Run-time languages

rbuser

I've been looking at the languages part of RB and just want to be clear
if I can use it or not. We need to be able to change languages at
run-time, so I can't just build the exe for the end-users with a
specific language. Is there a way to do this that I'm missing?

Thanks
Jeremy

nicocizik

Hi Jeremy,

Languages can be changed at runtime by simply assigning the Report.Language
property. Each individual language .dll that you choose to support will
need to be deployed on your user's machine. These .dll files are installed
with ReportBuilder if you select to install language support. See the
documentation located in \RBuilder\Languages\... and the developer's guide
for more information on deployment and use.

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Regards,

Nico Cizik
Digital Metaphors
http://www.digital-metaphors.com

rbuser

That's great, thanks. I would prefer not to have to ship additional
files, but it works OK.

Incidentally, it would be nice to be able to add the languages, or
additional languages without having to remove and reinstall RB.

Jeremy

nicocizik

Hi Jeremy,

Thanks for the suggestion. We will look into allowing specific language
install without a complete re-install for a later release.

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Regards,

Nico Cizik
Digital Metaphors
http://www.digital-metaphors.com

rbuser

Hi Nico,

is there a way to change the language, but separately? I.e. only for the
report elemts like system variables ets., but not for the designer
interface?

The application itself is not multilingual (GUI-wise), but it shall be
possible to print and export report remplates in different languages. So the
users are usually speaking one language, but their customers might speak
another one. By changing the language the user can't work with the designer
anymore, since everything is changed to the new language.

Can it be done somehow?

Regards,
Mark

nicocizik

Hi Mark,

There is no automatic way to use multiple automatic translations in the same
report/designer. One option would be to create a report object loop that
checks each report component and translates it according to the desired
language manually before being generated.

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Regards,

Nico Cizik
Digital Metaphors
http://www.digital-metaphors.com

rbuser

Hi Nico,
that's what we do with Labels etc., but aren't system variables anything
different? There is no fix text. One can just define the type of the
variable (page numbers) and then it's being "replaced" by ReportBuilder with
"Page 1 of 2" or so.

Maybe you could consider a new feature / a change to be able to set the
language for things which are being printed, but not for the designer
interface and vice versa.

Regards,
Mark

nicocizik

Hi Mark,

Thanks for the feedback, we will consider it for a later release. Currently
to work around the issue, you could easily show all information displayed by
a System Variable using a regular TppVariable and a minimal amount of code.
This way you would have complete control over what is displayed.

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Regards,

Nico Cizik
Digital Metaphors
http://www.digital-metaphors.com