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Dear Dave, I discovered that since the dialog boxes are interactive in cognos script, even if i have the function obj.activate right after the call to the dialog box, it will not excute until the user interacts ( that is clicks some button on the dialog box), THat is the reason why obj.activate...

Hi Christenhusz Thanks a lot for the advice. Now i understand why the user version was behaving differently from the impromptu version. I will implement your suggestion right away. Thanks Amina

I have developed a number of dialog boxes with buttons which when clicked, open reports. Using the administrator version of Impromtu, I am able to open the .imr reports however, when using the macro with the USER version of impromtu, I are not able to open the reports. IT gives me an error...

Excellent suggestion Dave. That is exactly what i am goign to do. You saved me so much trouble. Thanks a lot Amina

Hi Doovat, Thanks for this useful information. But the only problem is that i cannot put in the path name before the nameof the catalog as i do not know where the users will place there reports and catalogs. The macro will be distributed to various offices which might have different drives for...

Hi, I gave created a number of dialog boxes. The buttons lead to various reports. In impromptu, i have set the preferences for file locations to where my files are. If i directly open the report without first opening the catalog with the "object.openreport " command, i am able to open...

DearDave, I have tried putting it in a loop and then placing the objImpApp.Activate method at various different places but for some reason the activate method does not work ( not that it gives an error. I am still working on this issue, will let you know how i progressed. Thanks a lot for your...

I have created a number of dialog boxes. The buttons in the dialog boxes open up .imr reports. Once the button is clicked the dlg box dissapears and the reports opens. Then i call the dlg box again so that the user may choose some other report. However, the dlg box comes on top of the report as...

Iam creating a number of dialog boxes. The buttons in the dialog box open up the powerplay reports (ppr). I will be distributing this macro to various offices. Users will be placing the ppr and the mdc files in various locations. Since powerplay does not have an ini file i cannot define a...

Thanks Dave, I really appreciate your help cheers Amina

Brillaint Dave! that was very helpful. Just one more question, How do i know the user closed the help screen so that i can re-execute the main dialog when the user closes the help dialog. Thanks Amina

I have created a dialog box. Once a button ( other than "OK" and "cancel") on the dialog box is clicked, the dialog box closes. What do i do if i want ot keep the dialog box open even after the button is clicked. My code is given below: sub showdlg1() Begin Dialog...

Thanks Scott. I changed the code to include your suggestion. It compiles fine. When i run it , i get the following error: TEMP6!main(4) - R440 "PowerPlay: An internal error occurred." I am not really sure what it means Thanks again Amina

I am creating a dialog box and want a powerplay report to open up when the user clicks the button. Could someone please tell me what code i use to open the powerplay report. I have my code below, but it is not working. Thanks Amina Dim objPPRep as Object Set objPPRep =...

I am writing a macro (in cognos scritp) with a number of dialog boxes. I will be distributing this macro to many offices. I want to insert a picture in the dialog box. I am not sure what path to put in the script when specifiying where the picture is. I will send the picture with the macro but i...