Jasper Reports BIDI languages (+ Hebrew) Problem

[friedman30]

Hi,
I'm trying to generate a report with Hebrew fonts in it.
When running it with iReport tool, everything works great, but when
running the report from a java code, I get an error message indicating
that the desired pdf font is not found....

I can't find the FontMap for Jasper therefore I can't even try to add
the desired font...

I know it is possible to use jasper reports with Hebrew, but for some
reason I still did not find a way to do it...

PLS. H E L P . . . .

 

[=?ISO-8859-1?Q?hermann_krau=DF?=]

Hi,
I'm also trying to work with Hebrew,
but I use Unicode-Fonts.

There I have the Problem, that the cantilation-marks(accents) are
often not at the right place.
This seems to be a problem with java.
With other programms the same fonts work good.

Hermann

 

[friedman30]

Hi Herman,

could you please tell me how are you using Unicode-Fonts (did you have
to add fonts? if so - where to? etc.)
did you have to check the java jdk font's folder??

thanks,

Dror

 

[=?ISO-8859-1?Q?hermann_krau=DF?=]

Hi Herman,

could you please tell me how are you using Unicode-Fonts (did you have
to add fonts? if so - where to? etc.)

hi Dror,
I have added the fonts "Ezra SIL" and "Code2000" to my operating system
but you can also run most standard fonts with unicode.
the encoding-tables you find on internet.
you can specify unicode strings in your java code as follows:
String s = "This is a String containing unicode: \u<hhhh>\u002a..."
where <hhhh> is any Hex Nrumber from 0000 to ffff

enjoy!

 

[friedman30]

Hi Hermann,

Thanks for the effort!!

I need to ask some more things though...

Did this solution work with Jasper-Reports and Java?

I have the desired font installed in my computer (both in OS and in
iReport font library), but still, when I run the code, I get an error
message (from Jasper engine) about missing the font...

Any idea on how to solve this ???

Thanks again,

Dror

 

[=?ISO-8859-1?Q?hermann_krau=DF?=]

Hi Hermann,

Hi Dror,

Did this solution work with Jasper-Reports and Java?

Java is no Problem
- Use 1.6 for better support of cantilation-marks
with jasper reports i cant help you

I have the desired font installed in my computer (both in OS and in
iReport font library), but still, when I run the code, I get an error
message (from Jasper engine) about missing the font...

Any idea on how to solve this ???

sorry,
but first try a standard font with unicode
- but they look not very good

hope i could help you a little,
hermann

 

[=?ISO-8859-1?Q?hermann_krau=DF?=]

Hi Dror,
hab da nochn kleines Rätsel für dich:

\u05db\u05bc\u05b7\u05e6\u05bc\u05b4\u05e4\u05bc\u05a3\u05d5\u05b9\u05e8
\u05dc\u05b8\u05ad\u05e0\u05d5\u05bc\u05d3
\u05db\u05bc\u05b7\u05d3\u05bc\u05b0\u05e8\u05a3\u05d5\u05b9\u05e8
\u05dc\u05b8\u05e2\u0591\u05d5\u05bc\u05e3
\u05db\u05bc\u05b5\u05a5\u05df
\u05e7\u05b4\u05bd\u05dc\u05b0\u05dc\u05b7\u05a5\u05ea
\u05d7\u05b4\u059d\u05e0\u05bc\u05b8\u0597\u05dd \u05dc\u05d0
(\u05dc\u05a3\u05d5\u05b9) \u05ea\u05b8\u05d1\u05b9\u05bd\u05d0\u05c3

Hermann

 

[friedman30]

the solution:

First of all, I've updated the iText jar and src files to the latest
(1.4.8)
http://www.lowagie.com/iText/download.html
(the jar that came with the jasperReports download was older)

Then, I've added this code that adds the desired font at runtime:

HashMap fontMap = new HashMap();
FontKey key = new FontKey("Arial", false, false); //(String fontName,
Boolean bold, Boolean italic)
PdfFont font = new PdfFont("(fontPath)\
\ARIAL.TTF",BaseFont.IDENTITY_H,true); //(String pdfFontName, String
pdfEncoding, Boolean isPdfEmbedded)
fontMap.put(key,font);

JRPdfExporter exporter = new JRPdfExporter();
exporter.setParameter(JRPdfExporterParameter.CHARACTER_ENCODING,
"UTF-8");
exporter.setParameter(JRPdfExporterParameter.FONT_MAP, fontMap);

Note that "Arial" parameter in FontKey method points to the iReport
"Font Name" field (although the font added is actually "ARIAL.TTF") -
so when designing the report, you have to choose "ARIAL.TTF" as "PDF
Font Name" and "Arial" as "Font Name"!!! this is very important cause
for some reason, at run time, Jasper engine searches for the TTF font
by the key of "Arial".

Then, all you have to do is to set the parameters and export the
report (or generate the report in any other way) I've done it this
way:

//@ pathOfJasperFile - the compiled jasper file
//@parameters - a map with report's parameters
//@ conn - a connection to the DB
JasperPrint jasperPrint =
JasperFillManager.fillReport(pathOfJasperFile, parameters, conn);
exporter.setParameter(JRPdfExporterParameter.JASPER_PRINT,
jasperPrint);
//@pdfFileName - the file that jasper engine will create. (pdf file)
exporter.setParameter(JRPdfExporterParameter.OUTPUT_FILE_NAME,
pdfFileName);
exporter.exportReport();

notes: a. you'll have to add a specific font for Bold font Italic font
etc. (remember to set the FontName)
b. if, for example, you'll add a font and mark it as Bold - you have
to choose "Bold" at iReport (when designing the report) or else
jasper engine would not find the font that you've added, even if all
other parameters are right!

Hope this helps.

Dror Friedman

Finally


(THANKS for the help Hermann!!!)