How to show arabic language on crystal report ?

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i have a problem on showing the Arabic language on crystal report it's show as "??????"
and i am using the SQL as database ...
note that the Arabic language is shown well on SQL and the visual studio 2017

What I have tried:

when i tried to change the type from varchar50 to nvarchar50 it's give me this massage when i order to save
"saving changes is not permitted . the changes you have made require the following tables to be dropped and re-created. you have either made changes to a table that can't be re-created or enabled the option prevent saving changes that require the table to be re-created "

Posted 14-Apr-18 20:48pm

mostafa zied

Updated 15-Apr-18 11:46am

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an0ther1 · Answer 1 · 2018-04-15T11:47:00

SQL will not allow you to change the data type in SSMS using Design mode of a Table - you will get the message as above.
You can change the datatype using TRANSACT though - specifically using Alter Table, Alter Column.
For instance, the following does work without loss of data and without dropping and recreating the table;

SQL

 -- Create a demo table
CREATE TABLE [dbo].[VToNVTest]
(
	[RecordId] INT IDENTITY(1,1) NOT NULL,
	[DemoText] VARCHAR(50) NULL,
	CONSTRAINT [PK_VToNVTest] PRIMARY KEY CLUSTERED
	(
		[RecordId] ASC
	)
	WITH
	(
		PAD_INDEX = OFF, STATISTICS_NORECOMPUTE = OFF,
		IGNORE_DUP_KEY = OFF, ALLOW_ROW_LOCKS = ON, ALLOW_PAGE_LOCKS = ON
	) ON [PRIMARY]
) ON [PRIMARY]
GO
-- insert 2 records
INSERT INTO [dbo].[VToNVTest]
([DemoText])
VALUES
('Test A'), ('Test B')
GO
-- view data
SELECT * FROM [VToNVTest]

-- Change column type to NVARCHAR
ALTER TABLE [dbo].[VToNVTest]
	ALTER COLUMN [DemoText] NVARCHAR(50)
GO
-- view data
SELECT * FROM [VToNVTest]

For Crystal to display the data correctly you will need to change the column type & set the font correctly & you may need to change the collation of the database

Kind Regards