Web show document not working..

Question

Hey guys. I just recently installed the stand alone AS forms and reports server 10.1.2.0.2.. the reporting functionality is not working...
basically the application uses the reports engine to create a PDF file which is then read by the web.show_document built in. It works on the developer AS, but doesnt work for the forms and reports AS...
the link I am reading the file from looks like this..
http://<IP ADDRESS>:7777/forms/reports_output/116_rec_jan.PDF
where the "IP ADDRESS" is the IP of the sever, and "/reports_output" is a virtual directory. Do I have the wrong port or something? The file "116_rec_jan.PDF" does exist on the server so I can't see the problem...
Could it be that I dont have adobe reader on my server? Does the AS use the server's adobe reader to read the file or the client side adobe reader? Anyone know whats going on? Thanks for your thoughts.
Mo

Answer 1

When I was testing this, I restarted the entire server. The output URL seemed to change so im guessing the OPMN picked up the changes in the forms.conf file. How do you manually restart the OPMN? Here is the line I inserted into the forms.conf file:
AliasMatch ^/forms/reports_output/ "D:\Reports_Output"
Below is the coding I used to create the URL for web.show_document.. I bolded what was important... a lot of the coding in here has to do with the Oracle VPD, and loading parameters into the report..
PROCEDURE RUN_REPORT_FILE IS
LIST_ID PARAMLIST;
V_REP_OBJ REPORT_OBJECT;
V_REP_ID VARCHAR2(100);
V_FILE_NAME VARCHAR2(200);
V_REPORT_LOC VARCHAR2(100);
V_BTD_LOC VARCHAR2(100);
V_PRN_SEQ NUMBER;
V_PARAMS NUMBER;
V_DATE DATE;
V_NUMBER NUMBER;
V_CHAR VARCHAR2(4000);
V_VIRT_PATH VARCHAR2(100);
V_SERVER VARCHAR2(100);
V_SERVER_PORT VARCHAR2(50);
V_RPT_TAG VARCHAR2(300);
BEGIN
IF :CONTROL.FILE_NAME IS NULL THEN
IF SHOW_ALERT('MISS_FILE') = ALERT_BUTTON1 THEN
RAISE FORM_TRIGGER_FAILURE;
END IF;
END IF;
SET_VPD_CONTEXT.RECORD_PERMISSION_SET(
:GLOBAL.P_CY,
:GLOBAL.P_VW,
:GLOBAL.P_ROL,
:GLOBAL.P_PRT,
:GLOBAL.P_STR,
:GLOBAL.P_AR,
:GLOBAL.P_DS,
:GLOBAL.P_DV,
:GLOBAL.P_RG,
:GLOBAL.P_AD,
:GLOBAL.P_BY,
:GLOBAL.P_LOG);
SELECT VALUE
     INTO V_VIRT_PATH
     FROM SYSTEM_DEFAULTS
     WHERE ATTRIBUTE = 'VIRTUAL REPORTS PATH';
SELECT VALUE
     INTO V_SERVER
     FROM SYSTEM_DEFAULTS
     WHERE ATTRIBUTE = 'SERVER LOCATION';     
SELECT VALUE
     INTO V_SERVER_PORT
     FROM SYSTEM_DEFAULTS
     WHERE ATTRIBUTE = 'SERVER PORT';     
SELECT VALUE
     INTO V_BTD_LOC
     FROM SYSTEM_DEFAULTS
     WHERE ATTRIBUTE = 'REPORT OUTPUT LOCATION';               
IF :GLOBAL.DESTROY_REPORT_LIST = 'Y' THEN
DESTROY_PARAMETER_LIST ('REPORT_PARAMS');
END IF;
SELECT VALUE
INTO V_REPORT_LOC
FROM SYSTEM_DEFAULTS
WHERE ATTRIBUTE = 'REPORT HOME';
IF :CONTROL.SAVE_FLAG = 'Y' THEN
SELECT SAVED_REPORT_SEQ.NEXTVAL
INTO V_RPT_TAG
FROM DUAL;
V_FILE_NAME := V_BTD_LOC||V_RPT_TAG||'_'||:CONTROL.FILE_NAME||'.PDF';
INSERT INTO COMPANY_SAVED_REPORTS(
SELECT V_RPT_TAG,
NODE_KEY,
FILE_NAME,
:CONTROL.FILE_NAME,
:GLOBAL.CY_COMPANY_KEY,
:GLOBAL.STR_STORE_KEY,
SYSDATE,
TO_CHAR(SYSDATE, 'HH24:MM:SS'),
:GLOBAL.ACCESS_USER,
:GLOBAL.ACCESS_USER,
SYSDATE,
:GLOBAL.ACCESS_USER,
SYSDATE
FROM SYSTEM_MENUS
WHERE NODE_KEY = :PARAMETER.SM_NODE_KEY);
ELSE
V_FILE_NAME := V_BTD_LOC||:CONTROL.FILE_NAME||'.PDF';
END IF;
LIST_ID := CREATE_PARAMETER_LIST ('REPORT_PARAMS');
V_REPORT_LOC := V_REPORT_LOC||:PARAMETER.REPORT_FILE||'.RDF';
IF :GLOBAL.BUILD_PARAMETER = 'Y' THEN
GO_BLOCK('REPORT_PARAMS');
FIRST_RECORD;
SELECT COUNT(*)
INTO V_PARAMS
FROM REPORT_PARAMS
WHERE FILE_NAME = :PARAMETER.REPORT_FILE;
IF V_PARAMS > 0 THEN
LOOP
IF :REPORT_PARAMS.PARAM_TYPE = 'KEY' THEN
:REPORT_PARAMS.PARAM_VALUE := :REPORT_PARAMS.PARAM_VALUE_DISPLAY;
END IF;
     ADD_PARAMETER(LIST_ID, :REPORT_PARAMS.PARAM_NAME, TEXT_PARAMETER, :REPORT_PARAMS.PARAM_VALUE);
EXIT WHEN :SYSTEM.LAST_RECORD = 'TRUE';
NEXT_RECORD;
END LOOP;
END IF;
END IF;
ADD_PARAMETER(LIST_ID, 'VPD_P_CY', TEXT_PARAMETER, :GLOBAL.P_CY);
ADD_PARAMETER(LIST_ID, 'VPD_P_VW', TEXT_PARAMETER, :GLOBAL.P_VW);
ADD_PARAMETER(LIST_ID, 'VPD_P_ROL', TEXT_PARAMETER, :GLOBAL.P_ROL);
ADD_PARAMETER(LIST_ID, 'VPD_P_PRT', TEXT_PARAMETER, :GLOBAL.P_PRT);
ADD_PARAMETER(LIST_ID, 'VPD_P_STR', TEXT_PARAMETER, :GLOBAL.P_STR);
ADD_PARAMETER(LIST_ID, 'VPD_P_DS', TEXT_PARAMETER, :GLOBAL.P_DS);
ADD_PARAMETER(LIST_ID, 'VPD_P_DV', TEXT_PARAMETER, :GLOBAL.P_DV);
ADD_PARAMETER(LIST_ID, 'VPD_P_RG', TEXT_PARAMETER, :GLOBAL.P_RG);
ADD_PARAMETER(LIST_ID, 'VPD_P_AD', TEXT_PARAMETER, :GLOBAL.P_AD);
ADD_PARAMETER(LIST_ID, 'VPD_P_BY', TEXT_PARAMETER, :GLOBAL.P_BY);
ADD_PARAMETER(LIST_ID, 'VPD_P_LOG', TEXT_PARAMETER, :GLOBAL.P_LOG);
V_REP_OBJ := FIND_REPORT_OBJECT('GENERIC');
SET_REPORT_OBJECT_PROPERTY(V_REP_OBJ, REPORT_FILENAME, V_REPORT_LOC);
SET_REPORT_OBJECT_PROPERTY(V_REP_OBJ, REPORT_DESNAME, V_FILE_NAME);
:GLOBAL.DESTROY_REPORT_LIST := 'Y';
V_REP_ID := RUN_REPORT_OBJECT(V_REP_OBJ, LIST_ID);
DESTROY_PARAMETER_LIST (LIST_ID);
IF :CONTROL.SAVE_FLAG = 'N' THEN
WEB.SHOW_DOCUMENT('http://'||V_SERVER||':'||V_SERVER_PORT||'/forms'||V_VIRT_PATH||'/'||:CONTROL.FILE_NAME||'.PDF', '_blank');
ELSE
WEB.SHOW_DOCUMENT('http://'||V_SERVER||':'||V_SERVER_PORT||'/forms'||V_VIRT_PATH||'/'||V_RPT_TAG||'_'||:CONTROL.FILE_NAME||'.PDF', '_blank');
END IF;
:GLOBAL.P_CY := NULL;
:GLOBAL.P_VW := NULL;
:GLOBAL.P_ROL := NULL;
:GLOBAL.P_PRT := NULL;
:GLOBAL.P_STR := NULL;
:GLOBAL.P_AR := NULL;
:GLOBAL.P_DS := NULL;
:GLOBAL.P_DV := NULL;
:GLOBAL.P_RG := NULL;
:GLOBAL.P_AD := NULL;
:GLOBAL.P_BY := NULL;
:GLOBAL.P_LOG := NULL;
COMMIT;
END;