Programmatic Report Trigger

Question

I'm evaluating Reports as one the final candidate report writers for integration with a new application. I have been reading much of the documentation on the product, but I still have a question: Is there any way to programmatically trigger a report from a C++ application? I've seen discussion about Java integration, but none about C++. Am I missing something?
Also, I ultimately need to generate reports from both files and DB queries, and output results to local files and probably an application GUI. I believe this should be fairly straightforward, but I would welcome any comments on my options and/or the feasibility of these requirements.

Answer 1

I'm not familiar with C++, but I believe you can issue a host command, right? You can start a report like this:
host_command('rwrun report=......')
You can issue this command on the reports server host machine.
One thing to remember is that Reports 9i and 10g are web based, not a client/server application. If you want to run a report from a client c/s application, it would be:
host_command('http://......')
which should open a browser.
ultimately need to generate reports from both files and DB queriesA report is based on DB queries, of course, but what do you mean by "generate reports from files"?