[Script Help] How to get the correct date format in pdf ?

Posted by Se Hyoung Yoo

Posted on Thu, 09/15/2011 - 03:50 in Reports & Macros

Hello,

My ARIS Scripts are as follows.

oOutput.BeginParagraph( Constants.FMT_CENTER, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0);
oOutput.OutputField(Constants.FIELD_DATE, "Arial", 14, RGB(0,0,0), Constants.C_TRANSPARENT,   Constants.FMT_BOLD  |  Constants.FMT_CENTER);
oOutput.EndParagraph();

Case 1

Output format *.DOC, the output is

2011-09-15

Case 2

Output format *.pdf, the output is

11.9.15

I have no idea of this different output in Case 1 and Case 2.

I want to print out like Case 1's output like "2001-09-15" in pdf format.

Can anyone tell me how to correct this problem ?

Regards

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by Jens Heylmann

Posted on Thu, 09/15/2011 - 09:03

Hi,

instead of using Constants.FIELD_DATE use JAVA SimpleDateFormat Class. This should work in both cases:

var oSimpleDateFormat = new java.text.SimpleDateFormat( "yyyy-MM-dd" );
var dateVal = oSimpleDateFormat.format( new java.util.Date() );

oOutput.BeginParagraph( Constants.FMT_CENTER, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0);
oOutput.OutputField(dateVal, "Arial", 14, RGB(0,0,0), Constants.C_TRANSPARENT,   Constants.FMT_BOLD  |  Constants.FMT_CENTER);
oOutput.EndParagraph

by AUGUSTINA PRAPA

Posted on Tue, 09/27/2011 - 14:42

Hello Jens,

the solution you propose is perfect. I have only one comment: The method Output or OutputF should be used instead of OutputField. This means that in line 5 the method OutputField should be replaced by Output or OutputF.

Thanks,

Augustina