03 April 2009

New module: base_report_unicode

The final solution to the unicode printing problem many times mentioned in this blog! Simply install this module and your reports will have the truetype fonts needed. That's all, no patching, no tinkering with reportlab and the fonts:)
I've uploaded this module to the community addons mentioned in the previous post.
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26 comments:

  1. Slanj04 April, 2009 00:41

    Thanx! Works fine, at last I can see all my reports in russian.
    But there is one detail - this module should be installed by copying its folder to openerp's addons folder. When I tried to install it from a zip file directly in openerp's interface - I have got an error with printing.

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  2. dukai04 April, 2009 08:56

    Sorry I've never used zip files:) I have a development setup: bazaar branches and links to the module directories in the addons folder. Did you make that zip file yourself?

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  3. Slanj04 April, 2009 16:01

    I am not too experienced openerp user. Working with bazaar is still uncomfortable for me. :)

    So, at first, I downloaded all the files from web-interface, and archived them to test openerp's web-installation.

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  4. dukai06 April, 2009 13:55

    Yes, now I see it's a problem. If you install a zip module, the files stay in the zip. For python code its not a problem but for the font files that have to be accessed by an external application (reportlab), it is.

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  5. Cloves J. G. de14 April, 2009 02:55

    Shouldn't this be marked as bug/enhancement: "zip modules should be exploded"

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  6. Saad SARHANI13 May, 2009 12:08

    Thank tou for the useful contribution.

    I've just installed the module. Still I get blank squares in the printed report, whenever there is arabic characters.

    Does the module support arabic too?

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  7. dukai13 May, 2009 12:20

    First make sure you didn't install from a zip file but copied the directory to the addons.
    Second problem is that Times fonts are not supported in Arabic, the other fonts like Helvetica are OK.
    Try this: edit __init__.py and replace the word 'Serif' with 'Sans' everywhere. That would be a good start.

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  8. dukai13 May, 2009 12:22

    And please write here about the results or come to the irc channel.

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  9. Beroz07 July, 2009 20:29

    How could I join OpenERP IRC channel?

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  10. dukai08 July, 2009 09:35

    It's on the freenode irc server, channel #openobject
    If you don't have an irc client, try http://mibbit.com/chat/

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  11. dukai08 July, 2009 09:37

    Or if freenode is missing from mibbit, you can find a lot of irc clients.

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  12. Unknown25 August, 2009 05:53

    Is it possible for someone to re-link to the location where these files can be found? They're no longer in community addons and I can't find them on bazaar.

    Thanks!
    Damon

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  13. Unknown25 August, 2009 06:05

    Found it!

    https://code.launchpad.net/~openerp-commiter/openobject-addons/trunk-extra-addons

    Thanks!

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  14. Kovács Tibor16 September, 2009 16:40

    Üdv!

    Nálam nem működnek az ékezetes karakterek.

    Kovat

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  15. dukai16 September, 2009 16:45

    Ennyi információból nem lehet rájönni a hiba okára:) Gyere fel irc-re és segítek működésre bírni.

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  16. Kovács Tibor16 September, 2009 17:43

    húú, most lehet, hogy őskövület vagyok, de még életemben nem kellet irc-znem.
    Hogy is kell?

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  17. Kovács Tibor16 September, 2009 17:58

    Sikerült IRC-t megoldanom. Remélem ott alkalomadtán beszélhetünk.

    Üdv

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  18. Paul27 September, 2009 19:29

    Dukai,
    I've problems with same symbols (ą,ś,ć,ź,ż,ń,ł).
    I dont know how to install fonts in openerp's addons folder.

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  19. dukai28 September, 2009 09:53

    If you use linux, I can help you setting up this module. Come to the openerp irc channel.

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  20. Victor28 September, 2009 14:26

    I get this error:

    File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/openerp-server/addons/base_report_unicode/__init__.py", line 80
    return method(data, args[1:] if len(args) > 2 else args[1], **argv)
    ^
    SyntaxError: invalid syntax

    I really need this to work since we are based in Taiwan where business is conducted in traditional Chinese...

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  21. dukai28 September, 2009 14:47

    Never tested with python 2.4. Try python 2.5 or 2.6 if you can. You'll also have to replace the built-in dejavu fonts with something else that supports Chinese.

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  22. Unknown01 October, 2009 11:35

    I've got the same problem as Paul.

    Python 2.6, linux, cannot use ąęćżź and similar stuff in reports. I've already tried various instructions with no result

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  23. drygal11 April, 2010 14:09

    Any news on ąęćżź please? Linux and Python are generally ok with these, why pdf creation would be different out of a sudden?

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  24. Jack26 May, 2010 05:01

    After installing version 1.1, when printing timesheet report (Reporting - Timesheet - Print My Timesheet), I got this message: "TTFError: Can't open file "c:\program files (x86)\openerp allinone\server\addons\base_report_unicode\fonts\dejavuserifcondensed-bold.ttf"".

    The font probably got damaged.

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  25. Unknown19 January, 2011 22:24

    how can i download it ?? where's the link ??

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  26. dukai20 January, 2011 09:13

    The link is in this post: http://exploringopenerp.blogspot.com/2009/05/basereportunicode-v11.html

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