Xls-export from Discoverer Plus by url-call

Hi,
I have the following Problem:
When I call Discoverer Desktop with a command line statement I am able to export a sheet as xls(etc.) to a specific path (for example ~/export=xls c:/...) without opening the Discoverer Desktop (/batch).
Now I have to do this with the Discoverer Plus. Is it possible and how i have to specify the parameters for that?
Regards
Christian Loebnau

In a word - no.
You can only use command-line in the desktop versions (ie: User / Desktop and Administrator).

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[email protected]
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