Refresh Report from Repository

In the CmcApp it is possible to refresh a report by right-clicking and choosing "refresh options".
You are then presented a window with several options "title","description" and so on. The last option is called "Use Object Repository when refreshing"
This last option is the only thing I need to refresh. I would like to refresh the report with the java SDK.
I have found the class com.crystaldecisions.sdk.plugin.desktop.common.IReportRefreshOptions which looks like it should do the job. However it is not prossible to set the option "Use Object Repository" .All other options from the CMC-Dialog are available ( CeRefreshOption.TITLE, CeRefreshOption.DESCRIPTION,...)
How can I refresh the the report with the Object Repository via the Java SDK???

Hi!
I would say try using the method: setRepositoryEnabled(true) of the IReportProcessingInfo interface and commit back the object afterwards. This sound like it should do the trick, although I didn't test it...
Regards,
Harald

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                Return bytes
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                logFile.WriteLine("vbCrLf & ex.Message & vbCrLf & ex.InnerException.Message)
                logFile.Close()
                Return Nothing
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I detected that error occurs on rep.ExportToStream(ExportFormatType.PortableDocFormat). I should point out that the same procedure works under WPF application. In the WCF server I installed CR Runtime engine for .NET framework (13.0.9.1312) and CR version for Microsoft Visual Studio (same version). Moreover, all DB operations are stored into the report, so I should not pass any dataset, just parameters.
Anyway, just to begin, I tried to call a simple report with just two string parameters and no queries, but I alwais get error ("An exception of type 'System.NullReferenceException' occurred in MyApp... Object reference not set to an instance of an object)!
How can I make it work? thanks for help

hi Ludek,
Im trying to change DB connection info at runtime for all of the report tables. this is the code I used in my Web Service
          Function DownloadCRReport(...)
If rep.DataSourceConnections.Count > 0 Then
   Dim conn As New ConnectionInfo
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   conn.DatabaseName = "MyDB"   'Database name as set in TNSNAMES.ORA
   conn.UserID = "newuser"
   conn.Password = "newpwd"
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      tabLogon = t.LogOnInfo
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'set parameters
If Not IsNothing(Parameters) Then
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Running web service in debug mode, I noticed that, after t.ApplyLogonInfo(tabLogon), the new ConnectionInfo has "password" property empty. Maybe this could cause the error, or is there some mistake in the new connectioninfo?

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Hi,
User has Business Objects 5.1 version on his machine and he is able to login to Business Objects 5.1.2 and can also open the BO reports from the required path
When he edit the report, the BO is gettng hung and following errors occured one by one when he clicks ok button
error1: "you must close this universe(name of universe) before importing it"
when he clicks OK button on this error, second error is received
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When he clicks OK button on this error, third error is received
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kind Regards,
Srinivas

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He also reinstalled BO and cleaned out everything on his Computer and re-built it but the issue is not yet resolved
Can you please tell me how to resolve this issue
Kind Regards,
Srinivas

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I'm facing a strange issue while refreshing a report from Rich client. Here are details
Environment: BO XI 3.1 SP3, Oracle application DB. Weu2019ve 2 BO servers (S1 and S2) on cluster and load balancer (common URL) in front.
While login to S1 with 6400 port, I can refresh report in rich client.
While login to S2 on 6400 port or using common url, during refresh gives below error u2013
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Yes. Oracle 10g client installed on both application server. I've teste the universe connection from server, it's working fine.
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