1. Reports and Translations
Workshop 4
Reports and Translations
Boris Wylutzki
2016

2. Workshop 4 – Reports and Translations
Agenda
Workshop 4 – Reports and Translations
Repository contents of VPRO-Tools
Packaging and installing reports
Modifications in Crystal Report
Translation files of VariAdd Project plus
Export and import of translations
Goals:
Developer can modify and distribute reports
Developer can modify and distribute translations
Duration:
2 hours presentation
1 hour questions & answers

3. Prerequisites
Visual Studio Professional or Enterprise Edition; Community/Express Edition is not enough VS 2015 should also work, but we have not tested it yet.
Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 / 2012 / recommended; not Express Edition
SAP Business One 9.2 PL04 You can follow with 9.1 PL13 as well, but we will use 9.2 for demonstration.
Source code: vpro-src z and vpro-tools-src z See workshop invitation
SAP Crystal Reports 2013 SP5 for SAP Business One From SAP Download Center, or see invitation
SAP Crystal Reports Runtime engine for .Net Framework (32bit and 64bit) Installed with SBO automatically; latest version (SP17) recommended From SAP Download Center, or

4. Repository VPRO-Tools
Free extra resources for partners; not part of the product itself!
\VPRO-Tools\Tools
Various tools for partners and customers to work with VariAdd Project
Not all are compatible anymore
\VPRO-Reports\Reports\<HANA|MSSQL>\Reports
Crystal Report (.rpt) files
\VPRO-Reports\Reports\<HANA|MSSQL>\Reports SQL
Views, stored procedures, functions for reports
\VPRO-Reports\Reports\<HANA|MSSQL>\_output
Generated report package
\VPRO-Tools\Reports\Documentation
Documentation for all reports, changelog, special queries (not actually part of reports)

5. Package Reports
HANA:
Run \VPRO-Tools\Reports\HANA\_Create reports zip.bat
MSSQL:
Run \VPRO-Tools\Reports\MSSQL\_Create reports zip.bat

6. Report SQL Scripting MSSQL and HANA reports are separate
Make all scripts re-executable
HANA: CALL "BxPro_system_DropProcedure"(…) CALL "BxPro_system_DropFunction"(…) CALL "BxPro_system_DropView"(…)
MSSQL: IF EXISTS (SELECT * FROM sys.objects …) DROP FUNCTION …

7. Crystal Reports Connection
MSSQL
HANA
driver={HDBODBC32};servernode=your-hana-server:30015; CS=YOUR_COMPANY;UID=SYSTEM;PWD=your-password

8. Translation resources
Database import
\Sources\BXPRO\Trimergo-B2-Client\resource-build\language
For older C# code
Proprietary XML files
Automatically imported into database on setup: [trimergo].[trimergo_language]
Edit with Notepad
ResX Files
\Sources\BXPRO\BxPROLocalization and \Sources\BXFramework4PRO\TxLocalization
For newer C# code
Edit in Visual Studio 2013 with TxResxGeneratorSetup plugin
Java properties files
\Sources\BXPRO\Trimergo-B2-Server\src
For planboard (Java applet)
Edit with Notepad or some Eclipse plugin

9. Translation Import/Export Process
See: \Sources\BXPRO\Documentation\ Translation Diagram.vsdx
Fully documented in: \Sources\BXPRO\Documentation\ Translation Developer Guide.docx
Manual for partners: \Sources\BXPRO\Documentation\ Translation Partner Manual.docx

10. Translation Import/Export Process (Simplified)
❶ Use TxTranslationConverter for .resx ↔ Excel ❸ Use .properties files as they are.
❷ Use Language Manager for Database ↔ Excel
Administration > Add-Ons > VariAdd Project plus > VariAdd Project plus Settings > PRO > [x] Enable Language Manager
Restart Add-On
Tools > VariAdd Project plus > Language Manager

11. Thank you!
Questions?