Webelements : Hide crystal parameter screen when using webelements screen

Question

hi Masters,
i have made a very good progress on Using Web Elements from SAP as data source.
my WEBELEMENTS are working when i connect to SAP as data source...i am able to pass values.
i have a concern here at this point.
1. when i use webelemnts as selection screen and when i submit it still ask for the parameters on Crystal parameter screen
2. i dont want the crystal parameter screen bcoz i am already using the Webelements
3. how can i hide that Crystal screen?
look forward to your solutions,
thank you,
pasala.

Answer 1

hi pasala,
firstly, you must ensure that you use opendocument syntax and not the viewrpt (older url reporting) syntax as webelements only work with opendocument. please see the webElements Submit Methods report that is included in the main download [here |Crystal Reports webElements]. you can publish these samples to your enterprise system to see their behaviour.
as mentioned before, there are also problems with the SAP integration kit depending on what version you have.
another of them is that even if you pass a report a complete opendocument url, you will still get prompted by the sap integration kit's parameter screen...this is a bug that i've seen before. if you create a proper opendocument url using the method i described before,  and paste it into a browser, and the url is intercepted by the SAP integration kit prompt / parameter screen, then there is an issue. you can try to install the latest integration kit on a test bed to see if that helps. if it doesn't help, then i would advise you to contact Customer Assurance.
if you are successfully able to paste an opendocument url into a browser and bring up the report then see the options below.
Option A
1 create an opendocument url that will target the report that has webelements on it
2 ensure that this new url will have a value for every parameter on it as a default...if you don't have a value for each parameter on the url then you will get prompted
3 publish this url to your infoview system or distribute the url to anyone that accesses the report
as an example paste this url into your browser...the url has an "lsS" parameter on it for a parameter named "HighlightBoat"...
http://experience.sap.com/OpenDocument/opendoc/5O5SSO.jsp?&docid=140166&&drilldowntabs=hide&sReportMode=weblayout&toolbar=hide&lsSHighlightBoat=AUS%208801
4 use the method mentioned before to create the hyperlink
Option B
1 create a separate report that has only webelements on it...you can use this new report as a parameter page
2 have this new report published to your enteprise system with Saved Data
3 in this new parameter report, have your submit button target a New Window when the submit button is pressed
this option "b" will also help you avoid being prompted.
i hope this helps,
jamie