Crystal Report (visual studio 2005)-Hyperlink not working on exported PDF

[Former Member]

I have created a crystal report by using VS 2005, there are some hyperlinks inside the report.

After i exported the report to PDF, I check the PDF file, none of the link contains inside the PDF file.

It seems a bug, i google this issue, some people can export to RTF first and then in RTF save as PDF, then the link should be there. I tried it, it works, but it totally mess up my report layout.

Please advise,

Tommy

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Typing the terms "pdf export hyperlink crystal" in the search box at the top right corner of this page comes up with the following KB (5th hit):

[Hyperlinks to files do not work when exported to Portable Document Format (PDF)|http://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/servlet/prt/portal/prtroot/com.sap.km.cm.docs/oss_notes_boj/sdn_oss_boj_bi/sap(bD1lbiZjPTAwMQ==)/bc/bsp/spn/scn_bosap/notes%7B6163636573733d36393736354636443646363436353344333933393338323636393736354637333631373036453646373436353733354636453735364436323635373233443330333033303331333233313336333633363337%7D.do].

"Messed" up report export to RTF does not tell me much either. A link to a screenshot will be great.

Also, what CR Service Pack are you on?

Ludek

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[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Hi, thanks for your reply.

"Messed" up means -

my crystal report layout properly, like paragraph space, etc, Once i export to PDF, it looks exactly like the way i want.

However when i export RTF, the paragraph space is different and some string got truncated.

Therefore, if i export to RTF first, then save as PDF ... the whole layout got messed up.

what CR Service Pack are you on?

i am not quite sure. But i used the once come with Visual Studio 2005. do you know what version it is?

someone told me it is 10 R2.

But anyway, so what will be the solution? i developed the report in VS 2005, and is done!

But the client said the report missing the link, so i need to add it to finalize this project.

Please advise,

Tommy

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

i did some research, looks like it is crystal report 10.2 version bundled with Visual Studio 2005

[former_member183750 · Accepted solution]

For export to RTF, make sure you are on SP1:

https://smpdl.sap-ag.de/~sapidp/012002523100006007872008E/crvs05sp1.exe

Use the above on your dev computer. You will not be able to use it on the client side. To deploy the SP 1 runtime to the client, use the SP 1 MSI:

https://smpdl.sap-ag.de/~sapidp/012002523100010010692008E/crredist2005_sp1_x86.zip

See if that resolves the export to RTF issue.

PDF export - no options... not even the latest CR release.

- Ludek

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"PDF export - no options... not even the latest CR release."

What is this mean? it means PDF export won't contain links?

Tommy

[former_member183750 · Accepted solution]

Correct.

- Ludek

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I am using crystal 10.5.2700.

I can confirm the hyperlinks work fine in my PDF report.