What I need?
I want to generate a .docx or .odt file from a template file in Rails 3.2
I want to use Japanese in it.
On ubuntu 12.04 and ruby 1.9.3p194 server and rails 3.2.8
What will happen?
I tried the gems "docx-templater" and "serenity"
ruby-docx-templater
https://github.com/jawspeak/ruby-docx-templater
1 sample works well
2 try to do the same in my rails application
in the controller as a sample
def gen_docx input_file = './app/template/ExampleTemplate.docx' data = { :teacher => "Priya Vora", :building => "Building #14", :classroom => :'Rm 202', :district => "Washington County Public Schools", :senority => 12.25, :roster => [ {:name => 'Sally', :age => 12, :attendence => '100%'}, {:name => :Xiao, :age => 10, :attendence => '94%'}, {:name => 'Bryan', :age => 13, :attendence => '100%'}, {:name => 'Larry', :age => 11, :attendence => '90%'}, {:name => 'Kumar', :age => 12, :attendence => '76%'}, {:name => 'Amber', :age => 11, :attendence => '100%'}, {:name => 'Isaiah', :age => 12, :attendence => '89%'}, {:name => 'Omar', :age => 12, :attendence => '99%'}, {:name => 'Xi', :age => 11, :attendence => '20%'}, {:name => 'Noushin', :age => 12, :attendence => '100%'} ], :event_reports => [ {:name => 'Science Museum Field Trip', :notes => 'PTA sponsored event. Spoke to Astronaut with HAM radio.'}, {:name => 'Wilderness Center Retreat', :notes => '2 days hiking for charity:water fundraiser, $10,200 raised.'} ], :created_at => "11-12-03 02:01" } DocxTemplater::DocxCreator.new(input_file, data).generate_docx_file() end
3, but an error was raised an error raised at the next point of the gemstone (docx_templater.rb 22)
File.open(file_name, 'w') { |f| f.write(buffer) }
serenity
https://github.com/kremso/serenity
1 sample works well
2 do the same in my rails application and work well
like this
#encoding: utf-8 require 'serenity' class Showcase include Serenity::Generator Person = Struct.new(:name, :items) Item = Struct.new(:name, :usage) def generate_showcase @title = 'Serenity inventory' mals_items = [Item.new('Moses Brothers Self-Defense Engine Frontier Model B', 'Lock and load')] mal = Person.new('Malcolm Reynolds', mals_items) jaynes_items = [Item.new('Vera', 'Callahan full-bore auto-lock with a customized trigger, double cartridge and thorough gauge'), Item.new('Lux', 'Ratatata'), Item.new('Knife', 'Cut-throat')] jayne = Person.new('Jayne Cobb', jaynes_items) @crew = [mal, jayne] render_odt 'app/template/showcase.odt' end end
3 I tried my template, including Japanese, but the error was raised.
error raised at the next point in gem (template.rb 22)
def process context tmpfiles = [] Zip::ZipFile.open(@template) do |zipfile| %w(content.xml styles.xml).each do |xml_file| content = zipfile.read(xml_file) odteruby = OdtEruby.new(XmlReader.new(content)) out = odteruby.evaluate(context) tmpfiles << (file = Tempfile.new("serenity")) file << out
What I've done?
I found that "serenity" has the rspec test for Greek (UTF-8) in gem. I tried Japanese the same way. and the test passed !. so I thought the problem was not with the gems in the rail settings.
add comment on magic "#encoding: utf-8" to my controller or lib file
- confirm 'config.encoding = "utf-8"' in config / application.rb
add the following config / enviroment.rb command above "initialize!"
Encoding.default_external = Encoding :: UTF_8
Encoding.default_internal = Encoding :: UTF_8
I do not use the database in my rails application.
But everything has nothing to do with my business ... any idea? Perhaps I do not know the basic things ...