Please help me in resolving the URL with parameters.

Question

Hello,
Please help me in resolving the URL with parameters. If desformat is pdf, a pop up message �Acrobat Reader could not open �pa034922.fdf� because it is either not a supported file type or because the file has been corrupted���.
if desformat is html or xml, the following URL is working.
our requirement, report should be in pdf format.
http://servername:7778/dev60cgi/rwcgi60?server=Rep60_mclaren&&userid=bizsystest/test@business&destype=cache&desformat=pdf&report=salary_dept.rdf&p_dept_list=''ABE','ASE','CE','CHE','CS','DE','DIAL','ECE','ERC','IE','ME','PTE','ARC','ASE1''&p_status_list=''ACP','AD','AP','ATP','D','FE','HD','INS','P','RP','S','TF','TP','TS','ST','GS','O''&p_sex=''M','F''&p_order_by='Name'&p_totals='NO'
Thanks in advance,
Usha

Answer 1

We've seen this bug on machines running IE6 with a certain security patch (I forget its number). There's a thread in the Metalink reports forum about it. It appears to be somewhat tied to another problem where IE runs the report twice (you can see that in Showjobs. You're seeing the problem in 6i; I believe it persists in 9i.
The workarounds are (1) set Acrobat so it doesn't open within IE or (2) switch to a different browser, like Netscape. For workaround 1, Start Acrobat Reader, Choose File -> Preferences -> General, Uncheck Web Browser Integration
There's some evidence that it occurs more often with urls that include single quote characters. I think it's worse with XP, but I don't have any proof.
If you check Adobe's site, you will see this isn't just an Oracle Reports problem. I think we're waiting for Microsoft on this one, so don't hold your breath for a quick fix.
-- jim