Release 10.1A: OpenEdge Reporting:
Report Builder Deployment

Using the PRINTRB/PRNTRB2 parameters

There are predefined parameters that you must specify when using the PRINTRB or PRNTRB2 interface. These parameters identify the report you want to run and control frequently changed report features, such as filters and print information, allowing you to customize your reports. You specify these parameters as arguments to a procedure, then run the procedure from a Progress 4GL program.

When you use the PRINTRB or PRNTRB2 interface, you must enter all the parameter values in the order in which the parameters appear in Table 5–1 regardless of whether you want to override the default value.

Table 5–1 lists the predefined Report Engine parameters.

Table 5–1: Predefined Report Engine parameters

Parameter name	Contents	Data type
RB-REPORT-LIBRARY	Report library name.	CHARACTER
RB-REPORT-NAME	Report name.	CHARACTER
RB-DB-CONNECTION	Database connection override string.	CHARACTER
RB-INCLUDE-RECORDS	Filter flag.	CHARACTER
RB-FILTER	Filter expression.	CHARACTER
RB-MEMO-FILE	Memo filename.	CHARACTER
RB-PRINT-DESTINATION	Print destination.	CHARACTER
RB-PRINTER-NAME	Printer name.	CHARACTER
RB-PRINTER-PORT	Printer port.	CHARACTER
RB-OUTPUT-FILE	Output filename.	CHARACTER
RB-NUMBER-COPIES	Number of copies.	INTEGER
RB-BEGIN-PAGE	Beginning page number.	INTEGER
RB-END-PAGE	Ending page number.	INTEGER
RB-TEST-PATTERN	Test pattern flag.	LOGICAL
RB-WINDOW-TITLE	Window title.	CHARACTER
RB-DISPLAY-ERRORS	Display error flag.	LOGICAL
RB-DISPLAY-STATUS	Display status flag.	LOGICAL
RB-NO-WAIT	Synchronous or asynchronous processing.	LOGICAL
RB-OTHER-PARAMETERS	User-defined parameters.	N/A
RB-STATUS-FILE	Status filename. Required for PRNTRB2 only.	CHARACTER

See Chapter 3, "Report Engine Parameters," for a detailed description of each parameter.