Symptom
- Font shrinks by approximately 10% when a report is exported to Adobe Acrobat Format (PDF)
- Font does not shrink when exporting to PDF format from Crystal Reports designer, with the registry key: ForceLargerFonts.
- Font size decrease when exporting to PDF format from an application developed in Crystal Reports for Visual Studio, despite the registry key: ForceLargerFont is added.
Environment
- SAP Crystal Reports, developer version for Microsoft Visual Studio 2010
Reproducing the Issue
- Create an application in Visual Studio 2010 that uses Crystal Reports for Visual Studio SDK
- Add the registry key: ForceLargerFonts, and set the value to: 1
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\SAP BusinessObjects\Crystal Reports for .NET Framework 4.0\Crystal Reports\Export\PDF\ForceLargerFonts
- Export the report to PDF format from the application.
Notice the font size in the PDF document in about 10% smaller than the font size set on the report.
Cause
- SAP Crystal Reports for Visual Studio 2010 does not rewad the registry key: ForceLargerFonts
- The issue has been tracked under ADAPT0158906
Resolution
- The issue is resolved in the following product update and above:
- SAP Crystal Reports, developer version for Microsoft Visual Studio 2010
Keywords
CR2010 2010 CR4VS2010 CR4VS VS2010 NET2010 Crystal Reports for .NET Framework 4.0 crforvs 13 force larger large font fonts forcelargefonts forcelargefont export adobe , KBA , BI-DEV-NET-SDK , .NET SDK / COM SDK , Problem
Product
SAP Crystal Reports, developer version for Microsoft Visual Studio