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How To Export To PDF From Crystal Reports Using Print2eDoc SDK

Learn how to leverage Gnostice Print2eDoc SDK's numerous capabilities when exporting to PDF from Crystal Reports.

By Avinash Shrigani, Shivaranjini M. and Ashok Patil

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This tip features a code snippet that exports to PDF from Crystal Reports. Crystal Reports components are used to print a report with Gnostice Print2eDoc as the printer. A PDF document creation profile created with Gnostice Print2eDoc SDK is used to generate the report in PDF.

First, the components that need to be placed on a form:

1. CrystalReports ReportDocument
2. Print2eDocSDK

Now, over to the code snippet. Please follow the code comments closely.

Code Snippet in C#
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// Create a Print2eDoc printer object
Print2eDocSDK.gtPrint2eDoc PrinterObj 
  = new Print2eDocSDK.gtPrint2eDoc();

// Create a string containing fonts that need not be embedded
string[] NeverEmbedFontNames 
  = { "Arial Unicode MS", "Lucida Sans Unicode", "Verdana" };  

// Create a Print2eDoc document creation profile
gtProfileSettingsX ProfileObj;

// Specify Print2eDoc printer settings for PDF output
PrinterObj.ShowPreview = true;
PrinterObj.ShowSaveDialog = false;
PrinterObj.ShowSettingsDialog = true;
PrinterObj.ViewGeneratedDocuments = true;
PrinterObj.UseCustomDocumentName = true;
PrinterObj.SourceApplication = TxgtSourceApplication.Other;
PrinterObj.OutputDocumentName = @"CrystalReportOutput1";
PrinterObj.DefaultOutputDirectory = @"C:\CReports";
PrinterObj.OutputDocumentFormat = TxgtDocumentFormat.PDF;
PrinterObj.FileExistsOption 
  = TxgtFileExistsOption.feAddTrailNumber;
                
ProfileObj = PrinterObj.CurrentProfile;

// Specify document information properties
ProfileObj.DocInfoAuthor = "Your name";
ProfileObj.DocInfoTitle = "Your CrystalReport report title";
ProfileObj.DocInfoSubject = "Your CrystalReport subject";

// Specify PDF content selection settings
ProfileObj.PDFRenderTextItem = true;
ProfileObj.PDFRenderImageItem = true;
ProfileObj.PDFRenderDrawingItem = true;

// === Optional settings begin here ===
// Specify font embedding settings
ProfileObj.PDFFontEmbeding = TxgtTTFontEmbedding.feFull;
ProfileObj.PDFFontNeverEmbed = true;
ProfileObj.PDFFontNeverEmbedList 
  = (object) NeverEmbedFontNames;
ProfileObj.PDFExportAsImage = false;

// Specify PDF compression settings
ProfileObj.PDFTextCompressionLevel 
  = TxgtCompressionLevel.clNormal;
ProfileObj.PDFImage24BitColorDepth 
  = TxgtColorDepth.pf24Bit;
ProfileObj.PDFImage24BitCompressionType 
  = TxgtPDFColorImageCompressionType.pdfColorImgJPEG;
ProfileObj.PDFImage24BitJPEGQuality 
  = TxgtJPEGQuality.jqHighest;
ProfileObj.PDFImage24BitResolution 
  = TxgtResolution.res200DPI;
ProfileObj.PDFImage8BitColorDepth 
  = TxgtColorDepth.pf16Bit;
ProfileObj.PDFImage8BitCompressionType 
  = TxgtPDFColorImageCompressionType.pdfColorImgJPEG;
ProfileObj.PDFImage8BitJPEGQuality 
  = TxgtJPEGQuality.jqHighest;
ProfileObj.PDFImage8BitResolution 
  = TxgtResolution.res100DPI;

// Specify PDF encryption settings
ProfileObj.PDFEncryptEnabled = true;
ProfileObj.PDFEncryptLevel = TxgtPDFEncryptionLevel.el128Bit;
ProfileObj.PDFEncryptUserAccessibility = true;
ProfileObj.PDFEncryptUserAllowCopy = true;
ProfileObj.PDFEncryptUserAllowPrint = false;
ProfileObj.PDFEncryptUserHighResolutionPrint = false;
ProfileObj.PDFEncryptUserPass = "xyz";
ProfileObj.PDFEncryptOwnerPass = "123";

// Specify PDF viewer preferences
ProfileObj.PDFViewerPrefPageInitialView 
  = TxgtPageInitialView.pmShowThumbnails;
ProfileObj.PDFViewerPrefPageLayout 
  = TxgtPageLayout.plContinous;
ProfileObj.PDFViewerPrefShowMenubar = true;
ProfileObj.PDFViewerPrefShowNavigationControls = true;
ProfileObj.PDFViewerPrefFitWindow = true;

PrinterObj.ApplyChangesToCurrentProfile();
// === Optional settings end here ===

// Load report document
reportDocument1.Load(
 "CR_doc1.rpt",  
 CrystalDecisions.Shared.OpenReportMethod.OpenReportByTempCopy);

if (reportDocument1.IsLoaded)
{
 // Select Print2eDoc as printer to which the report 
 // must be printed
 reportDocument1.PrintOptions.PrinterName 
   = "Gnostice Print2eDoc";

 // Print the report
 reportDocument1.PrintToPrinter(1, true, 0, 0);
}