Crystal Report Portuguese language support

Question

Hi I am using Crystal Reports 10 with IIS Server. I wish to display some of the reports in Portuguese language. How can I configure Crystal Reports to display data in Portuguese ? I guess I will need to download a language pack for this but will it allow word-by-word conversion from English to Portuguese ? Grammatically correct sentences are not currently my concern. Any inputs will be greatly appreciated.

Answer 1

Crystal Reports can't translate the data of a report. If you want that you should define those translations yourself in your report's definitions, like by using formulas.

Answer 2

To localize the labels, try this approach: Crystal Reports: Strategy to Localize a Report (labels)

If you need to localize the data, you will need to try one of the following approaches:

• write a user-function library (UFL) that accepts the TABLE.FIELD that you want to translate and returns the translated text. You would reference this custom function in a formula field. In the UFL, you can make a call to a service like Babel Fish or use another library that will do the translation.
• Store the translated text in another field and simply reference it in a formula field. You might be able to use the CR's ContentLocale function to dynamically determine the workstation's language.