System Parameters at runtime...

Question

Hi Dear,
Well I am here to ask you another thing. I am trying to send my reports to different departments of my organizations through emails; I am calling this report from a form through RUN_PRODUCT options available.
I am facing one problem and that is how to change SYSTEM PARAMETER of report at runtime by getting input from user through a form.
Like I have a report, I have change its SYSTEM PARAMETER as:
DESFORMAT : pdf
DESTYPE : MAIL
DESNAME : [email protected]
This thing is working OK when I call this report through form by using this code:
RUN_PRODUCT(REPORTS,'C:\WINDOWS\Desktop\TEST_MAIL',SYNCHRONOUS,batch,FILESYSTEM,SCREEN);
It run fines, but it only e-mail on the given address [email protected]
I want to take this e-mail input from user and then I want to change the system parameter DESNAME through this value.
How can I do that, please reply this mail as soon as possible. I have to develop this report very urgent. I am using Developer 6i.
with lot of thanks,
Imran

Answer 1

Add a non database item in your form to hold the values of the mail a user inputs. Then in the code to run the report add :
add_parameter(parameter_list_id,'DESNAME',text_parameter,:block_name.item_name);
Also change the execution mode of your reports in the object navigator of your forms to runtime .
When you execute the RUN_PRODUCT built-in change also the batch parameter to runtime ; example :
run_product(REPORTS,'un_doc_journalier',SYNCHRONOUS,RUNTIME,FILESYSTEM,fact_id,null);