Putting the application resources and RB resources in one dll

rbuser

Using Delphi 7 and 10.06 Enterprise

I have a project and I need to create several different language dlls using
the Delphi 7 Project/Languages/Add option. I need to translate the Report
Builder Print Preview window and Printer Selection dialogs as these will be
visible to the end user. Is it possible to add certain element of Report
Builder to my project so that when the resource dll is created the RB
strings and dialogs will be held in this dll ? One of the languages I need
to support is Russian. I downloaded the translation for this from your
website but although the site says that "Instructions on how to install
these translations are included in the download", there are no instructions.

Ian Munro

nicocizik

Hi Ian,

It is possible to compile one language resource into your main application.
If you would like to provide other translations in your product, you will
need to deploy the language .dll along with your application. Take a look
at the ReadMe.doc file located in the \RBuilder\Languages directory and in
the Developer's Guide for language deployment instructions.

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Regards,

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

rbuser

Hello,

By using the Language Translation application and following the "Deploy"
section of the RB Developer's guide I have been able to run my app with
Russian translations. My question now is that I need to create several
"custom" languages that RB doesn't ship with. I would rather each dll end in
a more appropriate extension (eg: ".rus" for Russian). At the moment it has
to be ".cst" so that the report control will pick it up when its language
property is set to "lgCustom". Is there a way to modify RB so that it can
use dlls with different names ?

nicocizik

Hi Ian,

ReportBuilder only supports adding one custom translation to a reporting
application. Which languages would you like to have included in your app?
This is something we will consider enhancing for a later release.

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Regards,

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

rbuser

Hello,

I need Russian and Hungarian.

I'm quite happy to play around with the RB source to give me the required
functionality. Are you able to point me to the Delphi units that I would
need to look at ?

Ian

nicocizik

Hi Ian,

This may be possible however it will be difficult to add more languages to
RB without altering the interface section of some source files. This will
prevent the use of RAP.

As a staring point take a look at the TppLanguageType enumerated type
located in the ppTypes.pas file. Then see the ppGetLangLocaleID routine
inside the ppUtils.pas file.

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Regards,

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

rbuser

Hello,

I can probably live with problem of having different languages all
ending with ".cst" as I now have a more pressing problem. My application has
a resource dll for its strings and forms. This dll is loaded using the
Windows LoadLibraryEx function. The problem I now have is that do this seems
to remove the links between Report Builder and its resources. Is there a
command I can call to reinstate the settings that RB needs after I load my
apps resource dll ?

Ian

NB: With reference to a previous mail I can now reproduce the scenario were
RB hangs in Windows Server 2003. I will investigate this further.

nicocizik

Hi Ian,

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Tech Tip: ReportBuilder and
Delphi's Translation Tools
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To use the Delphi Language Translation support with ReportBuilder you need
to add the ReportBuilder .dfm files that are used by your application to the
language resource DLL.

When you run the Resource DLL Wizard there is a screen that gives you the
opportunity to add .DFM files.

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Regards,

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