Do you have LBI? If so, maybe you publish the Crystal report and work with something like below as a start and then build in the parameters? I email this link from process flow to take users to the place to run the report - maybe you can take it further.

http://svrname:9080/ers/e...=true&NewReport=true

@JillF, we did this but for some reason the consultant that put us on to this has to pass credentials (username and passwords in the url) to achieve this.

We have a portal page that has a drop down control that takes some dates (start and end). When you put the dates in and click the button a process flow will run on the spot. A part of that process flow is to call a Crystal Report that does some data calculations and then spits the report out to some place on our network. The report though is stored in LBI and thus why the credentials were needed - to authenticate. Unfortunetly we are a heavily regulated industry and cannot have clear test usernames and passwords in urls no place.

Have you any experience with anything like this?

Also @JillF, I can call the url I put together from the browser, but the pflow obviously cannot. A report with no parameters is good, but I wonder what happens if the report has parameters and how those get passed in the url as well. That is another issue that we will have since most of our reporting is company specific in our Lawson world. Just FYI.

Running WebRun:

Execution Log Window

Starting Execution of Activities .....

Executing WebRun Activity WebRun9900.....
Posting to URL lsfdev.fcb.main/
Post content: https://<>>/ers/ersRequestHandler.jsp?DisplayReport=true&CMD=VIEW&REPORTID=57&INSTANCEID=LATEST&OuterWrapper=true&NewReport=true&EFSSESSIONKEY=Y-DNpuEeDB6CgikAkv_BqT1&NEWREPORT=true
WebRun9900_result =

The page cannot be displayed The page you are looking for cannot be displayed because an invalid method (HTTP verb) was used to attempt access. Please try the following: Contact the Web site administrator if you believe that this request should be allowed. Make sure that the Web site address displayed in the address bar of your browser is spelled and formatted correctly. HTTP Error 405 - The HTTP verb used to access this page is not allowed. Internet Information Services (IIS) Technical Information (for support personnel) Go to Microsoft Product Support Services and perform a title search for the words HTTP and 405. Open IIS Help, which is accessible in IIS Manager (inetmgr), and search for topics titled Setting Application Mappings, Securing Your Site with Web Site Permissions, and About Custom Error Messages.

WebRun9900_errorCode = 0
WebRun9900_informationCode = 0
WebRun9900_returnMessage =
WebRun9900_outputData =
Executing Stop Activity .....
End_errorCode = 0
End_informationCode = 0
End_returnMessage =

Well, I guess that wasn't such a good idea. I don't know anything about WSDLs and SOAP but maybe the web services node could be of use?

There are some inexpensive tools that will run Crystal from command line. See kenhamady com for some links. =