Font trouble when upgrading to 6i from 2.5 on the HP-UX server

Question

Hi,
We've recently upgraded to 6i from version 2.5 (developer
2000). Most everything went smoothly except when deploying our
server reports. We use Times New Roman on the PC based reports
and those that are run on the server are mapped/aliased to
Times. Everything worked fine in the 2.5 version. I have
checked the setup of fonts, ppd files, and the like and
everything is correct. In fact looking at the generated output,
postscript (.ps) file, with a text editor you can see that the
proper font has been used. Although, we still get lines that
aren't wrapped, misalignment, centering doesn't work, etc.
If I run the report at the HP-UX console the output looks fine
as, just like the PC windows NT version. It's when the report
is run using the command RWRUN60 that the output is incorrect.
I get the same results when generating postscript or PDF files.
As I said earlier the same application works fine for 2.5
versions. And the correct ppd file and fonts are used. But the
output is skewed. Leading me to believe that there is bug in
the engine that builds the report output in the new version of
the tool. Any suggestions would be most appreciated.
thanks
terry

Answer 1

Hi.
I am going to start on a new project where
we will convert Reports from 2.5 to 6i.
What's the procedure for converting reports
from 2.5 to 6i? Is it as easy as opening the
2.5 reports in the 6i builder or is a conversion
needed like running RWCON60?
I hope you can help me on this. Who knows maybe
along the way we will encounter your problem and
we might be able to return the favor.
Again thank you very much.