Scheduling Crystal reports getting required parameters

Hello,
We're implementing Crystal Reports and want to integrate it in our own developed portal (it is in Java), for viewing the reports we will be using OpenDocument. But we're confronted with a problem, we want to give users the ability to schedule reports to inboxes.
And from within OpenDocument we're unable to directly schedule to inboxes. We think we need to develop our own layer for the scheduling. What we want is something similar to the functionality from infoview for scheduling, but slimmed down.
What exactly do we need (libraries,...) to develop this layer but keep the footprint of this layer as small as possible and avoid problems with future upgrades?
Thank you in advance for any hints or solutions.
Guy

Your starting point is to read the thread that is stickied at the top of this forum section that says [read before posting|Read Before Posting - Where to find Business Objects Java SDK Resources;
That thread points you to the documentation for the SDK's which includes which jar files are needed as well as points to sample applications that you can refer to.

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