c:\cmswin\rrwrun.exe    c:\cmswin\laser\Your_Report.rrw

 

As in technique #1, you need to change the data paths to your client's data path and add RRparmeters for any questions/ranges that are needed.  So if you open an existing report, change the master table and relationships to your clients files, add RRparameters to replace the options that CMSRUNIN.dbf passes to the report, save it as Your_Report.rrw and then launch it with the command above, you've got it.


 

Technique four, is the same as technique 2 except you build the equivalent of CMSRUNIN.dbf to pass the parameters to the report
 

The sixth technique is to the use the RAPIDRUN.exe.   To use this program you need to set up a batch file like:

C:\Program Files\RRVer10\RapidRun\RapidRun.exe" "C:\My Documents\Rapid
Runner Sets\Daily.set" /run

The Rapidrun program is the most very powerful of these techniques including the following features:

- Change the file locations and names from the DMO data set to a company's data set
- Change Report Destination
- Change Parameters
- Consolidate Multiple files into one report (eg.  Sales History from 2 different company codes)
- Schedule reports to run automatically
- The set commands are simple text files that can be easily copied, renamed and edited with Notepad

The downside is that you must determine the link key names for the Masterfile and associated
file from CMS's version of the reports or from the Stucture files.



So in summary, Technique #2 and #6  are the easiest to use.    Technique #4 as the most promise for working with lots of reports.

Naturally, there are additional abilities and features that I didn't cover.   There are PDF files on the R&R CD that covers each of these techniques in much more detail.

George Schaefer
george@CMStotheMax.com