ShowExportPropSetup Command

Purpose

Opens a dialog box that is used to set up export parameters in the regular report calculation task.

Parameters of Use

Command parameters are passed in the Data property. Executing the command requires to specify an array of the Variant type in this property, the elements of this array contain the following values:

Value type Description
Element 1: IPrxReport The regular report, for which a regular report calculation task is set up.
Element 2: String The format that is used to save report calculation results. Available values:
  • rtf. RTF document.
  • xls. Excel workbook.
  • pdf. PDF document.
  • emf. EMF file.
  • mht. Web page, single file archive.
  • ppreport. Exported regular report in PPREPORT format.
  • ods. OpenDocument spreadsheet.
Element 3: IPrxReportExporter Export options.

Application Features

The command can be used only for regular report calculation tasks. Executing the command shows True if the OK button is clicked in the dialog box, and False if the Cancel button is clicked. If the OK button is clicked, changed export options are automatically saved in the task.

Example

Executing the example requires that the repository contains a scheduled tasks container with the TASK_CONTAINTER identifier. The first task of the container calculates a regular report.

Sub UserProc;
Var
    MB: IMetabase;
    TaskContainer: IScheduledTasksContainer;
    ReportTask: ICalculateReportScheduledTask;
    Target: IUiCommandTarget;
    Context: IUiCommandExecutionContext;
    Data: Array;
Begin
    MB := MetabaseClass.Active;
    TaskContainer := MB.ItemById("TASK_CONTAINTER").Bind As IScheduledTasksContainer;
    ReportTask := TaskContainer.Tasks.Item(0).Bind As ICalculateReportScheduledTask;
    Target := WinApplication.Instance.GetPluginTarget("Report");
    Context := Target.CreateExecutionContext;
    Data := New Variant[3];
    Data[0] := ReportTask.SourceReport;
    Data[1] := ReportTask.FormatTag;
    Data[2] := New PrxReportExporter.Create;
    Context.Data := Data;
    Target.Execute("ShowExportPropSetup", Context);
End Sub UserProc;

On executing the example a dialog box opens that is used to set up export options for calculation task of a regular report. Export options are saved in the task after changing and clicking the OK button.

See also:

IUiCommandTarget.Execute