Alternative of WEB.SHOW_DOCUMENT ?????

Hi,
Please tell me what is alternative of web.show_document ????
I dont want to open browser while report running .....
Thanks

Hi Alex,
Thanks for such brief reply.I really appriciate that. I have used your code but when I tried to run report by click button a message arise "FRM-41214 Unable to run report" . I create report object named "report6" and then set its properties
Filename=c:\cust_print.rdf
Destination Type=screen
Destination Formate=pdf
Report Server=reptest
and used following code in the when button pressed trigger
DECLARE
repid REPORT_OBJECT;
v_rep VARCHAR2(100);
rep_status varchar2(20);
BEGIN
repid := find_report_object('report6');
v_rep := RUN_REPORT_OBJECT(repid);
rep_status := report_object_status(v_rep);
if rep_status = 'FINISHED' then message('Report
Completed'); copy_report_object_output(v_rep,'c:\cust_print.rdf');
-- host('netscape d:/temp/local.pdf'); else
message('Error when running report.');
end if;
END; When I click Button then unable to run report message arise and this report is running in report builder.
Where is the problem any idea?
I am using 9.0.4 dev suit.
Best Regards
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