This has to be a very simple question and I must be missing something very obvious here.
I have Crystal Reports Dev XI on my dev machine and BO Ent XI on the server.
I created a simple report (using crystal report developer version XI) that runs off of one table only using OLE DB (ADO) connection. This report is based on a parameter that user enters when prompted. That paramater is tied to a field in the table (using forumla i.e. field1=?promptfield1val). I published the report in Business Objects Ent. XI to a public folder. This works fine. The user is prompted when trying to view the report and the result is displayed accordingly in the Report's BO web viewer.
Now, upong reading the documentation, I am trying to pass the parameter as part of the URL using prompt# or promptex but it still keeps prompting the user no matter what and ignores whats is passed with URL. I am trying launch the web viewer from another web application of mine and in some cases, I already know the value of the parameter. So I want to pass it with the URL instead of having the user to enter it. I may be new to CR and BO but this is pretty basic stuff.
I have tried all of the following:
What the heck am I doing wrong???
I have Crystal Reports Dev XI on my dev machine and BO Ent XI on the server.
I created a simple report (using crystal report developer version XI) that runs off of one table only using OLE DB (ADO) connection. This report is based on a parameter that user enters when prompted. That paramater is tied to a field in the table (using forumla i.e. field1=?promptfield1val). I published the report in Business Objects Ent. XI to a public folder. This works fine. The user is prompted when trying to view the report and the result is displayed accordingly in the Report's BO web viewer.
Now, upong reading the documentation, I am trying to pass the parameter as part of the URL using prompt# or promptex but it still keeps prompting the user no matter what and ignores whats is passed with URL. I am trying launch the web viewer from another web application of mine and in some cases, I already know the value of the parameter. So I want to pass it with the URL instead of having the user to enter it. I may be new to CR and BO but this is pretty basic stuff.
I have tried all of the following:
What the heck am I doing wrong???