cViewBATCH
is a command-line scheduler for Crystal Reports. It can also
serve as an interface to
cViewMANAGER and
cViewSERVER report schedulers. With this handy tool, you can
process a report from a desktop icon.
With
this handy tool, you can process a report (including
multirun and report collections) from a desktop icon. Or a 3rd
party program can call the scheduled report.You can specify the output destination in the command
line.
This has been designed so you can create a
desktop icon to process a scheduled Crystal Report. It includes
support of our multirun and report collection features. You
could also use it with any third party program to invoke the
cViewBATCH
processing.
cViewBATCH
enables you run a scheduled report from the command
line. This means you can create a desktop icon that
runs a scheduled report, or can invoke a report from
the command line. You can also schedule a
cViewBATCH task using the windows scheduler.
cViewBATCH supports running a
report and setting output options and parameters in
the command line. It also works with
cViewMANAGER and
cViewSERVER.
Command
Line Operation
cViewBATCH has expanded
from its add-on functionality to our
cViewMANAGER
and
cViewSERVER
Crystal Report schedulers. It can now process
any Crystal Report. It will write to a default
log file of cViewBATCH.log although this can be
changed if required.
You can use it to run a
specific report file with a command line of
Other command line
options are available to set output destination
and formats. If the command line becomes
complex, you can create a text file with each
command on a separate line and invoke the file
with
cViewBATCH.EXE @mycommands.txt
If no drive or path is
specified, cViewBATCH will look for the command
file in the cViewBATCH program folder. This will
change the default log file to the
commandfile.log.
Every report and collection in the
cViewMANAGER or
cViewSERVER schedule has a unique
Schedule ID to identify it. Use that Report ID in the
cViewBATCH command line to identify the report to
process.
The command line to run item 27 from the schedule
will look like...
cViewBATCH.EXE 27
or
cViewBATCH.EXE scheduleid=27
If
cViewMANAGER and cViewSERVER are both
installed on the same machine, cViewBATCH will use the
cViewSERVER schedule database by default.
It does not require a schedule database to run, but
you must be running one of these report schedulers to
use the scheduleid option.
Output Control
The following keywords can also be entered in a
cViewBATCH command line.
printer=printername
Will redirect the output to the printer name you have
specified.
email=name@domain.com
Will redirect the output to an email address. You may
invoke a list file with angle brackets or enter multiple
addresses separated by semi colons (;)
disk=c:\this folder\myuname.pdf
Will direct the report output to a disk file
format=Acrobat File
Will control the report output format. This is only
relevent if you have also specified a email or disk
destination. The format must also be a valid format
from the following list:
Crystal Report
Excel Worksheet
Rich Text
CSV File
HTML Document
DHTML Document
Acrobat File
MS Word Doc
Text File
The printer name, email address, disk file and format may
contain spaces, and are not case sensitive.
Log File Processing
cViewBATCH will create a log file of the task as it
processes. By default it will be in cViewBATCH.log or
if you are using a command file, that file name with a
.log extension. You can select a specific output file
name with
log=c:\myfolder\logs\this.log
You can also add description and comment information
into the log file with
comment=a comment to add into the log file
cViewBATCH will also create a log entry to be
processed in the
cViewMANAGER and
cViewSERVERlog file. This remote log
entry will be processed by the schedule.
SMTP Processing
If you are running cViewBATCH without our report
scheduler, and you want to email reports you will need to
specify the SMTP server and sender email address. These are
specified with.
mailsever=email server name
mailfrom=senders email address
Parameter
Processing
Parameter values can be loaded into the report with
the format:
{?parameter}=value
You cannot currently enter multiple values or range
parameters.
Command Line
Summary
A full list of the command line options are as
follows. The first entry must be the report or scheduleid
value. The other parameters can be entered in any order.
cViewBATCH is supplied as complete setup script.
There are separate versions for Crystal Reports version
8, 9 and 10. You require a license file to remove the
trial period limitation.
Do not install in the
cViewMANAGER or
cViewSERVER program folders as the
license files are different for each product.
It may be installed with an existing
cViewMANAGER or
cViewSERVER installation. If both report
schedulers are installed, cViewBATCH will use cViewSERVER
for its report schedule database.
