Multi-lingual suport for FOP in OFBIZ 9.04?

[Koon Sang]

Hello,

I tried to generate PDF files in OFBIZ 9.04 using FOP.  The Chinese characters appear as ### in the PDF file.  Any one can advise?

Thanks!

[Adrian Crum-2]

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-Adrian

--- On Thu, 4/15/10, Koon Sang <[hidden email]> wrote:

> From: Koon Sang <[hidden email]>
> Subject: Multi-lingual suport for FOP in OFBIZ 9.04?
> To: [hidden email]
> Date: Thursday, April 15, 2010, 7:38 PM
>
> Hello,
>
> I tried to generate PDF files in OFBIZ 9.04 using
> FOP.  The Chinese
> characters appear as ### in the PDF file.  Any one can
> advise?
>
> Thanks!
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[Brajesh Patel-2]

Hello Koon,

Please refer following mail with subject: "Simplified Chinese characters
are displayed as square boxes in POS" and "simplified chinese problem",
also go for page http://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/x/9ABk .
you will get solution for your problem.

Thanks & Regards
Brajesh Patel

Koon Sang wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I tried to generate PDF files in OFBIZ 9.04 using FOP.  The Chinese
> characters appear as ### in the PDF file.  Any one can advise?
>
> Thanks!
>  

[Koon Sang]

Hi,

I followed the 2-steps instruction given by Zhiyongcui at http://n4.nabble.com/simplified-chinese-problem-td1565879.html#a1565903 but still cannot get it to generate proper Chinese characters.  Not sure what have I missed.

I have generated simhei.xml and put the following in fop.xconf:

         
            <font-triplet name="SimHei" style="normal" weight="normal"/>
       

I copied c:\windows\fonts\simhei.ttf and simhei.xml to framework/webapp/config.

When I tried to generate any PDF file, I got the following exception:

java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: org/apache/xml/utils/URI$MalformedURIException
        org.apache.fop.fonts.FontCache.addFont(FontCache.java:246)
        org.apache.fop.fonts.autodetect.FontInfoFinder.fontInfoFromCustomFont(FontInfoFinder.java:112)
        org.apache.fop.fonts.autodetect.FontInfoFinder.find(FontInfoFinder.java:169)
        org.apache.fop.render.PrintRendererConfigurator.addFontInfoListFromFileList(PrintRendererConfigurator.java:222)
        org.apache.fop.render.PrintRendererConfigurator.buildFontListFromConfiguration(PrintRendererConfigurator.java:182)
        org.apache.fop.render.PrintRendererConfigurator.configure(PrintRendererConfigurator.java:93)
        org.apache.fop.render.pdf.PDFRendererConfigurator.configure(PDFRendererConfigurator.java:70)
        org.apache.fop.render.RendererFactory.createRenderer(RendererFactory.java:187)
        org.apache.fop.area.RenderPagesModel.<init>(RenderPagesModel.java:70)
        org.apache.fop.area.AreaTreeHandler.setupModel(AreaTreeHandler.java:126)
        org.apache.fop.area.AreaTreeHandler.<init>(AreaTreeHandler.java:101)
        org.apache.fop.render.RendererFactory.createFOEventHandler(RendererFactory.java:224)
        org.apache.fop.fo.FOTreeBuilder.<init>(FOTreeBuilder.java:99)
        org.apache.fop.apps.Fop.createDefaultHandler(Fop.java:147)
        org.apache.fop.apps.Fop.<init>(Fop.java:82)
        org.apache.fop.apps.FopFactory.newFop(FopFactory.java:249)
        org.ofbiz.webapp.view.ApacheFopWorker.createFopInstance(ApacheFopWorker.java:170)
        org.ofbiz.widget.screen.ScreenFopViewHandler.render(ScreenFopViewHandler.java:99)
        org.ofbiz.webapp.control.RequestHandler.renderView(RequestHandler.java:789)
        org.ofbiz.webapp.control.RequestHandler.doRequest(RequestHandler.java:533)
        org.ofbiz.webapp.control.ControlServlet.doGet(ControlServlet.java:201)
        javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:690)
        javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:803)
        org.ofbiz.webapp.control.ContextFilter.doFilter(ContextFilter.java:259)


In fact, I got the same exception even with the following in fop.xconf:

<fonts> 
  <auto-detect/> 
</fonts>


Can any one kindly advise what is amiss?

Thank you.

[Christian Geisert]

Koon Sang schrieb:

> Hi,
>
> I followed the 2-steps instruction given by Zhiyongcui at
> http://n4.nabble.com/simplified-chinese-problem-td1565879.html#a1565903 but
> still cannot get it to generate proper Chinese characters.  Not sure what
> have I missed.
>
> I have generated simhei.xml and put the following in fop.xconf:
>
>          
>             <font-triplet name="SimHei" style="normal" weight="normal"/>

What is the content of <font metrics-url=" ?


> I copied c:\windows\fonts\simhei.ttf and simhei.xml to
> framework/webapp/config.
>
> When I tried to generate any PDF file, I got the following exception:
>
> java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError:
> org/apache/xml/utils/URI$MalformedURIException
> org.apache.fop.fonts.FontCache.addFont(FontCache.java:246)

This seems to be a subsequent error resulting from a wrong metrics-url
(but this NoClassDefFoundError error shouldn't happen, I'll check if a
jar is missing)

[..]

> In fact, I got the same exception even with the following in fop.xconf:
>
> <fonts>
>   <auto-detect/>
> </fonts>

This should work (remove the custom font from fop.xconf), just reference
the font with the correct Name.


Christian

[Koon Sang]

Hi Christian,

Thanks for the response.

I have tried both the following but failed:

       
         
            <font-triplet name="SimHei" style="normal" weight="normal"/>
       

and

       
         
            <font-triplet name="SimHei" style="normal" weight="normal"/>
       

where in the second case, I put both the simhei.xml and simhei.ttf in d:\ofbiz\framework\widget\config


Even if I remove the above and just put in the following, it failed too:

<fonts> 
   <auto-detect/> 
</fonts>


I got the same exception in any of the attempts above.  Hope you can advise.  Thank you.

[Koon Sang]

Hello,

I managed to solve the mystery.  The problem is because OFBIZ does not load xalan-2.7.0.jar and serializer-2.7.0.jar during startup.  I added the jar files in the startup script via classpath but it does not work either.  Therefore, I modified org.ofbiz.base.start.Start to load all jar under ofbiz\framework\webapp\lib and it works.

Summary of how I made it work for me:

1. Generate xml for the ttf I want (Refer to section on TrueType Font Metric at http://xmlgraphics.apache.org/fop/0.94/fonts.html)
2. Copy the xml and ttf to ofbiz\framework\webapp\config
3. Put the following in fop.xconf:
       
          <font-triplet name="SimHei" style="normal" weight="normal"/>
       
4. In the *.fo.ftl, set font-family, e.g.:
<fo:block font-size="5pt" font-family="SimHei" font-weight="bold">${product.internalName?if_exists}</fo:block>

Not sure whether I am doing the right thing or following the good practices, but it works for me.  Thanks for all the pointers, anyway.

[Jacopo Cappellato-4]

Here are the changes that I did (but I have tested only with trunk, not 09.04):

framework/webapp/config/simhei.ttf
framework/webapp/config/simhei.xml

Index: framework/webapp/config/fop.xconf
===================================================================
--- framework/webapp/config/fop.xconf (revision 935959)
+++ framework/webapp/config/fop.xconf (working copy)
@@ -82,6 +82,14 @@
                           | 500 | 600 | 700 | 800 | 900
         (normal = 400, bold = 700)
         -->
+        <font metrics-url="simhei.xml" kerning="yes" embed-url="simhei.ttf">
+          <font-triplet name="SimHei" style="normal" weight="normal"/>
+          <font-triplet name="SimHei" style="normal" weight="bold"/>
+        </font>

Index: framework/common/widget/CommonScreens.xml
===================================================================
--- framework/common/widget/CommonScreens.xml (revisione 929148)
+++ framework/common/widget/CommonScreens.xml (copia locale)
@@ -373,8 +374,9 @@
                 <set field="layoutSettings.shortcutIcon" value="/images/ofbiz.ico" global="true"/>
                 <!-- The settings below are used for xsl-fo screens -->
                 <property-map resource="CommonUiLabels" map-name="uiLabelMap" global="true"/>
                 <set field="logoImageUrl" value="/images/ofbiz_logo.gif"/>
-                <!--<set field="defaultFontFamily" value="Arial"/>-->
+                <set field="defaultFontFamily" value="SimHei"/>
             </actions>
             <widgets>
                 <!-- render header -->
@@ -392,8 +394,9 @@
         <section>
             <actions>
                 <property-map resource="CommonUiLabels" map-name="uiLabelMap" global="true"/>
                 <set field="logoImageUrl" value="/images/ofbiz_logo.gif"/>
-                <!--<set field="defaultFontFamily" value="Arial"/>-->
+                <set field="defaultFontFamily" value="SimHei"/>
            </actions>
             <widgets>
                 <platform-specific><xsl-fo><html-template location="component://common/webcommon/includes/reportTemplate.fo.ftl"/></xsl-fo></platform-specific>

On Apr 22, 2010, at 3:32 AM, Koon Sang wrote:

>
> Hello,
>
> I managed to solve the mystery.  The problem is because OFBIZ does not load
> xalan-2.7.0.jar and serializer-2.7.0.jar during startup.  I added the jar
> files in the startup script via classpath but it does not work either.
> Therefore, I modified org.ofbiz.base.start.Start to load all jar under
> ofbiz\framework\webapp\lib and it works.
>
> Summary of how I made it work for me:
>
> 1. Generate xml for the ttf I want (Refer to section on TrueType Font Metric
> at http://xmlgraphics.apache.org/fop/0.94/fonts.html)
> 2. Copy the xml and ttf to ofbiz\framework\webapp\config
> 3. Put the following in fop.xconf:
>
>          <font-triplet name="SimHei" style="normal" weight="normal"/>
>
> 4. In the *.fo.ftl, set font-family, e.g.:
> <fo:block font-size="5pt" font-family="SimHei"
> font-weight="bold">${product.internalName?if_exists}</fo:block>
>
> Not sure whether I am doing the right thing or following the good practices,
> but it works for me.  Thanks for all the pointers, anyway.
>
> --
> View this message in context: http://n4.nabble.com/Multi-lingual-suport-for-FOP-in-OFBIZ-9-04-tp1934541p2019928.html
> Sent from the OFBiz - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com.