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<H1 ALIGN="CENTER">Resource Bundle Reporter</H1>
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<H4 ALIGN="LEFT">What is RBReporter?</H4>
<P ALIGN="LEFT">Frequently, managers and developers working on an inernationalized
product request the ability to quickly view the status and progress of
the translation efforts in their project. RBReporter generates such reports
on a periodic basis and stores them to a specified location in a variety
of formats. The information included in the reports includes the names
and meta data associated with each of the resource files, the number or
resources held in each file, the number of untranslated resources in each
file, and, if the detail level is set to 'High,' a list of all of the
untranslated resource keys for each file.</P>
<H4 ALIGN="LEFT">How is RBReporter started?</H4>
<P ALIGN="LEFT">From the command line, RBReporter is run by typing in the
following command:</P>
<P ALIGN="LEFT"><CODE>java com.ibm.rbm.RBReporter</CODE></P>
<P ALIGN="LEFT">This will bring up the window seen above. Alternatively,
Windows users can run the batch file RBReporter.bat. RBReporter will also
take command line arguments that will run the program in a variety of
modes. An equivalent command line argument to the one above is:</P>
<P ALIGN="LEFT"><CODE>java com.ibm.rbm.RBReporter -gui</CODE></P>
<P ALIGN="LEFT">This argument works the same as the first, bringing up the
Graphical User Interface. This is the only way to set the properties of
the reporter, such as the bundle to report on, the types of reports generated,
and the interval between report generation.</P>
<P ALIGN="LEFT">Another option is to run the reporter with the following
argument:</P>
<P ALIGN="LEFT"><CODE>java com.ibm.rbm.RBReporter -now</CODE></P>
<P ALIGN="LEFT">When the -now option is used, the interval setting between
reports is ignored, and the reports are generated immediately according
to the other saved settings. This option does not bring up the window
for changing settings. Using this option is helpful if you would like
to use you operating system instead of RBReporter to schedule the generation
of reports.</P>
<P ALIGN="LEFT">The last option is the following:</P>
<P ALIGN="LEFT"><code>java com.ibm.rbm.RBReporter -line</CODE></P>
<P ALIGN="LEFT">When this option is used, the reporter is run through the
command line only. None of the settings will be accessible for changing.
Whenever it is time for a report to be generated, a message will appear
on the command line. Another message will appear when the reports have
been successfully written. This last message will include the date and
time of the next report generation.</P>
<H4 ALIGN="LEFT">What do the settings mean?</H4>
<P ALIGN="LEFT">When the graphical user interface is initially brought up,
the reporter may not be active. An indication at the top of the window
indicates whether or not the reporter will report at the time that has
been specified. The 'Started' message does not indicate that report generation
has started; it merely indicates that the reporter has started and will
generate reports according to the other settings. To toggle whether or
not the reporter is running press the 'Start' or 'Stop' button near the
top of the window. To generate a report immediately, press the 'Update
Now' button.</P>
<P ALIGN="LEFT">The report interval determines when a report is generated.
There are two main options for determining the interval. Either an amount
of time is specified that must pass in between reports, or a specific
time during the week or day is specified at which time the report is generated
irregardless of when the last report was generated.</P>
<P ALIGN="LEFT">The Resource Bundle setting is an indication of the base
file from concerning which the report is generated. To change the base
file, either type in the new file path to a resource bundle, or select
the 'Choose' button immediately to the right to bring up the graphical
file chooser. The output directory is the file directory into which the
reports are saved. Note that the reports are overwritten each time they
are newly generated.</P>
<P ALIGN="LEFT">The output format has three options. Any combination of
these options is permissible, though it makes little sense to turn them
all off. The 'Text' format produces a simple text file in English reporting
on the status of each of the resource files. The 'HTML' format produces
a page that is viewable in a web browser. The 'XML' format produces a
well formed XML report that can be imported into a database, transformed
into another format, or used in a variety of other ways.</P>
<P ALIGN="LEFT">Each output format has associated with it a file name. This
name can be chosen as appropriate for the project to which the bundle
belongs. Also, these file names can be modified in order to place the
files in a directory other than the one specified in the output directory.
For instance, a UNIX user might change the text file name to '../../log/report.txt'.
A detail level is also associated with each report. The 'High' detail
level merely includes each of the resource keys that are untranslated
or duplicated instead of just reporting the number of such resources.</P>
<P ALIGN="LEFT">The last button saves the settings currently being displayed
to a preferences file so that these settings will be in place the next
time the program is run. If the settings are not meant to be saved as
such, do not click this button. The reporter will still run according
to the displayed settings as long as the RBReporter program is running.</P>
<H4 ALIGN="LEFT">What is the code scan?</H4>
<P ALIGN="LEFT">Starting with version 0.3a, the reporter included a function
that can scan text files looking for instances of resource bundle usage
and compare those instances with the selected resource bundle. This scan
can then report on any resource keys called on by a program but not existing
in a resource bundle, as well as point out resources in the bundle that
are potentially not used at all by the code.</P>
<P ALIGN="LEFT">The reporter is turned on by selecting the check box next
to the text 'Scan Code File' and pointing the scan to a properly specified
scan XML file. The report generated is appended to the normal reports
generated in text, HTML, or XML. The report is also sensitive to the detail
level selected for each of these three output formats.</P>
<P ALIGN="LEFT">The scan XML file provides the configuration information
for the code scan. In it rules for what directories and files to scan
are set as well as what type of text is looked for to find a resource
key. More <A HREF="scanfile.html">detailed information on setting up a
scan XML file</A> can be found by following the link.</P>
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