How to show arabic data in to crystal reports ?How to aligh crystal report right to left

Question

<p>we are trying to make a crystal report for both english and arabic..All the arabic data is stored in data base tables.And for arabic screens we need tables and datas come right to left.. </p><p>1)How can we get the arabic data and right to left alignment in crystal reports? </p><p>2)Is thee any direct method to change the report alignments? </p><p>can u please send some sample codes. </p><p>we are using java version= 1.5 </p><p>database using =Oracle 9i </p><p>char set we are using for arabic= CP1256</p><p> Tomcat using=4.1 </p><p>we are using Crystal Reports11 </p><p>We are not having seperate rpt files for reports. we are making each Sections and adding this sections to FieldObjet to make the report dynamically. A sample Employee report in english is attached..Can u instruct how can i get this report in arabic assuming all datas are stored in database. </p><p><br />import java.awt.BorderLayout;<br />import javax.swing.JFrame;<br />import com.crystaldecisions.ReportViewer.ReportViewerBean;<br />import com.crystaldecisions.sdk.framework.CrystalEnterprise;<br />import com.crystaldecisions.sdk.framework.IEnterpriseSession;<br />import com.crystaldecisions.sdk.occa.managedreports.IReportAppFactory;<br />import com.crystaldecisions.sdk.occa.report.application.ReportClientDocument;<br />import com.crystaldecisions.sdk.occa.report.data.;<br />import com.crystaldecisions.sdk.occa.report.definition.;<br />import com.crystaldecisions.sdk.occa.report.lib.PropertyBag;<br />import com.crystaldecisions.sdk.occa.report.lib.ReportSDKException;<br />import com.crystaldecisions.sdk.occa.report.reportsource.IReportSource;<br />public class ReportSample {<br /> ReportClientDocument rptDoc=null;<br /> int fldTop=0;<br /> int fldWidth=1440;<br /> int fldHeight=400;<br /> int pageWidth=11500;<br /> ReportSample(){<br />  try{<br />   IEnterpriseSession oEnterpriseSession= CrystalEnterprise.getSessionMgr().logon("Administrator", "","zzzza","secEnterprise");<br />   IReportAppFactory oReportAppFactory = (IReportAppFactory)oEnterpriseSession.getService("", "RASReportService");<br />   rptDoc = oReportAppFactory.newDocument(java.util.Locale.ENGLISH);<br />   Table oTable = new Table();<br />   oTable.setConnectionInfo(getConnectionInfo("zzzzz","zzzz","zzz", "zzz"));//Connectin to oracle database<br />   oTable.setName("EMP1");<br />   rptDoc.getDatabaseController().addTable(oTable, null);<br />         String[] columnName={"EMPNAME"};<br />       Section dtlSection=(Section) rptDoc.getReportDefController().getReportDefinition().getDetailArea().getSections().getSection(0);<br />   int fldLeft=100;<br />   for (int i=0;i<columnName.length;i+)<br />   {<br />    <br />    dtlSection= (Section) rptDoc.getReportDefController().getReportDefinition().getDetailArea().getSections().getSection(0);<br />     try{<br />     FieldValueType fldValueType = FieldValueType.stringField;<br />     String javaDataType="String";<br />      add_db_field(<br />      dtlSection, <br />     oTable.getName()"."columnName<i>, <br />     fldValueType,javaDataType,<br />     fldLeft, fldTop, fldWidth, fldHeight);<br />     }catch(Exception e){<br />      e.printStackTrace();<br />     }<br />    fldLeft = fldLeftfldWidth;<br />   }<br />   <br />       <br />   try { <br />          //Create and set up the window.<br />          JFrame frame = new JFrame("ReportsViewer");<br />          frame.setTitle( "Crystal Reports Viewer");<br />          frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);<br />          ReportViewerBean viewer = new ReportViewerBean();<br />          viewer.init( new String[0], null, null, null);<br />          IReportSource rptSource = rptDoc.getReportSource();<br />          viewer.setReportSource( rptSource );<br />          frame.getContentPane().add( viewer, BorderLayout.CENTER );<br />          frame.setSize( 700, 500 );<br />          frame.setVisible(true);<br />          viewer.start();<br />   }catch(Exception e)<br />    {<br />     e.printStackTrace();<br />    }</p><p>   }catch(Exception e)<br />   {<br />    e.printStackTrace();<br />   }<br /> }<br /> public ReportObject add_db_field(Section oSection, String field_name, <br />   FieldValueType oFieldValueType,String fldDataType,<br />   double x, double y, double w, double h)<br /> throws ReportSDKException<br /> {<br />  DBField oDBField = new DBField();<br />  oDBField.setName(field_name);<br />  oDBField.setType(oFieldValueType);<br />  FieldObject oFieldObject = new FieldObject();<br />  oFieldObject.setDataSource(oDBField.getFormulaForm());<br />  oFieldObject.setFieldValueType(oDBField.getType());<br />  IndentAndSpacingFormat indentSpacing = new IndentAndSpacingFormat();<br />  IStringFieldFormat stringFieldFormat = oFieldObject.getFieldFormat().getStringFormat();<br />  stringFieldFormat.setIndentAndSpacingFormat(indentSpacing);<br />  oFieldObject.getFieldFormat().setStringFormat(stringFieldFormat);<br />  rptDoc.getReportDefController().getReportObjectController().add(oFieldObject, oSection, -1);<br />  return oFieldObject;<br /> }<br />  public ConnectionInfo getConnectionInfo (String new_username, String new_password, String new_dsn, String new_database)<br /> {<br />  <br />      ConnectionInfo oConnectionInfo = new ConnectionInfo(); // Make a copy, don&#39;t change the original.<br />      PropertyBag oPropertyBag1 = oConnectionInfo.getAttributes();<br />      oPropertyBag1.put("QE_ServerDescription", new_database);<br />   oPropertyBag1.put("Database DLL", "crdb_oracle.dll" );<br />   oPropertyBag1.put("DSN", new_dsn);<br />   // Set new table logon properties attributes<br />   PropertyBag oPropertyBag2 = new PropertyBag();<br />   oPropertyBag2.put("Server", new_database);<br />   oPropertyBag1.put("QE_LogonProperties", oPropertyBag2);<br />   oConnectionInfo.setAttributes(oPropertyBag1);<br />   oConnectionInfo.setUserName(new_username);<br />   oConnectionInfo.setPassword(new_password);<br />   // The Kind of connectionInfos is CRQE (Crystal Reports Query Engine).<br />   oConnectionInfo.setKind(ConnectionInfoKind.CRQE);<br />   return oConnectionInfo;</p><p>  }<br /> public static void main(String[] args) {<br />  // TODO Auto-generated method stub<br />  new ReportSample();<br />  //String cmsName = "admin-42cdvir7e(2)";<br />  <br />  <br />  <br /> }<br /> </p><p>}<br /></p>

Answer 1

<p>This issue can be  solved when you create the reports without needing to write any extra code.  I haven&#39;t tested this solution because I don&#39;t have any data to test it against.</p><p>First you want to make sure that you are using a UNICODE font which I&#39;m sure you are probably already doing.  Then to configure the "Right to Left" you can right click on any field and select "Format Text" or "Format Field".  You should see a "Paragraph" tab.  In there you can set the content to be "Left to Right" or "Right to Left".  The button on the right allows you to make this setting conditional on a parameter value or something like that.  I hope this helps. </p><p>Rob Horne<br /><a href="/blog/10">Rob&#39;s blog - http://diamond.businessobjects.com/blog/10</a></p>