Accessing Oracle Web Applications Desktop Integrator

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You can access Web ADI functionality through a Self Service link on your personal homepage.

Prerequisites

The following are the prerequisites for Web ADI:

1. One of the following operating systems must be installed on the client PC:

• Windows ME
• Windows NT 4.0 with Service Pack 3 or later
• Windows 2000
• Windows XP
• Windows 98

2.  Internet Explorer 6.0 or greater installed on your machine.

3. One of the following versions of Excel: 97, 2000, 2003, or XP

4.  For Web ADI to work with Excel XP, you must:

1. Open Excel
2. Go to Tools > Macro > Security > Trusted Sources
3. Check the "Trust access to Visual Basic Project" option

5.  Make sure your browser security settings will allow a spreadsheet to be created on your desktop.         

1. Navigate to Tools > Internet Options and choose the Security tab.
2. Select Local Intranet and choose the Custom Level button.
3. Set the following option to Prompt: Initialize and script Active X controls not marked as safe.

6. In order to get the web-based ADI to work in 11i with Internet Explorer 7 there is a setting that needs to be changed.

• With the Internet Security setting at Medium-High (default), under the Scripting section, change "Allow status bar updates via script" to "Enable".
• For more information concerning Internet Explorer 7, please see the announcement.