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The mime.wfs file contains information about format types available with WebFOCUS. Setting the redirect column to yes for a specific extension enables redirection, which allows you to save report output in a temporary directory when a request is executed. Then, an http call is made from the browser to retrieve the temporary stored output for display in the browser. If redirection is turned off (set to no), the report output displays in the browser immediately after the request is executed. The len value for the IBIWF_redirect setting stores report content in the temporary directory when it exceeds the buffer size and then sends the output to the browser without an additional http call.
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To access the redirect setting using the WebFOCUS Administration Console, click Configuration and then Redirection Settings.
In the Redirection Settings panel:
For example, specifying ON TABLE PCHOLD AS MYREPORT FORMAT PDF in a request and setting Save Report to yes for the .pdf extension enables a user to open or save the output as MYREPORT.pdf. The AS name specified is returned to the browser in uppercase. If Save Report is set to yes and no AS name is specified in the request, a random filename is generated.
Important: You must do the following to utilize Save Report functionality for WebFOCUS GRAPH requests (specified with a PNG, SVG, GIF, JPEG, or JPG format in the procedure):
Running a server-side GRAPH request creates an HTM file that contains a link to the actual graph output, which is stored as a temporary image file with a .jpeg, .jpg, .gif, .svg, or .png extension.
When using Microsoft Excel 2002 or 2003, two or more reports produced by a PCHOLD FORMAT EXL2K command cannot display simultaneously and produce the following message indicating that the spreadsheets cannot be opened at the same time:
The mime.wfs file has an attribute called save_report (content_disposition in Version 7 Release 6.6 and earlier) to enable the display of multiple Excel spreadsheets. Instead of displaying in the browser with an Excel plug-in, these reports display in Excel.
Adjust the mime.wfs file located:
The default for the redirect attribute is yes and the default for the save_report attribute (content_disposition in Version 7 Release 6.6 and earlier) is no for all output types. To open multiple Excel reports, change the redirect attribute value to no and the save_report attribute to yes for extensions .xht and .xls:
Default:
<! WF_extension content_type format redirect WFRS_Catalog Save_Report Client Extension ... <ADDTYPE> .xht application/vnd.ms-excel ascii yes XHT no .xht <ADDTYPE> .xls application/vnd.ms-excel binary yes Excel no .xls
Change to:
<! WF_extension content_type format redirect WFRS_Catalog Save_Report Client Extension ... <ADDTYPE> .xht application/vnd.ms-excel ascii no XHT yes .xht <ADDTYPE> .xls application/vnd.ms-excel binary no Excel yes .xls
These attributes allow users to compare the output of multiple spreadsheets simultaneously. By default, a new Excel session opens in a separate Excel window. This behavior may be different for users who expect Excel to start as a Web browser plug-in.
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