Release 10.1A: OpenEdge Reporting:
Report Builder Deployment

A brief overview of the predefined parameters

Table 3–1 lists the predefined Report Engine parameters. Each parameter name has the prefix RB-, indicating that it is a Report Builder parameter. In the Data Type column, the letter C represents the CHARACTER data type, I represents INTEGER, and L represents LOGICAL. Parameters that require character values can contain uppercase, lowercase, or mixed-case letters.

Table 3–1: Predefined Report Engine parameters

Parameter name	Contents	Data type	Interface
RB-REPORT-LIBRARY	Report library name	C	All
RB-REPORT-NAME	Report name	C	All
RB-DB-CONNECTION	Database connection override string	C	All
RB-INCLUDE-RECORDS	Filter flag	C	All
RB-FILTER	Filter expression	C	All
RB-MEMO-FILE	Memo filename	C	All
RB-PRINT-DESTINATION	Print destination	C	All
RB-PRINTER-NAME	Printer name	C	All
RB-PRINTER-PORT	Printer port	C	All
RB-OUTPUT-FILE	Output filename	C	All
RB-NUMBER-COPIES	Number of copies	I	All
RB-BEGIN-PAGE	Beginning page number	I	All
RB-END-PAGE	Ending page number	I	All
RB-TEST-PATTERN	Test pattern flag	L	All
RB-WINDOW-TITLE	Window title	C	All
RB-DISPLAY-ERRORS	Display error flag	L	All
RB-DISPLAY-STATUS	Display status flag	L	All
RB-NO-WAIT	Synchronous or asynchronous processing	L	PRINTRB PRNTRB2
RB-OTHER-PARAMETERS	User-defined parameters	C	All
RB-TAG	Which reports to generate	C	Table
RB-STATUS	Status of a report	C	Table
RB-STATUS-FILE	Report status filename	C	PRNTRB2

For the PRINTRB and PRNTRB2 interfaces, you must enter the parameter values in the order in which the parameters appear in Table 3–1. However, for the table interface, the parameters are represented by fields in a table and can be assigned values in any order. Regardless of which interface you use, you must specify values for the RB-REPORT-LIBRARY and RB-REPORT-NAME parameters.