Save Crystal Report as PDF with text preserved
Posted: Thu Sep 03, 2020 8:44 pm
Hi,
I'm currently trying to render and then save a crystal report as a PDF. For part of our workflow, we want to be able to parse text from the saved crystal report PDF to get some values from the report that is uploaded to this part of the workflow. However, when we render a Crystal Report from the ProTrust reports section and then print to save it as a PDF, the PDF seems to render as an image rather than as text. This makes it so our pdf text parser does not see any text.
We don't have this problem when saving a ReadyDoc to PDF, but SoftPro Crystal Reports do not have a "save" option, only printing and then using that to print to PDF. Additionally, when using the "preview" option, text can be selected. It's only when printing to PDF does it become an image, and therefore text can't be selected.
Is there a way to save a crystal report's results as a PDF and have its text be preserved for parsing?
Thanks.
I'm currently trying to render and then save a crystal report as a PDF. For part of our workflow, we want to be able to parse text from the saved crystal report PDF to get some values from the report that is uploaded to this part of the workflow. However, when we render a Crystal Report from the ProTrust reports section and then print to save it as a PDF, the PDF seems to render as an image rather than as text. This makes it so our pdf text parser does not see any text.
We don't have this problem when saving a ReadyDoc to PDF, but SoftPro Crystal Reports do not have a "save" option, only printing and then using that to print to PDF. Additionally, when using the "preview" option, text can be selected. It's only when printing to PDF does it become an image, and therefore text can't be selected.
Is there a way to save a crystal report's results as a PDF and have its text be preserved for parsing?
Thanks.