Command-line suggestions

carterenergy · Posted: Sat Aug 13, 2005 1:26 pm Post subject: Command-line suggestions

1) an option to enable "auto delivery" from the command line
2) an option to perform an action on a scheduled report by its line number or "report name"

The first option lets a user run CD from the StartUp group on an unattended system, and it'll restart properly after a "power event" or other reboot event.

The second option greatly reduces the number of command-line parameters necessary to run in "batch mode", especially with complex reports requiring a large number of table strings.

JamesJ · Posted: Mon Aug 15, 2005 12:11 pm Post subject:

The first one is already there. Has been for quite a while actually, but it's not very well "advertised".

-A tells CD to start the scheduler (Automatic delivery).

There is also a -T that tells it to minimize to the sysTray.

So in my Startup directory I have a shortcut to:

"C:Program FilesCrystal DeliveryCrystalDelivery.exe" -A -T

AFAIK, the second option you mentioned does not exist and it's an interesting idea. I could see how it could be useful.

James

carterenergy · Posted: Mon Aug 15, 2005 1:08 pm Post subject:

JamesJ · Posted: Mon Aug 15, 2005 5:10 pm Post subject:

You're welcome.

> The helptext is obviously out of date.

Not exactly. Those options actually were in the Help file, listed as /a and /t, many versions ago (eg. 5.6.*). But the Help file was rewritten, and significantly updated, not too long ago (by a user I believe, not Kevin) and I guess those options got missed. Now that the omission has been brought up here, hopefully they'll be put back in. (Or if they're in the current Help file maybe someone will tell us where. I looked around briefly and didn't see them.)

James