How to set report locale for JasperReports?

[balazsb]

Hi!

So it's possible to set normal parameters in the Action Sequence Design editor for a JasperReport. But if I set REPORT_LOCALE there, it is ignored in the JasperReports output. I'd like to set the language of the report to de_AT. My Browser is set to de_AT, the BI Server's User Interface is in German. So it would be ideal if it worked automatically, but even a manual solution would be OK.

[balazsb]

I hacked up a first solution. If REPORT_LOCALE is set, the component uses that for creating a Locale object and assigns that to the report.

I'll try to find out how the Pentaho server exposes the current locale and use that for a default value.

When I have a proper solution, I'll post it.

      
Index: /home/bb/download/apcenter/Pentaho/src-svn/1.6GA/pentaho-1.6.GA/server/pentaho/src/org/pentaho/plugin/jasperreports/JasperReportsComponent.java
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      --- /home/bb/download/apcenter/Pentaho/src-svn/1.6GA/pentaho-1.6.GA/server/pentaho/src/org/pentaho/plugin/jasperreports/JasperReportsComponent.java    (revision 19525)
      +++ /home/bb/download/apcenter/Pentaho/src-svn/1.6GA/pentaho-1.6.GA/server/pentaho/src/org/pentaho/plugin/jasperreports/JasperReportsComponent.java    (working copy)
      @@ -392,6 +392,12 @@
             if (debug)
               debug(Messages.getString("JasperReport.DEBUG_LOADED_DESIGN", Integer.toString(jrparams.length))); //$NON-NLS-1$
       
      +      //Try to set the report locale
      +      if (isDefinedInput("REPORT_LOCALE")) {
      +          reportParameters.put("REPORT_LOCALE", 
      +                                new java.util.Locale(getInputStringValue("REPORT_LOCALE")));
      +      }
      +
             // Look for parameters marked as being prompted for
             // TODO: Handle non-String type parameters
             boolean needToPrompt = false;