I need to know how to execute a .fex report from a Batch JAVA application (not web). I know this can be done through shell script on Unix, we would like to execute directly from JAVA. Thoughts???

try something like this which calls a bat routine which runs a focexec

String cmd = "cmd.exe /C c:\\temp\\test.bat";

Process proc;
proc = Runtime.getRuntime().exec(cmd);

StreamDumper stdin = new StreamDumper proc.getInputStream(), false);
StreamDumper stderr = new StreamDumper(proc.getErrorStream(), true);

stdin.start();
stderr.start();


in the bat you could have a dos call

-DOS CALL TEST

here is another way you could try it

import java.io.*;
import java.util.*;
import java.lang.Object;
import java.net.*;

public class Program
{
public static void main(String s[])
{
System.out.println("Hello this programm defines about how to call a servlet with a java application ");
try{


URL servlet = new URL("http://localhost:8080/ibi_apps/WFSerlvet?IBIF_ex=carinst");
URLConnection conn=servlet.openConnection();
conn.setDoOutput(true);
InputStreamReader isr=new InputStreamReader(conn.getInputStream());
BufferedReader br = new BufferedReader(isr);
String str;
System.out.println("Source code is" ); str=br.readLine();
System.out.println(str);


}
catch(IOException e)
{
System.out.println("exception is" +e);
}

}
}

Keep in mind this is running on Unix. I need to be able to execute this from a Batch JAVA application and not Web. No interaction with a web Server.

Is there a WF server installed on this sames box where the java batch program runs?

It would be on the same newtork, but most likely not the same server.

Hello ,
Try to expoze the fex procedure like a webservice and after make a call from java .
The webserices is not platform depending .

Regards,
Val

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

It isn't platform dependendent but it IS License dependent. Enabling your procedures as web services requires and additional license.

If there is no interaction with a web server and the java program exists on a separate box from your WF server, you're going to be pretty hard pressed to find a solution.

The main question is, How are you running WebFOCUS without a web server?

The rhetorical answer is there probably IS a webserver in there. You just may not have the info you need to access it or is web/IP access explicitly blocked on this box?