Printing in PDF format: Special cases

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Specific features of print in PDF format

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Printing in PDF format: Special cases

Specific features of print in PDF format

General advice

For a better rendering, use TrueType or OpenType fonts.

Caution: the OpenType fonts are not incorporated in the generated PDF. These fonts must be installed on the user computer to get a correct rendering.

Availability of controls in the reports

The following controls are not available:

RTF control
Edit control
Signature control
Organizer control
Scheduler control
Gantt Chart control
Pivot Table control
Spreadsheet control
HTML control
Chart control: Only the Chart controls created from version 17 are available.

Control in RTF

General limitations:

The static control in RTF format may be truncated during a page break.
The arrays found in an RTF control are not printed.
The images used in the RTF controls are not printed.

iParameter associated with the "RTFWINDOWS=NO" parameter or with the iRTFWithImagesAndTables constant is used to properly print the tables and images found in RTF controls.

The RTF controls and the RTF options are not available.

PDF in report background

A PDF cannot be used in background image of the report.

Print in PDF/A-1b format

The transparency of images is not supported:
- If the image contains a transparent background in its format, the image will be drawn on a white background.
- If the "Transparent magenta" color is used, the image rendering may differ in the generated PDF.
The "Opentype" fonts are not supported because the "Opentype" fonts cannot be incorporated in the generated PDF.
All fonts use must be incorporated in the generated PDF and they must contain all displayed characters.
- In Windows, if characters are missing, the substitution font used is "Arial Unicode ms".
- In Linux, if characters are missing, an error is displayed.

Tip: How to find out whether the print in PDF/1-1b format is correct?

If the print is performed from a report, you have the ability to enable the GUI errors specific to this format ("Options" tab in the description window of the report, "Enable the errors specific to the PDF/A-1b export" option).
During a dynamic audit, the errors specific to the PDF/A-1b management are detected and displayed.