Command line tools are very usefull to provide access to report processing to other applications, shell scripts... You can also link to the report library.
| Command | Use |
| reptotxt | This command converts a .rep file to a plain text files |
| txttorep | This command converts a plain file to a .rep file, you can process a report or alter it with text processing tools and then save it as a report definition |
| printrep | This command process and print a report definition, you can select a range of pages, number of copies and parameters |
| printreptopdf | This command process a report definition saving it to a Adobe pdf format file or to a native format, Report Metafile, the native format can be viewed with metaview or Internet explorer plugin, and printed with metaprint |
| metaprint | This command prints a Report Metafile format file, you can select a range of pages and number of copies. |
| compilerep | This command generate a executable with a report inside it so it can be distributed independenly (Windows only) |
To obtain a description and instructions for use this command line tools write the command without parameters in a command window.