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1832281 - Arabic Numbers do not display correctly in a Crystal report

Symptom

  • Numbers from a database do not display in Arabic
  • Text from a database does not display in Arabic

Environment

  • SAP Crystal Reports, developer version for Microsoft Visual Studio
  • Crystal Reports 2008
  • Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 / 2012
  • Microsoft Visual Studio 2008

Reproducing the Issue

  • In the Control Panel change regional settings
  • Page header numbers and other report objects change to Arabic
  • Fields from a database do not change

Cause

  • Crystal Reports does not translate data from a database or text typed into text boxes

Resolution

  • Enter data in correct language and format into the database

Keywords

translate localize vs 2010 2012 , KBA , BI-DEV-NET-SDK , .NET SDK / COM SDK , How To

Product

Crystal Reports 2008 V1 ; SAP Crystal Reports 2011 ; SAP Crystal Reports, developer version for Microsoft Visual Studio