Using RUN_PRODUCT to run a report in a web form

I have a web-based Oracle form with a button that, when pressed, calls RUN_PRODUCT to run a report. Reports Server can find the file and run it, but the screen output appears on the machine running Reports Server!
Is there a way to have the output appear on the machine running the form? I am running Application Server 9i on a Windows NT 4.0 machine, and the machine I'm using to run the form is running IE 5.5 as well as Windows NT 4.0.

Use Web.Show_Document and specify the URL for where your report is made.

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I dont know how to use paramform = no with RUN_PRODUCT
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Hello,
According to the way the reports is launched, the format of the reports output depends on the
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Hi Expert,
I have a report in my application server and run report like below, it works fine.
run_product(REPORTS,'/gr100/MILK/MILKdev/xxc/reports/XCPO5004',SYNCHRONOUS, RUNTIME,FILESYSTEM, pl_id,NULL);
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I still not work.
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Hi Tony,
Thank you for the update.
If I use run_product to call a report from a remote server, what is the syntax of it.
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If this is incorrect, which to be modified.
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how we can use the same login as in form.
regards

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I am trying to run a report from a web deployed form and this report has a parameter form. I am getting a Rep-52005: The specified key report does not exist in key map file.
I am using Oracle Forms/Reports 10.1.2.0.2. My code is below. The first part works fine where I run a report with no parameter form, but the second part when I have a parameter form gets the about error.
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p_report_name VARCHAR2,
p_reportobj_name VARCHAR2 DEFAULT NULL,
p_parameter_list paramlist DEFAULT NULL,
p_parameter_string VARCHAR2 DEFAULT NULL
IS
repid report_object;
v_rep VARCHAR2 (100);
rep_status VARCHAR2 (100);
v_report_url VARCHAR2 (240);
v_interface VARCHAR2 (50);
v_report_parameter VARCHAR2 (1);
vc_user_name VARCHAR2 (100);
vc_user_password VARCHAR2 (100);
vc_user_connect VARCHAR2 (100);
vc_connect VARCHAR2 (300);
v_reportserv VARCHAR2 (30);
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|| substr(v_rep,v_job_number)
|| '?server='
|| v_reportserv
,'_blank'
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THEN
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repid,
report_other,
'paramform=yes P_USER_CONNECT='
|| vc_connect
|| ' P_SERVERNAME='
|| v_reportserv
|| ' P_ACTION='
|| v_report_url
|| '/reports/rwservlet'
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THEN
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|| substr(v_rep,v_job_number)
|| '?server='
|| v_reportserv
,'_blank'
ELSE
message ( rep_status
|| 'Report output aborted');
END IF;
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reports,
p_report_name,
synchronous,
runtime,
filesystem,
p_parameter_list,
NULL
END IF;
EXCEPTION
WHEN OTHERS
THEN
message (SQLERRM);
END;
My parameter form comes up and I enter the necessary information and hit submit query button. Then I get the Rep-52005: The specified key report does not exist in key map file.
Any help will be greatly appreciated!!
Shellie Bricker

Your code seems to be implementing metalink note 139546.1 - Using Reports parameter forms with RUN_REPORT_OBJECT on the web.
For what I can see, the P_ACTION parameter should end in ?...
i.e.
P_ACTION=http://<hostname.domain:port>/reports/rwservlet?'
set_report_object_property (
repid,
report_other,
'paramform=yes P_USER_CONNECT='
|| vc_connect
|| ' P_SERVERNAME='
|| v_reportserv
|| ' P_ACTION='
|| v_report_url
|| '/reports/rwservlet?'
);If this does not fix your problem, then to troubleshoot further you would have to post the code in your Before Parameter Form trigger of your report.
Hope this helps,
UPDATE:
If the above does not fix your problem, my guess is that report name is not being generated in the hidden runtime values build by the code in the Before Parameter Form trigger.
i.e.
http://localhost:8889/reports/rwservlet?report=&destype=cache&desformat=PDF
The above code will throw error REP-52005: The specified key report does not exist in key map file.
Edited by: Rodolfo Ferrari on Jul 8, 2009 9:43 PM

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