Why use rdf instead rep files

hi guys, in my company we are giving a service of moving an aplication developped on form6i and report 4.5 to 10g.
they want the reports compiled and not as sources. we know we must use rdf and not rep files but we don't know WHY?
if some can reference some information and let me know if there is a way to use on 10g the rep files, i will aprecciate it.
thanks in advance you wise guys.

Good morning,
Here is a reason for running .RDF files instead of .REP files:
Note: To run a report for which a database role is defined, the end
user must run the .rdf file, not the .rep file. When running multiple
reports, Reports Runtime automatically switches to the role defined
for the current report.{size}
This is out of the 10G Reports Manual.
Don.
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