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1555742 - How to configure the multilingual options for the Crystal Reports .NET web form viewer

Symptom

  • How to change the multilingual settings for the Crystal Reports .NET web form viewer.
  • Modify language options such as:
    • Date/time formats: mm/dd/yyyy vs. dd/mm/yyyy
    • Currency symbols: $ £ € ¥
    • Tooltip languages

Environment

  • Visual Studio 2003, 2005, 2008
    • Crystal Reports 2008
  • Visual Studio 2010
    • Crystal Reports for Visual Studio 2010

Resolution

There are a few different ways you can configure the multilingual options for the Crystal Reports .NET web form viewer. The methods are all documented in the Crystal Reports .NET Developer guide on the SAP Developer Network (SDN) - SAP BusinessObjects Developer SDK Library. You'll find the documentation in the following section: Tutorials > Other Tutorials > Tutorial: Configuring Multilingual Client Support > Configuring multilingual client support for a Web site.

  1. Configure Global or Local custom resources.
  2. Configure browser-based localization.
  3. Configure Page-base localization.
  4. Configure environment-based localization.

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Keywords

UseBrowserLocale globalResourcePath Culture environment , KBA , BI-DEV-NET , BI Software Development Kits (SDKs) - .NET or Other , Problem

Product

Crystal Reports 2008 V1 ; SAP Crystal Reports, developer version for Microsoft Visual Studio