Command Line in desktop

Hi all,
How can I to export a sheet using command line in Discoverer 10g? It's posible?
Thanks a lot.

disco51.exe /connect user/password@db /opendb workbook /sheet sheet1 /export XLS c:\spreadsheet.xls /batch
(roughly)
also check out disco51.exe /?

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Problem in passing parameters in command line in desktop

Hi,
I am trying to generate reports from command line (Oracle Discoverer 4i Version 4.1.42.04.00) but I am facing problems when I try to pass date or numeric parameters. It seems to work with strings
The following command is successful when i pass string as parameters
C:\orant\DISCVR4\dis4usr.exe /connect reports/reports@orcl /opendb load_report_1 /batch /sheet 2 /parameter "P Date" "31-JUL-2006 Month End" /export xls c:\Temp\load_report_!
But in the following commands the command line execution stops when a worksheet with parameters is encountered. Once then parameter is entered the command line is executed successfully. In these problem cases it seems like the /parameter option is not being recognized. I have tried to pass parameters with double quotes, single quotes, without any quotes.
C:\orant\DISCVR4\dis4usr.exe /connect reports/reports@orcl /opendb "load report 2" /sheet 3 /parameter "Select P Day" "20-JUN-2006" /batch /export xls c:\Temp\load_Report_2
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The only difference I can see is that I have not used double quotes in the command line that is successful in generating reports with parameters.
Any inputs will be appreciated - we are stuck in our project due to this issue. Many thanks.
Warm regards
Sucharita

Hi
I work in the same team as the original poster.
We tried by changing NLS_DATE_FORMAT for the oracle_home.
Just to clarify our issue I am describing it one more time below -
Using Disc desktop (4.1.42) we are trying to run the reports using command line interface. Any report that takes character input for the parameters ,is running fine in the batch mode without prompting.
Any report that takes Date/Numeric input for the parameters, though in batch mode, is prompting for user to give the parameters.We tried with quotes as well.
For Example -
1. Character input : when we run this command supplying the input parameter values (which are characters), report runs fine without prompting for values.
C:\orant\DISCVR4\dis4usr.exe /connect rep/rep@orals /opendb Schd_Report /batch /sheet 2 /parameter "Process Date" "31-JUL-2006 Month End" /export xls c:\audit_report_5
2. Date Input -
C:\orant\DISCVR4\dis4usr.exe /connect rep/rep@orals /opendb "DLS.Arrears Reports" /batch /sheet 1 /parameter "Please Enter Date Using Format YYYYMMDD" 20060703 /export xls c:\CA_arr
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Raman

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Hi,
for my work i use a ssh redirect port to make some applications (rdp, samba...) works and like this i can work outside like if i were inside the factory. So on kde4 i could put an icon with the command line, directly on the desktop.
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Target Display Mode: Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) - Apple Support
http://support.apple.com/en-us/HT3924
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OPTION A
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line
2) The only way to get arguments in is through the
jnlp file. Or the SingleInstanceService.
....Sounds like this is possible using a jnlp
written by a servlet. But can I just pass GET
parameters to my servlet like so?
http://webstart.com/go/?param=value�m2=value
2Would that work?Huh? Assuming the servlet that produces the
launch file fir this application is called 'go', and that
servlet returns the correct content-type, and writes
the two params in the URL into the JNLP as
arguments, then.. yes - this should work.
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http://www.physci.org/jws/#sis
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4/25/2006 1:54:09 PM
d:\oracle10g\BIToolsHome_1\bin\DIS51USR.EXE /connect it_reports/password@prod /opendb Order Shipments /parameter From Date 01-APR-2006 /parameter To Date 30-APR-2006 /parameter Sales Territory North America /export xls \\docserve\rhonda\Discoverer\DiscovererReporting\SalesReporting\North America\Order Shipments Apr 2006.xls /batch
Invalid value "From Date" for parameter "01-APR-2006"
Invalid value "To Date" for parameter "30-APR-2006"
Invalid value "Sales Territory" for parameter "North America"
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Hope all is well,
I have learned how to run Discoverer using command line.
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===========
When you log into Discoverer manually, the parameters values that were last used in the last run display when
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tx for writing...
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On OS 10.4.5:
Whenever I use a GUI app that wants to use a command line tool (e.g. curl, df, java), the app fails giving an error message to the effect of "unable to find curl" or the like. It is as if the GUI cannot find my unix $PATH.
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Further, a recent update to Acrobat JavaScript has added restrictions to using JavaScript to "closeDoc" method which may need to be addressed.
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Error while running the Discoverer report from the command line.

Hi All,
I've to run a discoverer report from command line and export the results in xls/html on to my local machine. This report I've to run it as batch and scheduled it.
I have a parameterized worksheet and this has to be run from command line specifying the parameter value I wanted to run the report for. I do not get any results. Here is the command line I am using.
dis51usr /connect user/password@database /opendb "TIMS-PCJ status Report" /sheet "TIMS observation status report (based on performed date)" /parameter "Test Number" '40351' /parameter "From Date" '05-MAY-2008' /parameter "To Date" '06-MAY-2008' /export HTML "C:\DISCOVERER_REPORT_SCHEDULING\DIS_OUTPUT\PCJStOutputinHTML123"
I even added the TO_DATE conversion for the parameters and also gave the format of the date as 'DD_MON_YYYY'.
Discoverer Desktop opened up, logged in and gets terminated saying 'Oracle Discoverer Desktop has encountered a problem and need to close. We are sorry for the inconvenience.'
Please anyone reply me.
Regards & Thanks,
P. Gayathri Devi

Hi Gayathri,
Try changing your parameter names to be a single word. (Change "Test Number" to Test_Number).
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Thanks.

How to change "open with" defaults via command line?!?

folks,
i know that if i get info on a file -- in this case, a filemaker 5.5 file -- i can choose the default "open with" settings and apply those settings to all files of that kind. see the attached image for what i mean.
but how do i do that via the command line?
thus far, here's what i've got: i know that i can open a document called "scrubbing shell.sh" on my desktop WITH either MS Word of TextEdit by calling:
open -a textedit /Users/david/Desktop/scrubbing-shell.sh
or
open -a Microsoft\ Word /Users/david/Desktop/scrubbing-shell.sh
no sweat. BUT....how do i set the defaults so that it ALWAYS opens with that app in the future when double-clicking via the GUI?
many thanks, ya'll!
david koff
associate systems admin
the j. paul getty trust
dkoff AT getty DOT edu

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<         <string>com.compuserve.gif</string>
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<          <string>com.compuserve.gif</string>
<          <key>LSHandlerRoleAll</key>
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% diff --text ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.LaunchServices.plist ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.LaunchServices_copy2.plist
408c408
<          <string>com.apple.preview</string>
          <string>com.lemkesoft.graphicconverter</string>
   Note that I had to change the file to text after every change because the Finder converted the file to binary format every time it edited it. I didn't have to logout or reboot; the property list file change less than a second after the preference was set. I'm guessing that because you were just looking at the old-format entry, you missed the real changes to your property list file. Did it change from text to binary format? Try the command line tools that I used above.
   Note that this means that it matters where you put your entries in the property list file if you edit it.
Gary
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   There are only 10 kinds of people in the world. Those
   who understand binary numbers and those who don't.

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