NLS Editor

The NLS Editor is used to create and edit NLS property files for reports. With the NLS Editor, you can translate the language, and modify the format, font size and font face of the target language.

You can use either of the method listed below to bring out the NLS Editor:

• On the Edit menu, click NLS Editor.
• Click the NLS Editor button on the NLS Language toolbar.

The NLS Editor dialog will then be displayed. See the dialog.

Creating NLS property files

To create NLS property files, follow the steps below:

1. In the NLS Editor dialog, click the Add Language button to display the Add Language dialog. See the dialog.

   

2. Select the languages from the Available Languages box, in which you want the report to display, and add them to the Selected Languages box.
3. Click OK in the Add Language dialog and go back to the NLS Editor.

   A set of NLS property files will be generated in the directory where the current catalog exists according to the languages you have selected. One file is for one language with the name ReportName_language_locale.properties. The abbreviations of the language and locale are used in the NLS property file name. For example, the German NLS property file name for Report1 will be like this: Report1_de_DE.propertise. For detailed information about the abbreviation for each language and locale, see Appendix 3: Language and Region name list for National Language Support.

4. In the NLS Editor, select a language from the Language drop-down list.
5. In the Display tab, give the corresponding target language text in the Translate in <language> column.
6. In the Format tab, the formats used in objects of the report are listed in the Key column. Provide the corresponding format in the Format in <language> column for the target language.

   Note: To edit the format of the special fields Page N of M or Global Page N of M, you should first edit its format to, for example, Page <N> of <M> or Global Page <N> of <M> in the Report Inspector, and then in the Format tab of the NLS Editor dialog, a new line Page <N> of <M> or Global Page <N> of <M> will be listed and you can translate Page, of, Global Page into the desired language. N and M must be formatted as <N> and <M> in order to avoid errors.

7. In the Font tab, the font face and font size used in objects of the report are listed in the Key column. Give the font face and font size you want for the target language in the Font Face and Font Size columns.
8. Select another language and edit it NLS property file as shown above.
9. When done, click OK to close the dialog.