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As delivered in our version of PeopleSoft, if you setup a NT Process scheduler and run crystal reports on it, we found that the output is placed in the %TEMP% (usually c:\te p! and is an AS"## file$ This has % pro&le s with it$ The first is that the output is AS"## and doesn't loo( at all li(e the desired output$ The second is that all the reports are placed in the sa e directory$ #f you )ive networ( access to the directory, everyone can )et any report they want$ *hat we have done is to write a +"' pro)ra that will &e used as a wrapper$ This wrapper pro)ra will run the PeopleSoft delivered process to run "rystal reports, then it will loo( up if the person has a ,-SN e ail address (this can &e chan)ed via the select state ent in the pro)ra !$ #f the user has none, it uses a default address &ased on the operator's PeopleSoft id$ .ur data&ase is currently .racle, so the pro)ra is written for .racle usin) the ."# li&raries that .racle provides$ The wrapper pro)ra then collects the "rystal output, and e ails the output &ac( to the user usin) a pro)ra called ,/AT$
Ne6t thin) is you need to )et a copy of the 5un"rystal$e6e pro)ra $ #t contains < file (main.c!, which is a +"' pro)ra that does the followin): - Parses out the co and line ar)u ents sent to it fro PeopleSoft$ - 5un the ori)inal pro)ra PeopleSoft intended to run$ - .nce the ori)inal pro)ra has finished, it loo(s up or sets the e ail address of the person runnin) the "rystal 5eport, via the .racle ."# li&rary$ - Then usin) *lat.ext the pro)ra e ails the "rystal .utput to the user$ #nstall the RunCrystal.exe pro)ra into the *#N:94 directory$
The ne6t thin) you need to do is to fi6 how "rystal 5eports are run$ =o into Peoplesoft, and followin) this Navi)ation, ,o -. /eopleTools -. /rocess Scheduler -. (se -. /rocess Types -. (pdate0"isplay $ Select the Type 0efinition for the 8ollowin) values: /rocess Type 1 Crystal2 3perating System 1 NT Sever2 "atabase Type 1 3racle. 7ou should see a window li(e this:
The first thin) you will do is to chan)e the Command %ine: para eter fro : 44T33%*#N44\/SCRR(N.'5' to 44T33%*#N44\RunCrystal.exe The ne6t thin) you will do is add ore ite s to the /arameter %ist:, the thin)s you will &e addin) are: - At the &e)innin) add: 44T33%*#N44\/SCRR(N.'5', which co es fro a&ove$
Ne6t you will add -(C)644+CC'SS#"44 -(C)744+CC'SS/S$"4 ri)ht &efore the last ite on the list$ This will tell the process scheduler to send &oth the sysad lo)in (typically sysad ! and the password$ This way the RunCrystal.exe pro)ra can )o &ac( into the data&ase and loo( for an ,usiness E ail address$ Ne6t chan)e 3/443(T/(T"'ST44 to 3/443(T/(T"'ST444 4#NST+NC'44."3C, this will force the output filena e of the crystal report to &e the instance number followed &y .doc$ Since the output filena e ends in .doc, "rystal reports will create a $ord "ocument$