Transfer of parameters in Axiant reports/qtp-runs

[Ole Hansen]

Hi!

I am trying to execute a report from an Axiant screen. The report requires a parameter, e.g. :

access sometable
choose keyitem parm prompt "Enter key : " 

In PowerHouse we put the value of 'keyitem' (and values for any other prompted items) in a flat file, and runs the report through a run command :

run command "quiz auto=compiledreport < flatparameterfile"

If we try the same in Axiant, we get the following run time error : 'Invalid or unrecognized keyword in program arguments : (<)'.

I do not want the user to be prompted by Axiant for the value of 'keyitem', since this is just an arbitrary number, unknown to the user.


My present work-around is to have a local, user specific (XBASE-file) with the value of keyitem, and the report modified as follows :

access xbasefile link xbasefileline to keyitem of sometable

This works satisfactorily for report with a choose parameter, but if other parameters is to be transferred, the following is required :

access xbasefile link xbasefileline to keyitem of sometable        &
                         link to record 1 of otherxbasefile                      &
                         link to record 2 of otherxbasefile alias record2   

define parm1 char*10  = xbasefileline of otherxbasefile
define parm2 char*10  = xbasefileline of record2

... and this is of course not very efficient


Mange hilsner / With kind regards

Ole Hansen

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