Localization

To localize the classic Bold Reports^® Angular Report Designer, import the culture script files for your culture and set the culture name to the locale property. Localization is the process of customizing the application for a given culture and locale, which involves much more than the simple translation of text. In the classic Report Designer, localized strings appropriate to each culture are stored in separate files and loaded according to the UI culture setting.

Use these steps to localize the Bold Reports^® Designer version less than v5.2.xx.

By default, the classic Report Designer displays strings in US English (en-US).

To render the static text with specific culture, refer the following corresponding culture script files and set culture name to the locale property of the Report Designer.

ej.localetexts.fr-FR.min.js
ej.culture.fr-FR.min.js

Run the following command to install the @boldreports/global package.
```
npm install @boldreports/global --save
```

Refer to the ej.localetexts.fr-FR.min.js and ej.culture.fr-FR.min.js files from node_modules in the app.module.ts file.

import { BrowserModule } from '@angular/platform-browser';
import { NgModule } from '@angular/core';
import { BoldReportsModule } from '@boldreports/angular-reporting-components';

import '@boldreports/javascript-reporting-controls/Scripts/bold.report-viewer.min';
import '@boldreports/javascript-reporting-controls/Scripts/bold.report-designer.min';

import '@boldreports/global/l10n/reportdesigner/ej.localetexts.fr-FR.min.js';
import '@boldreports/global/i18n/ej.culture.fr-FR.min.js';
import { AppRoutingModule } from './app-routing.module';
import { AppComponent } from './app.component';

@NgModule({
  declarations: [
    AppComponent
  ],
  imports: [
    BrowserModule,
    BoldReportsModule,
    AppRoutingModule
  ],
  providers: [],
  bootstrap: [AppComponent]
})
export class AppModule { }

If you import the culture before the @boldreports/angular-reporting-components package, you get the following error in your application. Import the culture after the @boldreports/angular-reporting-components package.

Angular culture error

Open the src/app/app.component.ts and initialize the locale for Report Designer.

import { Component } from '@angular/core';

@Component({
  selector: 'app-root',
  templateUrl: './app.component.html',
  styleUrls: ['./app.component.css']
})
export class AppComponent {
    public serviceUrl: string;
    public locale: string;

    constructor() {
        this.serviceUrl = "https://demos.boldreports.com/services/api/ReportingAPI";
        this.locale = "fr-FR";
    }
}

Open the src/app/app.component.html file and assign the locale for Report Designer.

<bold-reportdesigner id="designer" style="position: absolute;height: 550px; width: 1250px;" [serviceUrl] = "serviceUrl" [locale]= "locale"></bold-reportdesigner>

Localization

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