problem in Coldfusion Report Builder with Arabic Text format (flashpaper and pdf output)

[Guest]

anyone can help me about my problem in coldfusion report builder 8.0 im using oracle 10g database... here's some info.

its a simple webform with a select query... i want to print the  webform using the coldfusion report builder 8.0.. im using oracle 10g  database...

if i choose the cfr output into excel, html  and doc the arabic text and arabic query output is correct and  appearing... but once i choose pdf or flashpaper the arabic text is not  working...

in flashpaper the arabic text is reversed and in pdf the arabic text is in "?"

i want to have the output in pdf or flashpaper... any got idea?

thank you so much...

[Dave Watts]

I don't think Flashpaper supports RTL languages. Flash Player itself didn't support them until FP 10, which is well after the release of Flashpaper.

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[Guest]

so wats the best solution for this? if the flashpaper didn't support the RTL language...how bout the pdf in cfr?

[Dave Watts]

Well, I suspect you're kind of screwed either way. PDFs can support RTL languages, I think, but I doubt that Report Builder handles the character set correctly:

http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/thread.cfm/threadid:61963

Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software

http://www.figleaf.com/

http://training.figleaf.com/

Fig Leaf Software is a Veteran-Owned Small Business (VOSB) on

GSA Schedule, and provides the highest caliber vendor-authorized

instruction at our training centers, online, or onsite.

[Guest]

i got stuck in this problem... maybe anyone can help...

[tooMuchTrouble]

i got stuck in this problem... maybe anyone can help...

nobody can read your mind, so its going to be tough to help if you won't answer

any questions.

[Guest]

what is ur question?

[tooMuchTrouble]

On 10/8/2010 10:36 PM, nathan_cfm:

what is ur question?

the questions are in the other thread. for the last time go back & read that.

[tooMuchTrouble]

Well, I suspect you're kind of screwed either way. PDFs can support RTL languages, I think, but I doubt that Report Builder handles the character set correctly:

no PDF works fine with RTL:

http://www.sustainablegis.com/unicode/testCFR.pdf

it also seems to handle the yen symbol plenty fine.

[Dave Watts]

Someone must have put up the Bat Signal!

Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software

http://www.figleaf.com/

http://training.figleaf.com/

Fig Leaf Software is a Veteran-Owned Small Business (VOSB) on

GSA Schedule, and provides the highest caliber vendor-authorized

instruction at our training centers, online, or onsite.

[tooMuchTrouble]

On 10/8/2010 10:27 PM, Dave Watts:

Someone must have put up the Bat Signal!

trying help this same guy in another thread but my ESP helmet seems to be on the

fritz. not making any headway.

you're 100% right about flashpaper & RTL (i'd actually forgotten, hardly ever

use flashpaper w/cf). wonder if the "new" flexpaper handles RTL?

[tooMuchTrouble]

and indeed the "new" flexpaper does seem that it can handle BIDI:

http://www.sustainablegis.com/unicode/flexPaper/

flexpaper: http://flexpaper.devaldi.com/index.php

swfTools: http://www.swftools.org/