Hello,

I was wondering if anyone would happen to have example code of the Report Caster API being
called from HTML Composer.

I have read all topics on the forum (about the API), studied the Report
Caster on steroids presentation and went through the Report Caster API
documentation but I don't see any examples of using the API from within
Developer Studio. I was able to run the batch files to create the
Report Caster API samples but I am not sure how to call them. I think
the next step is to create a JSP file (that calls the samples) that is
called from HTML composer. But I am not completely sure how to proceed.

Can anyone point me in the right direction?

Your help is greatly appreciated.

This message has been edited. Last edited by: <Kathryn Henning>,

I don't know about the report caster api, but to get to report caster you can do the following. This may be good enough for your users:

1. Create form
2. create hyperlink for run button
3. right click form add schedule button.

When the button is pressed it goes straight to report caster populating your report. If needed, you can probably configure RC to your needs if this is going to be a common practice.

Hello,

If you are looking for single page scheduling tool then here you go http://documentation.informati...lui/wf77rchtmlui.pdf

Thanks,
Ram

Hello,

Unfortunately we can not use the single page scheduling tool. Basically when they hit save the scheduling will work off of a scheduling paramater on the page.

Thank you,

Elizabeth

quote:

Originally posted by J:
I don't know about the report caster api, but to get to report caster you can do the following. This may be good enough for your users:

1. Create form
2. create hyperlink for run button
3. right click form add schedule button.

When the button is pressed it goes straight to report caster populating your report. If needed, you can probably configure RC to your needs if this is going to be a common practice.

Hello,

We cannot show the singe page scheduling tool. But thank you for your response.

Elizabeth

quote:

Originally posted by Ram Prasad E:
Hello,

If you are looking for single page scheduling tool then here you go http://documentation.informati...lui/wf77rchtmlui.pdf

Thanks,
Ram

When you say you cannot show the scheduling tool/icon what exactly do you mean?

-You cannot figure out how to show it?
-You don't want users clicking it (you will click it through js)?
-Or you don't want the button period?

Are you trying to setup something automatic so that they don't even need to go to the RC scheduling page?

Hello,

Yes! We want to trigger ReportCaster from the web page without showing the scheduling tool. We will be building the logic for the scheduling on the backend.

I just need to be able to capture the paramaers and to create a schedule when the user clicks a button.

Thank you,

Elizabeth

quote:

Originally posted by J:
Are you trying to setup something automatic so that they don't even need to go to the RC scheduling page?

this should get you started (open rc window and close when done automatically):

 
//Begin function button1_onclick
function button1_onclick(ctrl) {
	rcWindow = window.open("caster/schedule/editor/index.jsp");
	var int = window.setInterval(function(){
		//wait for page to load
		if(rcWindow.frames.length){
			//wait for workframe to load
			if(rcWindow.frames[0].id='workFrame'){
				var rcDoc = rcWindow.frames[0].document;
				if(rcDoc.readyState) {
					window.clearInterval(int);
					alert(rcDoc.readyState);
					//do your stuff
					rcWindow.close();
				}
			}
		}
	},100);
}
//End function button1_onclick
 

This type of coding may be considered sort of a hack. If this is not ideal I would open up a case.

The Report Caster is designed to called from Java or VB not JavaScript. That being said there are ways to do it.

You could create a java/VB program and then call that program passing any parameters that it would need as if it is a URL.

There are samples of using the api on the forum and on IBI's website.

Fernando

Hello,

Thank you. This helped me be able to begin testing accessing the jsp pages. I am still trying to make this seemless to the users. So will need to be able to pass paramter from the HTML page to the Report Caster API.

Thank you,

Elizabeth Cosain

quote:

Originally posted by J:
this should get you started (open rc window and close when done automatically):

 
//Begin function button1_onclick
function button1_onclick(ctrl) {
	rcWindow = window.open("caster/schedule/editor/index.jsp");
	var int = window.setInterval(function(){
		//wait for page to load
		if(rcWindow.frames.length){
			//wait for workframe to load
			if(rcWindow.frames[0].id='workFrame'){
				var rcDoc = rcWindow.frames[0].document;
				if(rcDoc.readyState) {
					window.clearInterval(int);
					alert(rcDoc.readyState);
					//do your stuff
					rcWindow.close();
				}
			}
		}
	},100);
}
//End function button1_onclick
 

This type of coding may be considered sort of a hack. If this is not ideal I would open up a case.

Hello,

I have been searching for example everywhere with no luck. Would you happen to have specific links to the examples?

Thank you,

Elizabeth

quote:

Originally posted by Fernando:
The Report Caster is designed to called from Java or VB not JavaScript. That being said there are ways to do it.

You could create a java/VB program and then call that program passing any parameters that it would need as if it is a URL.

There are samples of using the api on the forum and on IBI's website.

Fernando

I would strongly suggest following fernando's advice as I said this was sort of "hackish" but if you really need to get this out there, then just get the user's inputted values yourself and populate the RC page.

Using the supported HTML Composer javascript API functions makes this a little easier (IbComposerGetCurrentSelection, etc.)

This message has been edited. Last edited by: J,

you can easily build a jsp and java classes to call the REPORT CASTER Jar files to implement the scheduling functionality, Please refer the report caster API document from the webfocus tech support website. It has very good samples

Thank you, Rakesh.

I have gone through the RC API documentation many many times. I was able to create the sample files on our server. There are 2 JSP files that come with the examples but they don't use any of the funtionality I need. I opened a case with tech support but they recommended the use of servlets (which I think is stabalized so I don't want to go down that road). I was hoping someone had an example of a JSP that ran or created a schedule from within HTML composer. I have not been able to find one.

Thank you for your response.

Elizbeth Cosain

quote:

Originally posted by Rakesh P:
you can easily build a jsp and java classes to call the REPORT CASTER Jar files to implement the scheduling functionality, Please refer the report caster API document from the webfocus tech support website. It has very good samples

Elizbeth,

I wanted to note that is my understanding that you are correct about api being stablized down the road.

This will show an example on the new way

https://techsupport.informationbuilders.com/sps/83502509.html

It requires WebFOCUS 8 and I noticed that you have 7.7.3.

Fernando