Good idea Are you willing to be a guinea pig and I'll send you several tests?
David David Blocker [EMAIL PROTECTED] 781-784-1919 Fax: 781-784-1860 Cell: 339-206-0261 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sami Aaron" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "RBG7-L Mailing List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, July 14, 2004 10:09 AM Subject: [RBG7-L] - RE: Problems printing to PDF > David - > > In my case, the problem was with the use of a dbCheckBox and with some > Wingding fonts - when run thru the PDF creator, these fonts were not > embedded so they wouldn't print correctly on another system - but they WOULD > open properly - so maybe my issue is different from yours... > > Have you tried the Sherlock Holmes method of creating just a small report > with basic fields and text, then gradually adding on the additional items to > see at what point it crashes? > > Sami > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of David M. > Blocker > Sent: Tuesday, July 13, 2004 9:49 AM > To: RBG7-L Mailing List > Subject: [RBG7-L] - RE: Problems printing to PDF > > > Sami > > Thanks for the answer: > > The report uses these fonts: > > Garamond 18 bold/italic > Garamond 12 Bold/italic > TImes New Roman 11 - bold, bold/italic, and regular > Arial 10 regular > Arial 11 Bold > Times New Roman 12 Bold > > Are any of these "non-standard fonts" that are for example, not on your pc? > > David > > David Blocker > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > 781-784-1919 > Fax: 781-784-1860 > Cell: 339-206-0261 > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Sami Aaron > To: RBG7-L Mailing List > Sent: Tuesday, July 13, 2004 9:48 AM > Subject: [RBG7-L] - RE: Problems printing to PDF > > > David - > > I don't know if this is related to your problem, but .... > > The PDF creator in the current release of R:BASE does not embed fonts in the > same way the Acrobat Distiller would do, so if you are using a font that is > only installed on your computer, and you create a PDF document and send it > to someone else who does not have the same font installed, you may get some > strange font results. This feature is scheduled to be included in release > 7.5. > > Is there anything special about the reports you are creating that might > require special embedding? I know I've been the recipient of some of your > PDF files that I couldn't open... > > Sami > > ------------------------------------------ > Sami Aaron > Software Management Specialists > 19312 W 63rd Terr > Shawnee KS 66218 > 913-915-1971 > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > www.softwaremgmt.com > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of David M. > Blocker > Sent: Monday, July 12, 2004 1:33 PM > To: RBG7-L Mailing List > Subject: [RBG7-L] - Problems printing to PDF > > > The following code prints a PDF file of an invoice in 7.1. The PDF file > gets created, I can open the file successfully here with both Adobe 5.1 and > 6.0 readers, and with Adobe Acrobat 6.0. However, Acrobat can't convert it > to RTF giving this error: > > Bad PDF: could not read page structure (bad page contents) > > Many people I've sent these files to cannot open the file at all withe Adobe > reader. > > The code: > > SET VAR vFileName = ('C:\Documents and Settings\David Blocker\My > Documents\'+ > +'DB'+.vCPID+'INV'+CTXT(.vINV#)+'.'+'PDF') > > SET VAR vOptions = ('Filename'&.vFileName) > PRINT INVOICE WHERE CPID = .vCPID AND BILL IS NULL ORDER BY InvoiceDate T# + > OPTION PDF|.vOptions > > It creates a file like "DBBmaINV66.PDF" > > Any suggestions? > > David Blocker > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > 781-784-1919 > Fax: 781-784-1860 > Cell: 339-206-0261 > >
