[PDF EXPORT] Issues with exported pdf file using synpdf
Hi everyone,
We are using the latest Fast Reports version in our product and, despite being quite satisfied with the result, some customers have send us complaints about exported pdf files.
Here's a showcase of the few issues:
What are we doing wrong?
Anyone had a similar issue about this already?
Thanks a lot for your help :-)
We are using the latest Fast Reports version in our product and, despite being quite satisfied with the result, some customers have send us complaints about exported pdf files.
Here's a showcase of the few issues:
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frxSynPDFExport = new TfrxSynPDFExport();
    frxSynPDFExport->ShowDialog = false;
    frxSynPDFExport->OpenAfterExport = false;
    frxSynPDFExport->Compressed = true;
    frxSynPDFExport->Background = true;
    frxSynPDFExport->EmbeddedFonts = true;
    frxSynPDFExport->Outline = false;
    frxSynPDFExport->PDFA = false;
    frxSynPDFExport->ExportNotPrintable = true;
What are we doing wrong?
Anyone had a similar issue about this already?
Thanks a lot for your help :-)
Comments
But I have to say that synpdf isn't the greatest. While the standard pdf exporter puts everything where it should be like in the printed version (apart from centered images...) the synpdf export moves elements a tiny bit from page to page.
On picture 1: no space between words "la" and "charge"
On picture 2: two words are superimposed on each other
On picture 3: the word "agricoles" has a space in the middle of it
On picture 4: it should be written "Page 14 de 21" but "21" is cut
All right so this is a known issue, the synpdf export moves elements, that seems to be what happen in our exported files. I guess there is no fix about that?
(not sure what happened to my previous reply on this - here we go again [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/rolleyes.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":rolleyes:" border="0" alt="rolleyes.gif" /> ) If I hadn't seen the "EmbeddedFonts := True;" that would have been my first suggestion. While we've not had your problem, we have had clients complain about printing the PDF files generated from FR in our app. This came down to memory problems in the devices doing the printing. So my questions are: - How big are the reports you are creating (ie megabytes)? - What sort of memory does the computer creating the report have? Oh, and how many different fonts are you using in the report? ============== PS You say you have the latest FR version, but you don't mention which "flavour" (Embarcadero, Standard, Pro, Enterprise). PPS Have you raised a Support Ticket?[/img]
I googled around a bit last night and it seems that kerning problems with PDFs are quite common. There were quite a few examples with fonts requiring special characters. But I think your report was in French (non?) which shouldn't stretch the font requirements!
Good luck with the Ticket - Support can be frustratingly slow - we reported a PDF issue several releases ago and it took quite a few version updates before our problem was resolved.
FWIW
Monte