Consultor Eletrônico

Status: Verified

GOAL:

How to define Report Builder startup parameters.

FACT(s) (Environment):

Report Builder 8.3A (32-bit)

FIX:

1) Define the parameter in the RBSTARTUP section of the PROGRESS.INI file. See Solution 16501, "Report Builder - Where to Put Startup Parameters .ini or .pf?" for more details.

Since the 32-bit versions of Report Builder reference the registry by default, using this method requires you to instead specify that the .ini file be used. This is set at startup in the command line of the icon used to launch Report Builder.

-basekey "INI" -ininame <physical path to the .ini>

or

2) Define the parameters in the Registry itself. (The advantages or disadvantages of this approach will depend on the nature of the particular deployment.)

These steps can be followed to add startup parameters to the Registry:

-- Create rbstartup.pf containing the startup parameters needed.

-- Shut down Report Builder and Progress while editing the Registry.

-- Go into HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\PSC\PROGRESS\8.3A\

-- Right click > New Key, then name the new key RBStartup.
(note that RBStartup is case sensitive.)

-- Within the new key, add a new string value called RBSTARTUP (again, case sensitive). Double click on this. In the Value Data box of the Edit String editor, add the explicit path,

"c:\whatever\rbstartup.pf" which points to your newly created
rbstartup.pf. Make sure to add double quotes around this path.

-- When relaunched, Report Builder should reflect the rbstartup.pf startup parameters.