DESTYPE=LOCALFILE

Im trying to get my reports to output to a file on the clients PC in an Excel format.
So far Ive managed to get an Excel file to save on to my Server but my clients dont find this acceptable.
I read in the documentation that I can use the destype=localfile but whenever I use this it prompts me for the location to save rw60cgi.
Has anyone managed to save report output locally ?

This is what I have in my cgicmd.dat file:
report=c:\report.rdf userid=usern/pass@dbase server=servername destype=file desname="C:\filename.csv" pagestream=yes desformat=DELIMITED DELIMITER=, cpref=%1
The output is an Excel file, comma delimited but it is always saved to the server machines hard drive and not the local machine.
My clients need it to be saved locally and not to the reports server machines hd. What am I missing ?

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Hi everybody,
I have the following problem:
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everything goes well and the file "myfile.pdf" is generated in "myserver".
When trying to get the file in the client executing like this:
http://myserver/reports/rwservlet?report=prueba.rdf&userid=a/b@c&destype=localfile&desformat=pdf&desname=myfile.pdf
the report finishes well, as indicated in the server's queue, but the file doesn't appear in the client or in the server.
Is there anything I am doing wrong?
Just in case you give me an answer to the problem, if I submit the report from the BBDD, via the SRW package, is the server in which the BBDD the client?
Thanks in advance,

Hi Rodolfo.
First of all thank you for your answer.
Maybe it depends on the version you are working with. I work with Reports Builder 10.
If you look at the Destype System Parameter there are 7 options: screen, file, printer, mail, sysout, cache and localfile.
In the "Help" says for DESTYPE=LOCALFILE:
Valid only for rwservlet, rwclient, and rwcgi. Sends the output to a file on the client machine and forces a synchronous call.
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i am trying to store the reports in client machine using rwservlet(http://<<report server name>>:7777/reports/rwservlet). i gave the destype as localFile. but in screen displays a msg : "Oracle Job Status" as some number. i cannot able to trace what is the reason for this problem. If any one knows to generate reports and store that in client side using rwservlet, let me know. i badly require solution for this. Thanks in advance.
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The job status is to indicate the process of the job, it was run ok you can go to the location specified in the URL to look for the report. I assume that you also have a report's name in the URL too.
The problrm is it cannot save to the local machine. IF you specified a location that is not on the server then you would have gotten an error saying that the device is not ready, cannot send output... If you specified a drive that is similar to the server then the output went to the server, for example, you put c:\ then the report went to C:\ on the server, or if you put c:\mydir but that directory does not exist on the server then you would have gotten the error.
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Now, if calling from the form the report will go the location on the server as before, but it also brings up on the screen and you can save it locally using the SAVE button of the editor.
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The behaviour of DESTYPE=LOCALFILE is not the same for rwclient and the reports servlet :
http://www.oracle.com/webapps/online-help/reports/10.1.2/topics/htmlhelp_rwbuild_hs/rwrefex/cmdline/common/bld_destype.htm
It is not possible to save an ouput returned by an URL automatically with a browser.
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http://lynx.isc.org/lynx2.8.5/index.html
or write a small application in java. There are many examples on the web :
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