B
Discoverer Viewer Configuration Files

B.1 Configuration settings in viewer_config.xml

Area	Setting	Description
configuration	base_dir="."	specifies the location of directories for images and help if different from the default or if the xsl_path attribute in disco4iv.xml has been set to use a protocol other than http: (e.g. if xsl_path=file:///<path>)
	image_dir="images"	specifies the path to the directory containing the Viewer images (either an absolute path or a path relative to the directory specified by the base_dir attribute of the configuration element)
appearance	option id="display_login_method_control" state="false"	whether to display the "Applications User" checkbox
	option id="display_show_xml_link" state="true"	whether to display the "Show XML" link at the bottom of every page
	option id="display_language_control" state="true"	whether to display the Language dropdown list on the Connect dialog
	option id="use_javascript_enhanced_ui" state="true"	whether to use the JavaScript enhanced user interface
presentation_ templates	look name="Corporate Look"	the name of the presentation template
	component name="xxx" state="true|false"	specifies whether a particular UI component is displayed or hidden for the current presentaton template (refer to the comments in viewer_config.xml for more details about component names)
nls	resource id="xxx" href="yyy" help="zzz"	specifies the message file yyy and help file zzz to use for a particular language xxx.
help	base_dir="help"	specifies the path to the directory containing the help directories (either an absolute path or a path relative to the directory specified by the base_dir attribute of the configuration element)
	page name="reconnect" file="connect.htm"	filename for the "reconnect" online help file
	page name="roles" file="connect.htm"	filename for the "roles" online help file
	page name="workbooks" file="list_of_workbooks.htm"	filename for the "workbooks" online help file
	page name="worksheets" file="list_of_worksheets.htm"	filename for the "worksheets" online help file
	page name="run_query" file="run_query.htm"	filename for the "start query" online help file
	page name="running_query" file="query_progress.htm"	filename for the "running_query" online help file
	page name="data" file="worksheet_display.htm"	filename for the "data" online help file
	page name="parameters" file="edit_parameters.htm"	filename for the "parameters" online help file
	page name="options" file="options.htm"	filename for the "options" online help file
	page name="edit_layout" file="edit_layout.htm"	filename for the "edit_layout" online help file
	page name="presentation" file="presentation_options.htm"	filename for the "presentation" online help file
	page name="export" file="export.htm"	filename for the "export

B.2 Configuration settings in disco4iv.xml

Setting	Description
apps_logon	Specifies whether users run Discoverer Viewer by default against an Oracle Application: set to true if users run Discoverer Viewer by default against an Oracle Application set to false if users do not run Discoverer Viewer by default against an Oracle Application For more information refer to Appendix A.1, "Specifying display of the Applications User Checkbox in the Discoverer Viewer Connect Dialog".
query_progress_delay	Specifies the delay in seconds before a query progress page is displayed (or redisplayed). You might use this argument to avoid writing code to handle query progress pages when using the Viewer Servlet to return data to an application you have written.
redirect_delay	Specifies the delay in seconds before a browser is redirected to the original URL. Use this argument to prevent the browser timing out during export operations. Note that this setting only applies when a valid value has also been specified for the fm argument.
show_graphs	Specifies whether to display charts that have been saved with workbooks: set to true to display charts (default) set to false to prevent the display of charts (improves performance where charts are not required)
xml_version	Specifies the version of the Discoverer Viewer DTD that XML documents are to conform to: set to viewer33 to produce XML documents that conform to the Discoverer 3i Viewer DTD set to viewer41 (the default) to produce XML documents that conform to the Oracle9iAS Discoverer Viewer DTD
xsl_path	Specifies the path to the disco4iv.xsl file.
xsl_cache	Specifies whether the servlet caches the xsl or not.