The PDF export in FR5
The PDF export in FR5 will be improved with the following features:
1. The ability to create PDF/A-1a documents.
2. Advanced fonts embedding. The improved export will embed only needed symbols from fonts, thus considerably reducing the size of produced files.
3. Exporting several identical pictures as a single so called XObject. This will help to make produced pdfs readable on systems other than Windows.
I offer you to try this new export youself. In the archive you will find a program that can export reports (fp3 or fr3 files) to pdfs. The archive can be downloaded form here: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/18189361/FastReport/pdf-fr5.zip
1. The ability to create PDF/A-1a documents.
2. Advanced fonts embedding. The improved export will embed only needed symbols from fonts, thus considerably reducing the size of produced files.
3. Exporting several identical pictures as a single so called XObject. This will help to make produced pdfs readable on systems other than Windows.
I offer you to try this new export youself. In the archive you will find a program that can export reports (fp3 or fr3 files) to pdfs. The archive can be downloaded form here: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/18189361/FastReport/pdf-fr5.zip
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Is there any support to have physical printout different from the on-screen view? E.g. On-screen it reads TAX INVOICE, the physical printout reads COPY TAX INVOICE.
unfortunately, does not work properly... when save fr report into fp3 format and then use pdf.exe to convert into pdf, trying to open in acrobat reader 11 get the error nr 110. It is big problem for fast report that cannot export to pdf working on Mac or Android devices...
However, when I tried to put in a Memo with lettertype courier and 'Bold', I got a range check error. It was tested with FR 4.12.15. I know this is one of the other shortcomings when showing FR pdf's on other systems than Windows.
I tried TomBaer's solution from this post and now my exports to PDF open corectly on iOS and Android
http://www.fast-report.com/en/forum/?p=/discussion/10148
Best Regards,
Cristian Peta
As you are not releasing FR5 for several years now, can you at least integrate this with FR4 as embedding a full Chinese Fonts add 20MB to the PDF. I can pay for it as a pre-order of FR5. Just let our PDF view-able outside windows with reasonable file size!
For MANY MANY years people are asking for a usefull PDF export now.
Our customers are beginning to kill us because of the worse pdf export. Say a price and we pay for it. Our most important customer today says: money doesn't matter, i want a usefull export.
How many money do you need to give us a usefull export, say it and we pay. $3000? $5000? Otherwise we need to look for other ways, that would be much more expensive for us, so say sth we can work with.
1) The (old) example here attached here also doesnt export RTF korrekt, RTF still are Pictures => unusable (FullTextSearch in PDF / TextIndexes)
2) PDF size is still to big.
3) Background Grafik (as .emf => vektor) is converted to a picture, so FootPrints etc become horrible.
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Yes, something like that.
I second that expression.
Hi.
We gave up waiting, and went for the eDocEngine addon from Gnostice. That solved both 2) and 3) for us. The 1) I'm not sure of.
http://www.fast-report.com/en/forum/?p=/discussion/8510
Petter
Whats going on? Do you just develop for "New technologies" now? Its fine that FR is compatible with FireMonkey now. Would be interesstant how many developers focus on that. The customers, buying your product years ago spend the money. And they wait for a new Update for 3 Years now !!!!!!!!!! All here want to BUY a new update with some USELESS ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS like USEFULL PDF EXPORT!!!
Do you think you will implement some essential new functions for them too?
Here is a usefull code. Pls try this code and at least look how they solved the RTF (RichText) and Embedded Fonts-Problems (FileSize) !!!!
http://synopse.info/forum/viewtopic.php?pid=4763
Daniel.
this export is useless too - elements overlaps, background isnt exportet correctly.
see : http://www.fast-report.com/en/forum/index....;st=#entry28606
Thank you very much. While it's not perfect, it's a vast improvement. It boggles my mind how FR still has done nothing about this.
Use this piece of C# code to implement PDF to Bmp conversion.
And you only need to change bmp tp jpg in the last line of code to convert PDF to JPG file.