Code Page Settings

The Code Page folder in the Configuration tab, shown in the following image, contains settings for National Language Support (NLS), which enables special characters that are used in certain languages to be displayed in ReportCaster.

code page settings

The Code Page folder contains the following configuration settings.

Setting

Optional or Required/Default Value

Descriptions and Possible Values

Distribution Server Code Page

Optional.

The code page of the platform where the ReportCaster Distribution Server is running. Passed to the WebFOCUS Reporting Server to enable its communication back to the ReportCaster Distribution Server. Used for National Language Support (NLS).

Note: This setting is also available in the WebFOCUS Administration Console.

Web Server Code Page

Optional.

Code page of the platform where the Web server is installed.

Note: This setting is also available in the WebFOCUS Administration Console.

WFTransInOut

Optional.

Configures the WebFOCUS Servlet WFTRANSINOUT plug-in. This is a custom-written program that, when configured, is called by the ReportCaster Distribution Server as the last step prior to sending each request to the Reporting Server and again as the first step when receiving output from the Reporting Server.

Note: This setting is also available in the WebFOCUS Administration Console.

In the WFTransInOut field, type the fully-qualified name of the package and class that implements the WFTransInOut interface.

To configure the exit jar file and classpath:

  1. Copy the jar that contains the implementation of the WFTransInOut exit to your_Distribution_Server_root/lib directory.
  2. Edit the classpath.bat file to add this jar file to the list of existing jar files.
  3. For the ReportCaster service, make the same change to the classpath in the Registry Key:
    HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\
    Information Builders\ReportCaster
    \76x\CLASSPATH)
  4. Restart the Distribution Server.

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