Defining the Reports Viewer
The Oracle Applications Report File Viewer is used by default for viewing your text report files. You may see PostScript reports by setting a profile option to launch a PostScript-capable viewer. Specify custom viewerss by setting the viewer profile options. Profile options can be changed using the Personal Profile Values form or the System Profile Values form (System Administrator responsibility).
Custom viewers will automatically copy the entire file to a temporary directory on the client.
See:
Personal Profile Values Window
System Profile Values Window
Set the Viewer:Text Profile Option
The Viewer:Text profile option must be set to a program that is on the user's PATH, or a full pathname to the executable must be used.
Set the Viewer profile option to the pathname of the executable of the viewer. This profile option can be set at the site, application, responsibility, or user level. Appending the string $$FILE$$ to the Viewer profile option causes the filename to be substituted in the Windows command. Appending $$TITLE$$ causes the window title to be substituted into the command (for viewing tools that support setting the window title).
An example of providing the full pathname:
Viewer:Text c:\windows\write.exe $$FILE$$
Set the Viewer:Postscript Profile Option
To review PostScript reports online, set the Viewer:Postscript profile option to a PostScript previewer. You append $$FILE$$ and $$TITLE$$ just as with the Viewer: Text profile option.
Viewer:Postscript c:\gs\gsview $$FILE$$
Set the Viewer:PDF Profile Option
To review PDF reports online, set the Viewer:PDF profile option to a PDF viewer. You append $$FILE$$ and $$TITLE$$ just as with the Viewer: Text profile option.
Viewer:PDF c:\acrobat3\reader\AcroRd32.exe $$FILE$$
Set the Viewer:HTML Profile Option
To review HTML reports online, set the Viewer:HTML profile option to a browser. You append $$FILE$$ and $$TITLE$$ just as with the Viewer: Text profile option.
Viewer:PDF c:\netscape\netscape.exe $$FILE$$
See Also
Reviewing Requests, Request Log Files, and Report Output Files
