Custom filename in place of default filename from App Engine

Question

Hi All
I am wondering if it is possible to generate output files from AE/SQR/Crystal with custom names rather than the default names as ProcessName_ProcessInstance?
I am aware that this can be acieved in SQRs as we set the filenames in most of the cases, but I need to check this for AE & Crystal processes.
I have a crystal that creates a bill in pdf format. The pdf bill file is created with name as ProcessName_ProcessInstance. I am exploring if it is possible to create a pdf billfile with name as BillId_Date or as PI_BillId or ProcessName_PI_Bill_Id.
I googled and searched in PeopleBooks but couldn't locate anything that could say if it is possible or not? If possible, how we can achieve it.
Regards
Vishal Mahajan

Answer 1

For AE, have you tried changing the override paramenters in process definition. you can probably use the OT, OF and FP flags to achive this.
See bleow. from 8.50 tools PeopleBooks:
-OT
(Optional) Initialize the PeopleCode meta-variable %OutDestType (numeric).
PeopleCode example of %OutDestType:
&ProcessRqst.OutDestType = %OutDestType ;
-OF
(Optional) Initialize the PeopleCode meta-variable %OutDestFormat (numeric).
PeopleCode example of %OutDestFormat:
Query.RunToFile(Record QryPromptRecord, %OutDestFormat);
-FP
(Optional) Initialize the PeopleCode meta-variable %FilePath (string).
PeopleCode example of %FilePath:
If All(%FilePath) Then
&FILENAME = %FilePath | &FILENAME;
&MYFILE = GetFile(&FILENAME, "E", %FilePath_Absolute);
Else
&MYFILE = GetFile(&FILENAME, "E", %FilePath_Relative);
End-If;