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| <p class="head">BIRT FAQ</p> |
| <p class="subhead">Internationalization and Localization</p> |
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| <h1>Internationalization</h1> |
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| <h2>Q: Do BIRT reports support localization (L10N) and internationalization |
| (I18N)?</h2> |
| <p>Yes. Do the following:</p> |
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| <li>Create a standard Java properties file within your report project.</li> |
| <li>Create properties for each resource you want to localize.</li> |
| <li>Set the Resources property of your report. Select the white space in the |
| layout editor. Open the Property Editor. Switch to the General tab. Enter your |
| property file name in the Resources field.</li> |
| <li>For each label, go the "Localization" tab in the Property Editor and |
| choose the appropriate resource from the list for the Content key property.</li> |
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| <p>When you run your report, BIRT will use the standard Java system for locating |
| a property file that matches the user's locale. The resources for that file will |
| appear in your labels. (If BIRT cannot find a resource file, or cannot find the |
| requested key, then the default text for the label will appear. The default text |
| is what you entered in BIRT's layout editor.)</p> |
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| <h2>Q: Can different bits of a report appear in different locales?</h2> |
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| For example, suppose BIRT is used in an ERP application. Invoices are printed |
| in the locale of the customer. The user wants |
| to see the invoice in the same locale as the customer. For example, if the |
| user's locale is German, but customer's local is American, then the user would |
| see the invoice in American format with English strings, decimal point "." instead of |
| German "," etc. |
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| This feature is not available in Release 1.0. It is something to consider for |
| a future release. |
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| <h2>Q: Can the user specify the report locale when running the report?</h2> |
| <p>Reports are viewed using the <a href="../deploy/viewer-use.html">BIRT web |
| application</a>. This application takes a __locale parameter within the URL for |
| running a report. Simply set this parameter to the desired locale.</p> |
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