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Report Builder
Deployment Guide


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.


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