•  Preface
  • Purpose
  • Audience
  • Organization
  • Typographical conventions
  • Examples of syntax descriptions
  • OpenEdge messages
•  Report Engine Basics
  • How Report Engine generates reports
  •  How to run Report Engine
    • Table interface
    • PRINTRB interface
    • PRNTRB2 interface
    • Choosing which interface to use
  • Before you get started
•  Report Engine Administration
  •  Deployment considerations
    •  Establishing registry or Progress.ini file settings
      • [RBStartup]
      • [ReportBuilderDefaults]
    • Modifying the environment variable RBLNG
    •  Understanding Report Engine search rules
      • Image files
      • Memo files
      • Database files
      • Report libraries
  • Generating a list of reports
  • Identifying the default printer
  • Listing the available printers
  • Accessing initialization (.INI) files
  • Using password security
  •  Verifying report status
    •  Report status file
      • RO-ERROR-CODE
      • RO-ERROR-MESSAGE
      • RO-PAGES
    • RB-STATUS field
•  Report Engine Parameters
  • Parameter basics
  •  Predefined parameters
    • A brief overview of the predefined parameters
    •  Complete descriptions of each predefined parameter
      • RB-DB-CONNECTION and the Report Engine table interface
      • RB-DB-CONNECTION and the Report Engine PRINTRB and PRNTRB2 interfaces
  •  User-defined parameters
    •  Overriding a table name
      • Overriding a table name
      • Specifying an author’s name
      • Specifying multiple user‑defined parameters
      • Overriding the sort criteria
    • Parameter guidelines and restrictions
    •  Prompting for user input
      • Prompting for input with a predefined parameter
      • Prompting for input with a user‑defined parameter
    • Incorporating parameters in the report definition
•  Report Engine Table Interface
  • Table interface basics
  • Table interface quick start example
  •  Creating the Report Engine table
    • Specifying default field values
  • Entering the Report Engine parameter values for the reports
  •  Invoking Report Engine
    • Command-line syntax
    •  Command-line parameters
      • Report code page in (-rbcpreportin)
      • UDF code page in (-rbcpudfin)
      • Report Engine record delete (-rbdel)
      • Report status file (-rbstatfile)
      • Encoded password (-rbP)
      • Report Engine table name (-rbtable)
      • RBREPORT table database name (-rbtabledb)
      • Report tag (-rbtag)
      • Report update status (-rbupds)
    •  Methods of invoking Report Engine
      • Using the _prore.p procedure file
      • Using OS-COMMAND statement
      • Using a DOS window
      • Using an MS-Windows icon
      • Using the Start menu Run option
  • Running multiple reports
  •  Running reports from an application
    • Running a report with a simple filter override
    • Prompting for user input for the printer information
    • Prompting for user input for the filter information
    • Generating a list of reports, printing the reports, and updating the RB-STATUS field
    • Generating a list of reports, prompting the user to select which reports to run, and running the reports
•  Report Engine PRINTRB and PRNTRB2 Interfaces
  • PRINTRB/PRNTRB2 interface basics
  • PRINTRB interface quick start example
  • PRNTRB2 interface example
  • Using the PRINTRB/PRNTRB2 parameters
  •  Running Report Engine from an application
    • Running a report with a simple filter override
    • Prompting for user input for the printer information
    • Prompting for user input for the filter information
    • Running multiple reports in a batch
    • Running multiple reports and prompting for user input
    • Overriding database connection information