Run Report Server in Oracle9iDS

Question

Hello!
I use Oracle9iDS ( from9i & report9i)
I can open report direct from browser by writing URL
http://test:8888/reports/rwservlet?report=test.rep&userid=test/test@test&destype=cache&desformat=html&server=repserver and it Runs the Smart Agent .
I note when the Smart Agent is running , I can call and run report server from Form by using the following code , otherwise it gives me blank page and alerts me that it cant find report server . Please point me how the Smart Agent will be running immediately after I call report server from Form .
please mail at [email protected]
Best Regards
Omar
------Code--------
DECLARE
report_id Report_Object;
report_job_id VARCHAR2(200);
rep_status VARCHAR2(200);
job_number NUMBER;
server_name VARCHAR2(200) := 'repserver';
BEGIN
report_id:= FIND_REPORT_OBJECT('rep1');
SET_REPORT_OBJECT_PROPERTY(report_id,REPORT_DESTYPE,CACHE);
SET_REPORT_OBJECT_PROPERTY(report_id,REPORT_DESFORMAT,'PDF');
SET_REPORT_OBJECT_PROPERTY(report_id,REPORT_SERVER, server_name);
report_job_id := RUN_REPORT_OBJECT(report_id);
rep_status:=REPORT_OBJECT_STATUS(report_job_id);
WHILE rep_status IN ('RUNNING','OPENING_REPORT','ENQUEUED')
LOOP
rep_status := report_object_status(report_job_id);
END LOOP;
IF rep_status='FINISHED' THEN
message('OKKKKK');
JOB_NUMBER := length(server_name) + 1;
Web.show_document('http://172.20.228.5:8888/reports/rwservlet/getjobid'||substr (report_job_id,instr(report_job_id,'_',-1)+1)||'?server='||server_name,'_blank');
ELSE
message('STATUS: '||rep_status);
END IF;
END;

Answer 1

Omar,
the Smart Agent is a part of the Object Request Broker (ORB) used by the Reports Services internal communication. Seeing the Smart Agent window shows you that the Reports Server is running. The problem you are having is that the Reports Servlet that you run from the URL in the Web implicitly starts the Reports Server for you. Forms does not use this Servlet for reporting and thus requires the Reports Services to be up and running when first requesting it. You need to start the Reports Server prior to using it with Forms. E.g. as a service:
rwserver -install repsrv
to install it as a windows service
Frank