Re: Newbie needs help w/Web Reports

Hi Cary,

->1. The NT user should have access to a (default) printer.

->2. That's R30MTS-Service. The port number is assigned by the TNSNAMES.ORA. (Entry for Reports server)

->5. Look at the sourcedir=<any_dir> of your <report_server>.ora at %ORACLE_HOME%\REPORT30\SERVER so far so hurry...

cary_at_nams.net wrote:

> Hello,
>
> Although I have some experience with deploying Forms on OWAS (OAS), I am
> new to deploying Reports on the Web. I have set up the Reports Cartridge
> according to the directions in my Oracle documentation, installed the R30MTS
> as an NT service, and am ready to make a Report I have created available on
> my Web server. More precisely, I am interested in calling this Report from a
> Web Form using the RUN_PRODUCT built-in. Before I do so, however, I have a
> number of questions:
>
> 1. Does it matter under which NT user the R30MTS is started? What are the
> issues here?
>
> 2. Do I need to create a special Reports listener on my Web server? Does the
> port number matter?
>
> 3. Do I have available w/Web Forms and Reports all of the options for the
> RUN_PRODUCT parameters? In particular, can I still run Web Reports w/the
> SYNCHRONOUS and RUNTIME options?
>
> 4. How must a standard client/server Report be modified in order to deploy it
> on the Web? What parameters must be passed via the RUN_PRODUCT call, if any?
> Or can this be done via the Report's Parameter Form?
>
> 5. Where does the Web Forms Runtime Engine look for Web Reports by default
> (which directory)?
>
> 6. What happens exactly when the Web Forms Runtime Engine interprets the
> RUN_PRODUCT call?
>
> Although I have looked through the Oracle documentation that I have, I am
> still in the dark about some of these issues and would appreciate a basic
> recipe for how to set all of this up. Thanks in advance.
>
> Cary
>
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Received on Thu Jan 14 1999 - 14:40:04 CET