How do I make FastReport generate a PDF that's viewable on iOS?

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Svip picture Svip · May 7, 2013 · Viewed 10.3k times · Source

I am using FastReports, and its resulting PDFs cannot be read correctly on iOS. Because iOS reads PDF/A, which FastReports doesn't support. This is apparently a known bug in FastReports 4.0, and it will be fixed in FastReports 5.0. However, 5.0 is a long way away, and has been in development for years by now.

So my simple solution - and I'd prefer a simple as possible solution, so I can remove it again once FastReports 5.0 is out - right now is to simply print the existing PDF to another PDF. Can this be done without installing a PDF printer on the system and just use Delphi?

And if not, is there a converter that accepts PDF files and outputs PDF files?

Answer

Leonardo Herrera picture Leonardo Herrera · May 7, 2013

Try using SynPDF. It's open source, and its results are good, while managing file size to a very acceptable level. It produces PDF/A docs.

A Fast Report export unit can be found in the following location:

http://synopse.info/forum/viewtopic.php?id=781

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