Launch BO from a VB exe

[NeilRP]

Hi all,

I wish to launch Business Objects from a VB6 executable.
I need to pass in the UserID & password from user input and therefore want to bypass the startup prompt. I know I can use the command line, but if the password is incorrect then I get the prompt up.

I want to recognise the login hasn't worked and end the BO session ready to try again, but am not sure how.

Alternatively, can I use the Business Objects Object Library within VB to carry out this process - if so can anyone point me in the direction of help files/sample code/ etc for this library.

Many Thanks.
Neil

 

[nimmy99]

for that you need to have report writer(?!) dll or something

 

[pabloj]

You need to license BO SDK, there you'll find docs and samples, there is also a tool (something like a report launcher) from an old user conference available on BO's site.

Stick to your guns

 

[farhy]

Hi,

here a few fragments, you could need:


1) link Bussiness Objects into your project

Dim bo As busobj.Application
Dim boDoc As busobj.Document

Set bo = CreateObject("BusinessObjects.Application")
bo.LoginAs
Set boDoc = bo.Documents.Open("c:\myBoFile.rep")
boDoc.Refresh

sincerly
farhy

 

[NeilRP]

farhy,

Thanks - a step forward, but I still cannot trap the error if the logon details are incorrect.

Cheers,
Neil