Multilanguage - set chart title dynamically

Question

Hello members!
I am developing a product which should support multilanguage support. This includes the crystal reports.
After reading different threads on this topic, I got the idea to set the text dynamically. To achieve this solution, I need to read all texts that could be set via the code. For the TextObject and FieldHeadingObject, I got the following code to add the current text to a ResXResourceWriter:
ReportDocument report = new ReportDocument();
ResXResourceWriter resXWriter = New ResXResourceWriter(pathToResourceFile);
foreach( ReportObject reportObject in report.ReportDefinition.ReportObjects)
   if(reportObject.Kind == ReportObjectKind.TextObject ||
      reportObject.Kind == ReportObjectKind.FieldHeadingObject)
       resXWriter.AddResource(reportObject.Name, ((TextObject)reportObject).Text);
How can I read the text from the chart titles and legends? Has someone any idea?
Thank you
Alex

Answer 1

Hello Ludek!
With the help of the following thread
.net TextObject with embedded Fields Question I got an idea how to achieve the first goal.
I modified the code to read the different titles from the chart object and store the values in the resx file. The supplied resource value (GroupTitle, DataTitle, Subtitle, SeriesTitle and the Title) should be checked for null.
public void GetTitlesFromChartObject(string reportFilePath, string resourceFilePath)
    ResXResourceWriter resXWriter = new ResXResourceWriter(resourceFilePath);
    CrystalDecisions.CrystalReports.Engine.ReportDocument myReportDocument = new CrystalDecisions.CrystalReports.Engine.ReportDocument();
    CrystalDecisions.ReportAppServer.ClientDoc.ISCDReportClientDocument rasClientDocument;
    CrystalDecisions.ReportAppServer.Controllers.ReportObjectController rasObjectControler;
    CrystalDecisions.ReportAppServer.ReportDefModel.ChartObject rasChartObject;
    //load the report
    myReportDocument.Load(reportFilePath);
    rasClientDocument = myReportDocument.ReportClientDocument;
    rasObjectControler = rasClientDocument.ReportDefController.ReportObjectController;
    foreach (CrystalDecisions.ReportAppServer.ReportDefModel.ReportObject rasReportObject
    in rasObjectControler.GetReportObjectsByKind(CrReportObjectKindEnum.crReportObjectKindChart))
        rasChartObject = (CrystalDecisions.ReportAppServer.ReportDefModel.ChartObject)rasReportObject;
        resXWriter.AddResource(rasChartObject.Name.ToString() + ".Title", rasChartObject.ChartStyle.TextOptions.Title.ToString());
        resXWriter.AddResource(rasChartObject.Name.ToString() + ".GroupTitle", rasChartObject.ChartStyle.TextOptions.GroupTitle.ToString());
        resXWriter.AddResource(rasChartObject.Name.ToString() + ".DataTitle", rasChartObject.ChartStyle.TextOptions.DataTitle.ToString());
   resXWriter.Close();
Thank you for your help
Alex