Barcode in BusinessObjects report becomes text when report is saved as PDF

We have a BusinessObjects report that produces information as both text and barcodes. The barcode portion uses the "Code 3 of 9" (Code 39) font to represent the information. When the report is saved as a PDF from BusinessObjects, the barcode portion appears as text. Has anyone experienced this with BusinessObjects, and is there a solution?
Thanks.
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Post Author: Ted Ueda
CA Forum: JAVA
The PSReportFactory service, CR Page Server, is only for viewing Crystal Report formats, and not instances in other formats.
For the other formats, ensure you list the SI_FILES property in the InfoStore query, then cast the resulting InfoObject to IContent. The IContent interface support methods to stream the file content from the File Repository Server.
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