Interactive Report - Add a 'custom' Action Menu Item

Hi,
I'm wondering if it is possible to add 'custom' Action menu items to an interactive report?
I have a situation where I want to use all the richness that an interactive report gives with it's out of the box functionality, then if a download is selected I need to be able to set a 'lock' on the currently selected records set before the records are downloaded.
I've had a good look around the forum and various other sites and I can't seem to find anything in this area. The nearest I can find is on the OBD tutorials the ability to add a 'Reset' button.
I know how to create custom download functionality, to which I could add the required record locking functionality and in turn link to a button, but what I don't know how to do is pull out the selection variables from the Interactive Report in order to construct my select query.
Maybe I'm barking up the wrong tree and there's a better way if so any suggestions would be most welcome.
Many thanks in advance Peter..
Edited by: Pete on Jun 30, 2011 4:16 PM
Edited by: Pete on Jun 30, 2011 4:24 PM
Edited by: Pete on Jun 30, 2011 4:31 PM

Hi,
For your issue, in SharePoint Designer, Click Custom Action->View Ribbon->Create Custom Action.
Then the extra form will show up in the Ribbon.
Refer to the following link:
http://www.abelsolutions.com/totm/creating-a-custom-action-in-2-steps-with-sharepoint-designer/
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