Trying to makea report run when clicking a button on a form

Question

I am trying to run a report by clicking a button on a form (Forms 9i)
I have modified the registry settings for FORMS90_PATH and REPORTS_PATH to include my development directory, and now at last the report is generating. However the command to display the form in a window is not doing anything at all - no error even. Can someone please help, the trigger code for my button is displayed below:
DECLARE
     rep_result VARCHAR2(30);
BEGIN
     SET_REPORT_OBJECT_PROPERTY('INVENTORY_REPORT', REPORT_FILENAME, :GLOBAL.project_path || 'Inventory.rdf');
     SET_REPORT_OBJECT_PROPERTY('INVENTORY_REPORT', REPORT_DESNAME, :GLOBAL.project_path || 'Inventory.htm');
     rep_result := RUN_REPORT_OBJECT('INVENTORY_REPORT');
     --MESSAGE('Rep result: ' || rep_result);
     WEB.SHOW_DOCUMENT('file:///' || :GLOBAL.project_path || 'Inventory.htm', '_blank');
     --WEB.SHOW_DOCUMENT('file:///C:\Temp\Dev\Inventory.htm', '_blank');
END;
thx
adam

Answer 1

Hi,
may be this could be helpful for you:
You have to include the following code to execute a report:
repid REPORT_OBJECT;
v_rep VARCHAR2(100);
rep_status Varchar2(20);
BEGIN
repid := find_report_object(report_name);
SET_REPORT_OBJECT_PROPERTY(repid,REPORT_OTHER,'paramform=no');
SET_REPORT_OBJECT_PROPERTY(repid,REPORT_EXECUTION_MODE,BATCH);
SET_REPORT_OBJECT_PROPERTY(repid,REPORT_COMM_MODE,SYNCHRONOUS);
SET_REPORT_OBJECT_PROPERTY(repid,REPORT_DESTYPE,CACHE);
SET_REPORT_OBJECT_PROPERTY(repid,REPORT_DESFORMAT,'pdf');
SET_REPORT_OBJECT_PROPERTY(repid,REPORT_SERVER,report_server_name);
v_rep := RUN_REPORT_OBJECT(repid);
rep_status := report_object_status(v_rep);
WHILE rep_status in ('RUNNING','OPENING_REPORT','ENQUEUED') LOOP
rep_status := report_object_status(v_rep);
END LOOP;
if rep_status = 'FINISHED' then
WEB.SHOW_DOCUMENT('/reports/rwservlet/getjobid'||substr(v_rep,instr(v_rep,'_',-1)+1)||'?'||'server=repserver90','_blank');
else
error report not exists
end if;
END;
Also you have to create the report server with the command:
"rwserver - install service_name autostart=yes
report server name must be the same that appears in the code above
You must add the report to run in the REPORT object type in your .fmb and put there with the same name
The report server to install ought to be the one and only in you network to avoid mistakes...