Re: Oracle Reports Runtime and temporary files

You have to add the value REPORTS25_TMP=c:\temp to the Oracle registry key (HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE>SOFTWARE>ORACLE) on the client. You don't have to use c:\temp, just make sure the directory you use does exist and the user has write permission.

Martin Bronstein

Johan Riise wrote:

> Ref: Oracle Reports Runtime, Version is Reports 2.5.5.2.5, for
> Windows95/NT.
>
> I want to start Reports Runtime with current directory set to a
> directory where som .rep-files are stored, and this directory is on a
> read-only network disk. The problem is, the program attempts to write
> some temporary files in the current directory (scsB.tmp and scsC.tmp),
> and the runtime program aborts because that directory is read only. I
> am able to start the runtime program with current directory set to
> some other, writeable, directory, but in that case the users have to
> navigate through the filesystems to find the .rep-files, and I don't
> want that.
>
> Is there a way to command the reports runtime program to use a
> specified directory for temporary files?
>
> Or alternatively, is there a way to specify the initial folder in the
> Open-dialog box (the one that pops up from the File/Run-menu) ?
Received on Wed May 06 1998 - 22:24:06 CEST