TOPIC: Garbled text when automating report & sending PDF

Garbled text when automating report & sending PDF 09 Mar 2011 18:47 #767

  • bdub10181
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Hello all,

I'm not sure if anyone has come across this before but I have a report that has multiple different detail fields displayed. What I'm getting is garbled text on some of the detail fields but only when exporting the report as a .PDF out of logicity (either thru automated email process or manual export) that doesn't happen when I run the report thru my crystal report designer and export it to a PDF file.

Any thoughts are appreciated!

Thanks,
Chris
Last Edit: 09 Mar 2011 18:48 by bdub10181.
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Re:Garbled text when automating report & sending PDF 10 Mar 2011 14:12 #768

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Chris,

There is a known issue with the DLL file usp10.dll that is part of the Crystal Reports runtime rendering certain fonts to PDF. Calibri is one that is known for certain, but other similar fonts may have the same issue. Here is a discussion on the SAP boards (with a suggested fix):

forums.sdn.sap.com/thread.jspa?threadID=...10&start=15&tstart=0

Before going too crazy tracking down DLLs and such, could you try a simple test to see if this is what is going on for you? Make a simple report using a very standard font like Arial or Times New Roman and export that to PDF and see if you see the same garbled font. Let us know what you get.

Thanks,
Adam
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