Scheduling Business Object 5.1.5 reports

Hi all.
I'm trying to schedule BO reports. I found something abount running BO from command line in the user manual but it doesn't run.
If I try to launch "C:\Business Object\BUSOBJ.EXE" -user USER - password PASSWORD -online -nologo C:\REPORT.rep it shows the windows of log in.
Anyway, after this step how could I in automatic refresh data setting a range of dates and export the result in a local path, with a specific name and a specific format, settings (like Not Dos Format) and close the repot saving chages?
Another question: Is possibile to manipulate Business Object with C#?
Thank you.
Edited by: y.chen on Jul 29, 2011 10:16 AM

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