Running a Crystal Report at a pre-set time 1

[senamuna]

Hi,

I use CR XI/ Windows XP. We do not have Crystal Enterprise.

I need to run a production statistics report at 7.00 AM every day. Is there a way to schedule the report to run at the pre-set time ?

I tried to use the built in scheduler in XP. But it only opens up the report. I need to refresh it to capture data. Exporting to a PDF is desirable. Are there any command line parameters that can be used.

Alternatively, how hard is it to write a program to do the job.

Thanks in advance.

SenaMuna

 

[dgillz]

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[MJRBIM]

You can also do it yourself with the Java or .NET SDKs if you have the DEVELOPER or ADVANCED licenses.

 

[senamuna]

Thanks MJRBIM,

Is there any book I can use to practice developing this using .NET SDK ?

SenaMuna

 

[MJRBIM]

Crystal Reports XI Official Guide" (Paperback) by Neil Fitzgerald has a section on reporting within the Microsoft Visual Studio.NET and J2EE development environments.

I don't know how good it is, but it's the most recent book.

You can also download some sample apps from the DIAMOND developers forums that BOBJ runs -

http://diamond.businessobjects.com/