Portable Document Format (PDF) is one of the formats to which you can export Data Dynamics Reports from the Viewer, and is recommended for printing.
Options
Data Dynamics Reports offers many options to control how reports render to PDF.
Application
- Set the value that appears for "Application" in the Document Properties dialog of the Acrobat viewer application. By default, the text is set to "Data Dynamics Reports."
- Author
- Enter the name of the author to appear in the Document Properties dialog of the Acrobat viewer application.
- CenterWindow
- Set to True to position the document's window in the center of the screen.
- Columns
- Set the number of columns to use in the report. This value overrides the report's original settings. The default value of -1 uses the report's original settings.
- ColumnSpacing
- Enter a value in inches (i.e. 0.5in) to set the amount of space between columns. This value overrides the report's original settings.
- DisplayMode
- Specifies how the document is displayed when opened. By default nothing is specified, but you can select from Outlines, Thumbs, or FullScreen. FullScreen mode displays the document with no menu bar, window controls, or any other window visible.
- DisplayTitle
- Set to True to display text you enter in the Title property in the window’s title bar. The default value of False displays the name of the PDF file.
- DpiX
- Adjust the horizontal resolution of the rendered PDF file. The default value is 300.
- DpiY
- Adjust the vertical resolution of the rendered PDF file. The default value is 300.
- Encrypt
- Set to True to encrypt the document. This allows you to set the Permissions property to restrict what users without the OwnerPassword can do with the document.
Note: If Encrypt is set to False, permissions and passwords have no effect. - EndPage
- The default value of 0 in this property renders all of the report pages. Otherwise, set this value to the number of the last page to render. Please note that if the StartPage property is set to 0, all of the pages of the report render. In order to use the EndPage property, you must set the StartPage property to a valid non-zero number.
- FitWindow
- Set to True to resize the window to fit the size of the first displayed page when the PDF document is opened.
- HideMenubar
- Set to True to hide Acrobat Reader’s menu bar when the document is active.
- HideToolbar
- Set to True to hide Acrobat Reader’s toolbars when the document is active.
- HideWindowUI
- Set to True to hide user interface elements in Acrobat Reader (such as scroll bars and navigation controls) leaving only the document’s contents displayed.
- Keywords
- Enter keywords associated with the document contents for use by search engines.
- MarginBottom
- Enter a value in inches (i.e. 0.5in) for the amount of space between the bottom of the report and the bottom edge of the page. This value overrides the report's original settings.
- MarginLeft
- Enter a value in inches (i.e. 0.5in) for the amount of space between the left edge of the report and the left edge of the page. This value overrides the report's original settings.
- MarginRight
- Enter a value in inches (i.e. 0.5in) for the amount of space between the right edge of the report and the right edge of the page. This value overrides the report's original settings.
- MarginTop
- Enter a value in inches (i.e. 0.5in) for the amount of space between the top edge of the report and the top edge of the page. This value overrides the report's original settings.
- OwnerPassword
- Enter text that can be used in the reader to permit full access to the document regardless of the specified user permissions.
- PageHeight
- Enter a value in inches (i.e. 11in) to set the height of the report's pages. This value overrides the report's original settings.
- PageWidth
- Enter a value in inches (i.e. 8.5in) to set the width of the report's pages. This value overrides the report's original settings.
- Permissions
- Select user permissions for the document. Permissions can be combined using a comma between values. By default, all permissions are granted. In order to use AllowFillin, AllowAccessibleReaders, and AllowAssembly permissions, you must set the Use128Bit property to True.
- PrintLayoutMode
- Select how to lay out the pages of the report in the PDF document.
- OneLogicalPageOnSinglePhysicalPage
- TwoLogicalPagesOnSinglePhysicalPage
- FourLogicalPagesOnSinglePhysicalPage
- EightLogicalPagesOnSinglePhysicalPage
- BookletMode (lays the pages out for booklet printing)
- SizeToFit
- Determines whether PDF pages are fit to the selected paper size.
- StartPage
- The default value of 0 in this property renders all of the report pages. Otherwise, set this value to the number of the first page to render.
- Subject
- The subject of the document.
- Title
- Enter the document’s title. Set the DisplayTitle property to True to show this title in the Acrobat Reader title bar.
- Use128Bit
- A setting of True uses 128 bit encryption with full permissions capability. Set to False to use 40 bit encryption with limited permissions. AllowFillin, AllowAccessibleReaders, and AllowAssembly permissions are not applied unless this property is set to True.
- UserPassword
- Enter text that can be entered in the Acrobat Reader to decrypt the document. If this value is empty, the user is not prompted for a password but is still restricted by the specified permissions.
- WatermarkAngle
- Specify the degree of angle for the watermark text on the PDF document. Valid values range from 0 to 359, where 0 is horizontal, left to right.
- WatermarkColor
- Select a color for the watermark text on the PDF document. The default value for the watermark color is gray, but you can select any Web, System, or Custom color.
- WatermarkFont
- Set the font to use for the watermark to any valid System.Drawing.Font.
- WatermarkTitle
- Enter text (i.e. CONFIDENTIAL) to use as the watermark on the PDF document.
Limitations
PDF is the best format for printing. It does, however, have its limitations.
Interactivity. If drill down and visibility toggling are essential to your report, we recommend the HTML rendering extension.
Interactivity
Hyperlinks
- Both in-document and external hyperlinks are supported.
- BookmarkLinks
- Valid bookmark links are supported.
- Drill-Down
- Drill-down interactivity is lost. Only what is visible in the report at the time of export is rendered in the PDF file.
- Visibility Toggle
- Visibility toggling is not supported in PDF documents.
- Table of Contents
- Document maps (or table of contents) become bookmarks in PDF documents.