should be 41.0.2272.  Look for the latest build for this version from here.  Build 41.0.2272.76 is the last stable build for version 41.  If you don't know, just add "dot zero", i.e. 41.0.2272.0

(2) Goto Google Chromium Version Tracking page https://omahaproxy.appspot.com to find out the branch base position of the version you need.  Put your build version into the "Position Lookup" box, and it will give you the "Base Position" number.  For build 41.0.2272.76, the number is 310958.

(3) Goto Chromium Continuous Build Storage page http://commondatastorage.googleapis.com/chromium-browser-continuous/index.html
Select Platform, and search (or use Filter at the top) the Position Number you obtained from (2).

(4) Download the mini_installer.exe.  This is the one you need.

To launch Oracle Form for Oracle EBS 11i or R12, you need a free extension called "User-Agent Switcher", offered by www.esolutions.se.  When you need to launch a Form, simply switch the User Agent to "Safari on Mac", and it should able to solve the infamous "Registry.dat file not found" issue.

Finally, why use Chromium? Because it does not force you to update to latest version.  Even you are able to download previous version of Chrome Browser, after installation has done it will automatically upgrade itself to the latest version.  And it is so hard to disable the update, just like a very persistent virus that no simple way to get rid of.

Add SyntaxHighlighter in Google Sites

In here I show you a way to put Javascript/flash-based SyntaxHighlighter module in Google Site.

(1) Create another Google Blog just for hosting the source code. For each GMail account you can create multiple Blogs using different settings and designs. For this blog, you put SyntaxHighlighter Javascript in the design template. Here is the template I use:





I includes highlight brushes for SQL, Java, and XML because these are the source code I usually included in the Google Site. You can use whatever brushes you need, but DO NOT include all brushes since it will slow down the loading.

(2) Create a "blog" entry with the source code only. In order to display SyntaxHighlighter, you can edit the blog in HTML mode and put your source code in a PRE block:

<PRE CLASS="brush:java">

package com.blah;

import java.io.*;
  
  public class MyClass() {
    .....
  }
</PRE>

Publish this blog entry and copy the URL for this blog entry.

(3) In you Google Sites page, add a Gadget to include an IFrame. There're numerous IFrame gadget and I use this one (Include gadget) for my site:

Put the URL of your source code blog entry in Step (2) in the URL property.  Adjust the display width and height as you need.

The result page will look like that: