Is there a way the ReportGenerator will create the Hyperlink with an Hebrew text?

Thank you very much!!!

You are doing a great job with the Report Generator utility.

Thanks, Ron.

However when I'm trying to use it to generate a report I'm getting an error message that says:

I have attached a version here that should work with a 2.0.0.7 skin as the base.

I'm getting the same error message.

It looks OK... I need to start over my Hebrew translation...

This problem rasies a bigger problem with the additions to the Report Generator in each new version. If I'm creating a skin using 2.0.0.7 skin and the basic skin is changed in design or some of the functions/subs are being modified, I have to either create a new skin (with all the translation work) or modify my code when I don't know all the modifications and changes.

I am interested to know what changes you are making to the skin for your Hebrew Report. Perhaps I can accommodate your requirements in the standard skin too.

Otherwise I can only suggest you use something like WinMerge at folder level to compare two English versions of the Report skin folders side by side to see which files have changed and where and then apply the same changes to your customized skin.

Hopefully there will only be minor changes to the Narrative Report scripts from now on, as no major new features are planned.

I wish that it was that easy. There are some unique Hebrew grammer that I don't think a simple translation like from English to Franch or Spanish does. For example translating the dates - I can use the hebrew calander or I can translate the Gregorian one into Hebrew. This is not somthing that I can only use the dictionary.xml.

I'm trying as much as I can to put the translations in the dictionary.xml but I still have phrases that are different for male and female. For instance you are using the word "is" for both, while in Hebrew I need to use Is_M, Is_F and Is_. The code should be modified as well with the individual's gender to select the right term.

I guess that while translating, I will find more thngs, like the Hyperlink issue. I hope that when I will finish my work, the translation will be more automatic like the other languages.

The code & Dictionary already has the capability for male/female forms of 'is' (or ToBe_Present). You can add ToBe_Present_F and/or ToBe_Present_M forms. This is (badly) documented in the Dictionary: 

As I wrote before, when I will have a problem, I'll let you know.

As for the names translations, is it an automatic procedure in the report generator, or should I add somthing for "sending" the ReportGenerator to translate the name?
I looked in the help files and didn't found anything. In previous versions I wrote my own code for translating the names.

Each part of Individuals names will be translated from the language code in the LangNames parameter to the language code specified in the Language attribute of the the Skin element in the Config.xml file. PLace names and Occupation titles can also be translated by setting the LangPlace & LangOccupation parameters and adding the required elements & attributes to the NameDictionary.xml (see notes in sample NameDictionary.xml provided with the Narrative skin)

ALternatively it is also possible to add a translated name in brackets following the original name in the Report. In this case set Config Parameter TagNameAlternative to the tag to be translated (e.g. Name to translate full name) and set LangAlternative to the code of the language it is to be translated to. e.g. set to HE to add Hebrew translation (where they exist in NameDictionary.xml) following the original names.

I have only done limited testing on these features.

Well, this is the option I chose. I set the LangNames parameter to "Y" and the LangNameDictionary to "NameDictionary.xml" but the names are still in English and are not translated to the Hebrew name which is in the NameDictionary.xml.

What am I doing wrong?

Now its working!!!

When the person's name has an ' in it like Ya'akov (Jacob in Hebrew), the name is translated OK in the regular text, but not in the HTML link (I guess it is because of the HTML sentance structure which contains other ' symbol in them)

I did find a couple of places where the translated name is not used, i.e. in a 'References' section and in the 'family with' phrase. I have attached a revised skin that corrects this omission.

Update 23 Jul 07: Skin updated

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The name is translated OK into Hebrew in the phBirth paragraph, but it is not translated into Hebrew in the title and in the name list. This problem is unique to the name Ya'akov. Other names are translated OK.

Attached is my skin.

Add the name Ya'akov in your file and run the skin.

But after a script change that should have fixed it, I still could not get it to work . Then I noticed your NameDictionary contained Ja'acov, not Ja'akov as per your posts. So finally attached is an amended Lang.vbs that, fingers crossed, fixes it.

Thanks Ron!!
You solved the problem you can stop crossing your fingers

I'm sorry that I wasn't clear enough describing my problem...