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Search within exported PDF

edited September 2010 in Devices
Hi,

Using RB 12.01, Delphi 2009.

Is there an option that I need to enable in order to search for text within
PDF files exported from Report Builder? At present it doesn't work -
whatever I search for is 'not found' even if it's clearly there on the page.

Thanks,

Steve Branley

Comments

  • edited September 2010
    Hi Steve,

    Thank you for pointing this out. We are able to recreate this issue and are
    currently researching a solution. A quick observation: This seems to only
    affect Unicode enabled PDF files.

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    Regards,

    Nico Cizik
    Digital Metaphors
    http://www.digital-metaphors.com

    Best Regards,

    Nico Cizik
    Digital Metaphors
    http://www.digital-metaphors.com
  • edited September 2010
    Upon further research, this is not a trivial enhancement. It requires the
    modification and addition of numerous classes including changing the
    interface section of some.

    The ability to search and extract text from a Unicode enabled PDF file will
    be included in the next minor release of ReportBuilder.

    --
    Regards,

    Nico Cizik
    Digital Metaphors
    http://www.digital-metaphors.com

    Best Regards,

    Nico Cizik
    Digital Metaphors
    http://www.digital-metaphors.com
  • edited September 2010
    Thanks for the update. That at least allows me to respond to clients that
    it's in the process of being fixed for a future release :)

    Steve

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