SimSun Font

Dear Sir
I have a problem regarding simsun chinese font display in the PDF report generated by JRC
I use Crystal Report to prepare a rpt file and in which I change some chinese words to use Simsun font, which is provided in the font selection pull-down menu.
I use the preview function in Crystal report, it displays fine.
However, once I pass the rpt file to JRC component to generate the PDF, all chinese wording becomes funny characters. They look like chinese but not correct.
Please help
Kit

The character encoding limitation is specific to the PDF export.
The PDF export engine is revamped for the next version of Crystal Reports for Eclipse, which has just recently gone Alpha (so it's for testing purposes only, not production):
http://diamond.businessobjects.com/node/19218
You might test the report, in fact, in the Crystal Report Viewer XI (offline viewer), available here:
http://www.businessobjects.com/product/catalog/crystalreports_viewer/
Save the report with data, and try viewing it in the Crystal Report Viewer XI, then export to PDF. The Viewer uses version 11.9.* of the JRC (CR4E v1 uses 11.8.*). If the PDF export displays incorrect fonts, if you click Help -> General Feedback... then you can send a bug report to BusinessObjects.
Sincerely,
Ted Ueda

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