Discoverer viewer or discoverer plus?

I built an EUL with discoverer desktop and administrator and now I want to post some result in a web page,is discoverer viewer or
discoverer plus more helpful in this case?
thank you

Hi
Discoverer Plus is a report writer tool, whereas Discoverer Viewer is just what it says - it allows a user to run and view results.
Discoverer Plus is very much akin to Discoverer Desktop except it is much more powerful with a lot more features. A few years ago I presented a paper at ODTUG explaining all of the features of Discoverer 10g. That paper won best paper in the show and is available as a download free from my website here: http://ascbi.com/downloads/downloads.htm
If you scroll down to the section called Armstrong-Smith Presentations, the one you want is the 7th one down called DRAKEFIRSTLOOK. If are unsure as to the benefits of using Discoverer Plus versue Viewer that paper will help.
As an FYI, Discoverer Plus requires a local of Java and runs as a thick applet, whereas Viewer is pure HTML thin client and does not need Java. Plus is intended for report writers and power users, whereas Viewer is intended for users who only need to run an existing report.
May I also point you in the direction of my Oracle Discoverer 10g Handbook? You can find that on amazon and has more than 1000 pages of information.
I hope this helps
Best wishes
Michael

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