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B.1.47 REPORTS_OUTPUTIMAGEFORMAT
Environment Variables
Description This environment variable specifies the default image format used in the
report.
Valid Values GIF|JPEG|JPG|PNG|BMP
Default JPEG
B.1.48 REPORTS_PATH
Note: Brackets in the above example are used to show preceding
spaces; they are not part of the sentence.
Usage Notes
■ You must ensure the format that you specify matches the output type. For
example, BMP only works for RTF output. It will not work for HTML, HTMLCSS,
or PDF output.
■ This environment variable setting is overridden by the value of the
OUTPUTIMAGEFORMAT command line keyword.
Refer to Advanced Imaging Support for more information.
Description This environment variable specifies the search path for files referenced
by Reports Runtime. The directories specified by REPORTS_PATH are searched first,
then those specified by ORACLE_PATH. This environment variable is used to locate
reports and external objects that you use in your reports, such as PL/SQL libraries,
external queries, and external boilerplate. It enables you to create reports that are
easily portable across operating systems by preventing the need to hard-code directory
paths.
Define REPORTS_PATH in the same fashion you define other environment variables on
your operating system, keeping in mind such platform-specific rules as path length,
etc.
In addition to directory paths, you can specify the keyword DB when you define
REPORTS_PATH. This instructs Reports Builder to search the database to which you
are currently connected.
Suppose you specified the following on a UNIX platform:
setenv REPORTS_PATH /home/tkostin/pay:/home/tkostin/receive:DB
Reports Builder will first search the directory /home/tkostin/pay. If it cannot find
the file in question, it will search /home/tkostin/receive. If it still cannot find the
file, it will search the database to which you connected when you began your Reports
Builder session.
Valid Values Any directory on any drive.
Default %ORACLE_HOME%\REPORT\DEMO; %ORACLE_
HOME%\REPORT\DEMO\BITMAP; %ORACLE_HOME%\REPORT\DEMO\REQFILES
Usage Note
■ REPORTS_PATH is limited to 256 characters.
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