Defining a report server in forms

Question

Hi,
I'm trying to integrate Oracle Forms and Reports 9i.
When I do this using a report server as an operating system process it works fine, however, when I try to do this using the J2EE servlet I doesn't seem to work.
When I define the reports server in forms, i was previsouly using the name of the service, ie. localrepserver. However, I'm a bit confused as to what to set when using a servlet.
I've tried using the URL http://localhost:8888/reports/rwservlet
any idea's?
Thanks guys

Answer 1

Am I right in thinking that there are two forms of reports servers, an operating system service (rwserver -install [report_server_name]) and a J2EE servlet (http://localhost:8888/reports/rwserver)?
I'm basically trying to use oracle forms to generate and display a html report, from a .rdf file.
The sciprt i'm using to do this is as follows,
DECLARE
     rep_result VARCHAR2(30);
BEGIN
SET_REPORT_OBJECT_PROPERTY('sample', REPORT_FILENAME, :GLOBAL.project_path || 'sample.rdf');
SET_REPORT_OBJECT_PROPERTY('sample', REPORT_DESNAME, :GLOBAL.project_path || 'sample.htm');
rep_result := RUN_REPORT_OBJECT('sample');
WEB.SHOW_DOCUMENT('file:///' || :GLOBAL.project_path || 'sample.htm', '_blank');
END;
In the forms property palette, there are various properties you need to define, one being the 'report server name'.
Previously, i used an operating system service as the reports server. I called this 'localrepserver'. Therefore, it was easy enough to define in the property palette. However, i'm trying do this using a servlet method. Here, i'm unsure as to what to define in the 'server' field of the property palette.
Hope this makes sense.
Cheers,
Nick