Objects used in or by reports

Table 1. Executables
Executable	Description
TaskMan.exe	Runs as a service on the application (utility) server. It monitors the queue of tasks. It references MGReportProcessor to generate the task parameter (XML) file, which is passed to RunReport as its command line input parameter.
RunReport.exe	Used to launch reports. Can also be run from a command line.

Table 2. DLLs
DLL	Description
TMMsgs.dll	Used by TaskMan
MGCore.dll	Used by report previews
MGReportProcessor.dll	A .NET class library which contains the core reporting logic, which both TaskMan.exe and RunReport.exe reference.

Table 3. Tables/IDOs/Forms
Table	IDO	Form	Description
ActiveBGTasks	MGCore.ActiveBGTasks	Active Background Tasks	Queue of tasks.
n/a	n/a	Background Queue	Schedules tasks to run later.
BGTaskHistory	MGCore.BGTaskHistories	Background Task History	Created by a trigger on ActiveBGTasks, updated by TaskMan. Contains a record of when a task was submitted, started and completed, plus any error messages.
BGTaskDefinitions	MGCore.BGTaskDefinitions	Background Task Definitions	Creates a record that identifies each background task to TaskMan.
ReportOptions	MGCore.ReportOptions	Report Options	Sets the output format for reports, and the UNC printer path and name if the report is sent directly to a printer.

Table 4. Stored procedures/COM methods
SP/COM method	Description
BGTaskSubmit	Used with Mongoose to submit reports to TaskMan. It returns the row pointer of BGTaskHistory (@TaskHistoryRowPointer) for a task being created.
SL.SLJobQueues.BackGroundQueueSP	Used with the Background Queue form.
MGCore.ActiveBGTasks.BackGroundQueueDeleteSP	Used with the Background Queue form.
CLM_GetBGTasksToProcessSp	TaskMan calls this at its polling time, querying the ActiveBGTasks table to retrieve background tasks to be processed.
GetTaskOptionsSp	Used to determine the report output directory, based on the Report Output Directory process default on the Process Defaults form or the Output Directory field on the Report Options form.
GetTaskOptions2Sp	Used to retrieve settings from the Report Options form.
UpdateActiveBGTaskSp	While processing a requested task, TaskMan is to update the task status using the stored procedure.