Export Crystal to PDF using C# https hyperlinks not available

Question

Background:
A columnar crystal report has been created detailing  financial information.  The second column in the report is an invoice number.  If the report user clicks on the invoice number, a hyperlink is used to access the invoice pdf.   The link is displayed on mouse over when the user is in the pdf document.  This works fine when the link is a http link or https link and was created from the crystal reports client.   The problem exists with the merge modules.  A C# program was created to read a database containing report names and parameters and generate the reports from the .rpt file.  Several hundred reports are then deployed to a web server.  This process has been working successfully for a couple years with hyperlinks embedded in reports.  The hyperlinks have all been http, not https.
Please note the hyperlinks were created by formatting a field and choosing hyperlink.  The hyperlink type is a website on the internet.  https works from both the manual entry and formula editor when running from the crystal reports client.  It does not work if the report is run using the merge modules.
Problem:
When using the Crystal report merge modules version 10.2.3600, http links are available but https links are not avaiable.   if the http link is in UPPERCASE, the link also does not show up in the pdf document.
The reports all create successfully, just when created and exported using the merge modules, one cannot click on a field in the report and access an https link, but they can access an http link.
Is there a security setting that is different when running from the crystal reports client than when using the Crystal report documents.
Crystal Reports Client:  Crystal Reports XI
Gac Listing
CrystalDecisions.CrystalReports.Engine, Version=10.2.3600.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=692fbea5521e1304, processorArchitecture=MSIL
CrystalDecisions.Shared, Version=10.2.3600.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=692fbea5521e1304, processorArchitecture=MSIL
CrystalDecisions.Windows.Forms, Version=10.2.3600.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=692fbea5521e1304, processorArchitecture=MSIL

Answer 1

Yes.  Crystal reports designer.  I create the report in the designer, right click and format a field. For the sake of example, the field is an invoice number.   My intent is to click on the invoice number and a pdf invoice will be displayed through the hyperlink.  The pdfs are all precreated. 
Note: In designer, the invoice field was formatted to have a hyperlink but shows the invoice number to the person looking at the report.  The hyperlink was added in designer by right clicking on the invoice field, choose hyperlink, then choose a website on the internet.   The website specified on the internet is an https link.  This works fine when using designer. 
The problem is when the report is created using the merge modules.  The merge modules are for visual studio 2005.
A C# program was developed to automate the build of several hundred reports in batch.  The output format of the reports is a pdf.   When viewing the pdf created from the c# program using the merge modules, the https links appear to be not recognized when you mouse over the invoice field.  If the hyperlink is an http address and not an https address, the link appears when you mouse over the invoice field.  By holding the mouse on a field, the link displays on the screen.
Also when using the merge modules, if the  http is uppercase like HTTP://www.xyz.com, the link will not be available in the pdf also.   Please note, the pdf viewer was also upgraded.
Thank you for your assistance.  It is much appreciated.