Bad files when exporting reports to PDF with CR4E

Question

<p>Hello,</p><p>Have any of you successfully used CR4E to create a report and report viewer that produces a valid PDF export?  I attempted this and the report looks fine, but when I export it to a PDF and attempt to open it, I get an Adobe Reader error message stating "There was an error opening this document.  The file is damaged and could not be repaired."  I am using Adobe Reader 7.0.8.</p><p>Thanks,</p><p>Matt</p>

Answer 1

<p>Thank you Sean!  I am using WAS 6.0.2, but I can&#39;t verify the fix you mention as I am not sure which JSP I need to remove the whitespace from.  Can you give me some more info on this?  </p><p>I am experimenting with CR4E as I am in the architectural design stage for a new project, so I don&#39;t really understand the CR4E object model yet.   I created my report viewer JSP from the report, and the following JSP code was generated.  I need to remove the white space from this JSP?</p><p>Thank you again.</p><p>Matt</p><font size="2" color="#bf5f3f"><%@</font><font size="2" color="#3f7f7f">page </font><font size="2" color="#7f007f">import</font><font size="2">=</font><font size="2" color="#2a00ff">"com.businessobjects.samples.JRCHelperSample,</font><font size="2" color="#2a00ff"> <p align="left">com.crystaldecisions.report.web.viewer.CrystalReportViewer,</p><p align="left">com.crystaldecisions.reports.sdk.ReportClientDocument,</p><p align="left">com.crystaldecisions.sdk.occa.report.application.OpenReportOptions,</p><p align="left">com.crystaldecisions.sdk.occa.report.lib.ReportSDKExceptionBase,</p><p align="left">com.crystaldecisions.sdk.occa.report.reportsource.IReportSource,</p><p align="left">com.faweb.Company,</p><p align="left">java.util.ArrayList,</p><p align="left">java.util.List"<font size="2" color="#bf5f3f">%><%</font></p></font><font size="2"><p align="left"><font size="2" color="#3f7f5f">// This sample code calls methods from the JRCHelperSample class, which </font></p></font><font size="2"><p align="left"><font size="2" color="#3f7f5f">// contains examples of how to use the BusinessObjects APIs. You are free to </font></p></font><font size="2"><p align="left"><font size="2" color="#3f7f5f">// modify and distribute the source code contained in the JRCHelperSample class. </font></p></font><font size="2" color="#7f0055">try</font>{ String reportName = "Report2.rpt";
ReportClientDocument clientDoc = (ReportClientDocument) session.getAttribute(reportName);
<font size="2" color="#7f0055">if</font>(clientDoc ==<font size="2" color="#7f0055">null</font>) {
// Report can be opened from the relative location specified in the CRConfig.xml, or the report location
// tag can be removed to open the reports as Java resources or using an absolute path
// (absolute path not recommended for Web applications).
clientDoc =<font size="2" color="#7f0055">new</font>ReportClientDocument();
// Open report
clientDoc.open(reportName, OpenReportOptions._openAsReadOnly);
// ****** BEGIN LOGON DATASOURCE SNIPPET ****************
// Database username and password
String userName = "db2inst1"; // TODO: Fill in database user
String password = "######"; // TODO: FIll in password
// logon to database
JRCHelperSample.logonDataSource(clientDoc, userName, password);
// ****** END LOGON DATASOURCE SNIPPET ****************
// ****** BEGIN POPULATE WITH POJO SNIPPET ****************
// **** POPULATE MAIN REPORT ***</font></p></font><font size="2"><p align="left">{</p><p align="left"><font size="2" color="#3f7f5f">// Populate POJO data source</font></p></font><font size="2">String className = </font><font size="2" color="#2a00ff">"com.faweb.Company"</font><font size="2">;</font><font size="2"> <p align="left"><font size="2" color="#3f7f5f">// Look up existing table in the report to set the datasource for and obtain its alias. This table must</font></p></font><font size="2"><p align="left"><font size="2" color="#3f7f5f">// have the same schema as the Resultset that is being pushed in at runtime. The table could be created</font></p></font><font size="2"><p align="left"><font size="2" color="#3f7f5f">// from a Field Definition File, a Command Object, or regular database table. As long the Resultset</font></p></font><font size="2"><p align="left"><font size="2" color="#3f7f5f">// schema has the same field names and types, then the Resultset can be used as the datasource for the table.</font></p></font><font size="2">String tableAlias = </font><font size="2" color="#2a00ff">"Company"</font><font size="2">;</font><font size="2"> <p align="left"><font size="2" color="#3f7f5f">//Create a dataset based on the class com.faweb.Company</font></p></font><font size="2"><p align="left"><font size="2" color="#3f7f5f">//If the class does not have a basic constructor with no parameters, make sure to adjust that manually</font></p></font><font size="2">List dataSet = </font>new<font size="2"> ArrayList();</font><font size="2"> <p align="left">dataSet.add(new* Company(0, "Dummy"));
// dataSet.add(new Company());
// dataSet.add(new Company());
// dataSet.add(new Company());
// dataSet.add(new Company());
//Push the resultset into the report (the POJO resultset will then be
the runtime datasource of the report)
JRCHelperSample.passPOJO(clientDoc, dataSet, className, tableAlias, "");
// ****** END POPULATE WITH POJO SNIPPET ****************
// Store the report document in session
session.setAttribute(reportName, clientDoc);
// ****** BEGIN CONNECT CRYSTALREPORTPAGEVIEWER SNIPPET ****************
// Create the CrystalReportViewer object
CrystalReportViewer crystalReportPageViewer =<font size="2" color="#7f0055">new</font>CrystalReportViewer();
// set the reportsource property of the viewer
IReportSource reportSource = clientDoc.getReportSource();
crystalReportPageViewer.setReportSource(reportSource);
// set viewer attributes
crystalReportPageViewer.setOwnPage(<font size="2" color="#7f0055">true</font>);crystalReportPageViewer.setOwnForm(<font size="2" color="#7f0055">true</font>);
// Apply the viewer preference attributes
// Process the report
crystalReportPageViewer.processHttpRequest(request, response, application,<font size="2" color="#7f0055">null</font>);
// ****** END CONNECT CRYSTALREPORTPAGEVIEWER SNIPPET ****************
// ****** BEGIN EXPORT PDF SNIPPET ***************</font></p></font><font size="2"><p align="left">{</p><p align="left">IReportSource reportSource = clientDoc.getReportSource();</p>JRCHelperSample.exportPDF(reportSource, request, response, config.getServletContext(), </font>true*);
// ****** END EXPORT PDF SNIPPET ***************</font></p></font><font size="2">} </font>catch* (ReportSDKExceptionBase e) {
out.println(e);