Drill error with discoverer Viewer

Hi,
i'm not able to drill up and down with discoverer viewer.
I've the following error when i click on icon : Object doesn't support this property or method
I've read some notes on metalink and maybe a patch is applicable to fix my problem. But i'm lost.. i don't have any experience with oas administration !
Spécifications :
Browser ie 7.0 with OracleBI Discoverer 10g (10.1.2.2)
Hope my explication are clear !!
thx in advance for help..
Jeff
Edited by: [email protected] on 2009-09-18 09:49

Jeff,
To get the fix you have to: Bug number -5673463
(a) Apply the 10.1.2.2 patch - you can get this on Metalink (4960210). It is a big patch (over 1 and half GB in size) and will upgrade your app server.
(b) Then apply the IE7 patch from Metalink (5758865).
Hope this will help

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