Object XMP lost on PDF export

Hi there,
our workflow relies on the fact that XMP metadata from individual layout objects in InDesign CS5.5 documents will be exported to PDF >= 1.4 (no flattening, live transparency).
We found that application of certain effects to placed images in InDesign CS5.5 causes a loss of XMP metadata for these layout objects in the finally exported PDF file.
This does not happen w/ all effects: namely those which create a transparent mask to overlay a placed object - inner shadow + glow, bevel & emboss and satin - lead to lost XMP metadata. Not affected are drop shadow, outer glow and the *_feather effects.
In all cases the exported PDF document contains separate objects for the original image and an additional SMask for transparently rendering the effect. There is no flattening applied.
Does anyone in this forum have any idea how this behaviour could be avoided?
If it's a bug, it may be fixed in CS6? ... or should I file a bug report?
Thanks in advance!
Best regards ... Michael

Thanks for sending this info and pointers to previous discussions, David!
Would be great to get hold of a copy of that technote, though. May still help, although it's a bit dated.
With reference to my original post, I checked a test version of ID CS6 today and found that the problems with certain effects and loss of XMP metadata after export to PDF persist.
Since there seems to be - at least some - interest in this topic, I'd like to give a brief summary of what from my experience with CS5.5 currently works ok and where some problems remain. Please take this with a grain of salt since it's mostly from memory, but I may provide further details, if needed.
For placed images export to PDF generally preserves XMP metadata, independent of image format. There are issues with legacy IPTC metadata in case of IPTC format errors or lack of synchronisation between IPTC and XMP according to the IPTC core specification. Worst case export behaviour here is the replacement of original XMP with a new, rudimentary XMP dataset containing only some basic elements. There is another situation where XMP metadata is lost if certain effects are applied to a placed image. Please see my original post for reference.
Object level metadata for placed vector graphics is supported since at least CS5 (compared to CS2). Don't know exactly which version introduced this feature though. There is a problem with"Illustrator 8" compatible EPS files - AFAIK these do not support XMP metadata at all. Vector files in native Illustrator format are also ok,
Placed documents (PDF, EPS) are embedded as marked content sequences in the PDF content stream. Document level metadata is preserved and is referenced as a property of the marked content sequence. Object level metadata _inside_ the placed document should be preserved as well, although I haven't investigated this any further, since I'm currently only interested in the top level objects and their XMP data.
I have witnessed fragmentation due to transparency flattening mostly for placed documents, which have not been "properly" prepared (e.g. exported to PDF-1.3 format or distilled from Postscript). In that case all objects in their original form are replaced by flattened image fragments. With the original objects their associated XMP metadata is of course lost as well.
So much for now.

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 { habtype: "Other", Acres: 0},
 { habtype: "Riparian", Acres: 0},
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 { habtype: "Estuarine", Acres: 0},
 { habtype: "Estuarine Shoreline", Acres: 0},
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 { habtype: "Estuarine", Acres: 0},
 { habtype: "Estuarine Shoreline", Acres: 0},
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 { habtype: "Island", Acres: 0},
 { habtype: "Lake/Pond", Acres: 0},
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 { habtype: "Coral Reef", Acres: 0},
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 { habtype: "Estuarine Shoreline", Acres: 8},
 { habtype: "Instream", Acres: 0},
 { habtype: "Island", Acres: 0},
 { habtype: "Lake/Pond", Acres: 0},
 { habtype: "Mangrove", Acres: 0},
 { habtype: "Other", Acres: 0},
 { habtype: "Riparian", Acres: 0},
 { habtype: "Upland", Acres: 0},
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 { habtype: "Beach/Dune", Acres: 0},
 { habtype: "Coral Reef", Acres: 0},
 { habtype: "Estuarine", Acres: 40},
 { habtype: "Estuarine Shoreline", Acres: 6.5},
 { habtype: "Instream", Acres: 0},
 { habtype: "Island", Acres: 0},
 { habtype: "Lake/Pond", Acres: 0},
 { habtype: "Mangrove", Acres: 0},
 { habtype: "Other", Acres: 0},
 { habtype: "Riparian", Acres: 0},
 { habtype: "Upland", Acres: 195},
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 { habtype: "Coral Reef", Acres: 0},
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 { habtype: "Coral Reef", Acres: 0},
 { habtype: "Estuarine", Acres: 0},
 { habtype: "Estuarine Shoreline", Acres: 0},
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 { habtype: "Lake/Pond", Acres: 0},
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 { habtype: "Island", Acres: 0},
 { habtype: "Lake/Pond", Acres: 0},
 { habtype: "Mangrove", Acres: 0},
 { habtype: "Other", Acres: 0},
 { habtype: "Riparian", Acres: 0},
 { habtype: "Upland", Acres: 106.13},
 { habtype: "Wetland", Acres: 12.97} ]);
 [Bindable]
 private var nep21:ArrayCollection = new ArrayCollection( [
 { habtype: "Agriculture/Ranch Land", Acres: 9},
 { habtype: "Beach/Dune", Acres: 0},
 { habtype: "Coral Reef", Acres: 0},
 { habtype: "Estuarine", Acres: 3},
 { habtype: "Estuarine Shoreline", Acres: 0},
 { habtype: "Instream", Acres: 0},
 { habtype: "Island", Acres: 0},
 { habtype: "Lake/Pond", Acres: 0},
 { habtype: "Mangrove", Acres: 0},
 { habtype: "Other", Acres: 0},
 { habtype: "Riparian", Acres: 2},
 { habtype: "Upland", Acres: 1451},
 { habtype: "Wetland", Acres: 27} ]);
 [Bindable]
 private var nep22:ArrayCollection = new ArrayCollection( [
 { habtype: "Agriculture/Ranch Land", Acres: 26},
 { habtype: "Beach/Dune", Acres: 1.65},
 { habtype: "Coral Reef", Acres: 0},
 { habtype: "Estuarine", Acres: 240.39},
 { habtype: "Estuarine Shoreline", Acres: 314.97},
 { habtype: "Instream", Acres: 505.87},
 { habtype: "Island", Acres: 0},
 { habtype: "Lake/Pond", Acres: 0},
 { habtype: "Mangrove", Acres: 0},
 { habtype: "Other", Acres: 0},
 { habtype: "Riparian", Acres: 1450.47},
 { habtype: "Upland", Acres: 1176.7},
 { habtype: "Wetland", Acres: 850.58} ]);
 [Bindable]
 private var nep23:ArrayCollection = new ArrayCollection( [
 { habtype: "Agriculture/Ranch Land", Acres: 0},
 { habtype: "Beach/Dune", Acres: 0},
 { habtype: "Coral Reef", Acres: 0},
 { habtype: "Estuarine", Acres: 0},
 { habtype: "Estuarine Shoreline", Acres: 0},
 { habtype: "Instream", Acres: 0},
 { habtype: "Island", Acres: 0},
 { habtype: "Lake/Pond", Acres: 0},
 { habtype: "Mangrove", Acres: 0},
 { habtype: "Other", Acres: 0},
 { habtype: "Riparian", Acres: 43.05},
 { habtype: "Upland", Acres: 4519},
 { habtype: "Wetland", Acres: 3271} ]);
 [Bindable]
 private var nep24:ArrayCollection = new ArrayCollection( [
 { habtype: "Agriculture/Ranch Land", Acres: 0},
 { habtype: "Beach/Dune", Acres: 1},
 { habtype: "Coral Reef", Acres: 0.13},
 { habtype: "Estuarine", Acres: 0},
 { habtype: "Estuarine Shoreline", Acres: 0},
 { habtype: "Instream", Acres: 0},
 { habtype: "Island", Acres: 0},
 { habtype: "Lake/Pond", Acres: 0},
 { habtype: "Mangrove", Acres: 0},
 { habtype: "Other", Acres: 0},
 { habtype: "Riparian", Acres: 1},
 { habtype: "Upland", Acres: 0},
 { habtype: "Wetland", Acres: 10} ]);
 [Bindable]
 private var nep25:ArrayCollection = new ArrayCollection( [
 { habtype: "Agriculture/Ranch Land", Acres: 0},
 { habtype: "Beach/Dune", Acres: 0},
 { habtype: "Coral Reef", Acres: 0},
 { habtype: "Estuarine", Acres: 1.6},
 { habtype: "Estuarine Shoreline", Acres: 0},
 { habtype: "Instream", Acres: 0},
 { habtype: "Island", Acres: 0},
 { habtype: "Lake/Pond", Acres: 0},
 { habtype: "Mangrove", Acres: 0},
 { habtype: "Other", Acres: 7},
 { habtype: "Riparian", Acres: 100},
 { habtype: "Upland", Acres: 6.2},
 { habtype: "Wetland", Acres: 0} ]);
 [Bindable]
 private var nep26:ArrayCollection = new ArrayCollection( [
 { habtype: "Agriculture/Ranch Land", Acres: 0},
 { habtype: "Beach/Dune", Acres: 5.5},
 { habtype: "Coral Reef", Acres: 0},
 { habtype: "Estuarine", Acres: 4.5},
 { habtype: "Estuarine Shoreline", Acres: 15},
 { habtype: "Instream", Acres: 0},
 { habtype: "Island", Acres: 0},
 { habtype: "Lake/Pond", Acres: 0},
 { habtype: "Mangrove", Acres: 0},
 { habtype: "Other", Acres: 0},
 { habtype: "Riparian", Acres: 0},
 { habtype: "Upland", Acres: 82},
 { habtype: "Wetland", Acres: 40} ]);
 [Bindable]
 private var nep27:ArrayCollection = new ArrayCollection( [
 { habtype: "Agriculture/Ranch Land", Acres: 0},
 { habtype: "Beach/Dune", Acres: 5.1},
 { habtype: "Coral Reef", Acres: 0},
 { habtype: "Estuarine", Acres: 23},
 { habtype: "Estuarine Shoreline", Acres: 0},
 { habtype: "Instream", Acres: 0},
 { habtype: "Island", Acres: 0},
 { habtype: "Lake/Pond", Acres: 4.8},
 { habtype: "Mangrove", Acres: 3.5},
 { habtype: "Other", Acres: 0},
 { habtype: "Riparian", Acres: 0},
 { habtype: "Upland", Acres: 1221},
 { habtype: "Wetland", Acres: 17.4}]);
 [Bindable]
 private var nep28:ArrayCollection = new ArrayCollection( [
 { habtype: "Agriculture/Ranch Land", Acres: 67},
 { habtype: "Beach/Dune", Acres: 0},
 { habtype: "Coral Reef", Acres: 0},
 { habtype: "Estuarine", Acres: 2},
 { habtype: "Estuarine Shoreline", Acres: 0},
 { habtype: "Instream", Acres: 0},
 { habtype: "Island", Acres: 0},
 { habtype: "Lake/Pond", Acres: 0},
 { habtype: "Mangrove", Acres: 0},
 { habtype: "Other", Acres: 0},
 { habtype: "Riparian", Acres: 31.33},
 { habtype: "Upland", Acres: 0},
 { habtype: "Wetland", Acres: 74.24}]);
 private function displayAcres(data:Object, field:String, index:Number, percentValue:Number):String {
 var temp:String= (" " + percentValue).substr(0,6);
 return data.habtype + ": " + '\n ' + data.Acres + " Acres" + '\n ' + temp + "%";
 //Export to PNG information
 private function saveImageAs(event:MouseEvent):void
 var bd:BitmapData = new BitmapData(cChart.width,cChart.height);
 bd.draw(cChart);
 var png:PNGEncoder = new PNGEncoder();
 var ba:ByteArray = png.encode(bd);
 var fr:FileReference = new FileReference();
 fr.save(ba, "nepfy11-piechart.png");
 ]]>
 </mx:Script>
 
 <mx:Panel id="cChart" title="2011 Habitat Efforts" width="825" height="600" chromeColor="#527EAC" layout="vertical" color="#FFFFFF" verticalGap="10" x="15" y="15">
 <mx:HBox width="400" height="20">
 <mx:ComboBox id="filterCombo" x="140" y="140" change="changeEvt(event)" color="#000000" >
 <mx:String>Select NEP</mx:String>
 <mx:String>Albemarle-Pamlico Estuary Program</mx:String>
 <mx:String>Barataria-Terrebonne Estuary Program</mx:String>
 <mx:String>Barnegat Bay Estuary Program</mx:String>
 <mx:String>Buzzards Bay National Estuary Program</mx:String>
 <mx:String>Casco Bay Estuary Partnership</mx:String>
 <mx:String>Charlotte Harbor Estuary Program</mx:String>
 <mx:String>Coastal Bend Bays and Estuaries Program</mx:String>
 <mx:String>Delaware Estuary Program</mx:String>
 <mx:String>Delaware Inland Bays Estuary Program</mx:String>
 <mx:String>Galveston Bay Estuary Program</mx:String>
 <mx:String>Indian River Lagoon NEP</mx:String>
 <mx:String>Long Island Sound Study</mx:String>
 <mx:String>Lower Columbia River Estuary</mx:String>
 <mx:String>Maryland Coastal Bays Program</mx:String>
 <mx:String>Massachusetts Bays NEP</mx:String>
 <mx:String>Mobile Bay Estuary Program</mx:String>
 <mx:String>Morro Bay Estuary Program</mx:String>
 <mx:String>Narragansett Bay Estuary Program</mx:String>
 <mx:String>New York-New Jersey Harbor Estuary Program</mx:String>
 <mx:String>Peconic Estuary Program</mx:String>
 <mx:String>Piscataqua Region Estuaries Partnership</mx:String>
 <mx:String>Puget Sound Partnership</mx:String>
 <mx:String>San Francisco Estuary Project</mx:String>
 <mx:String>San Juan Bay NEP</mx:String>
 <mx:String>Santa Monica Bay Restoration Project</mx:String>
 <mx:String>Sarasota Bay Estuary Program</mx:String>
 <mx:String>Tampa Bay Estuary Program</mx:String>
 <mx:String>Tillamook Estuaries Partnership</mx:String>
 </mx:ComboBox>
 </mx:HBox>
 <mx:HBox horizontalGap="20" width="822" height="535">
 <mx:PieChart id="chart" showDataTips="true" dataProvider="{ds}" width="634" height="534" paddingTop="10" fontSize="9" fontFamily="Arial" color="#000000" textAlign="left">
 <mx:series>
 <mx:PieSeries id="seriesId" explodeRadius="0.06" nameField="habtype" labelPosition="callout" color="#000000" insideLabelSizeLimit="8" field="Acres" labelFunction="displayAcres">
 </mx:PieSeries>
 </mx:series>
 </mx:PieChart>
 <mx:Legend dataProvider="{chart}" dropShadowVisible="true" width="150" color="#000000" height="350" chromeColor="#527EAC" borderColor="#527EAC" direction="vertical"/>
 </mx:HBox>
 </mx:Panel>
 <mx:Button x="734" y="623" label="Export Pie Chart" id="btnSnap" click="saveImageAs(event)"/>
 <mx:Button x="444" y="623" label="PDF" click="savePDF(event)" />
</mx:Application>
Thank you in advance,
Alison

I figured it out!!!!! In case anyone else needs to know - here is the working code:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<mx:Application xmlns:mx="http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml" layout="absolute" height="650" width="850">
 <mx:Script>
 <![CDATA[
 import flash.events.Event;
 import mx.collections.ArrayCollection;
 import mx.controls.Alert;
 import mx.events.*;
 import mx.events.DropdownEvent;
 import mx.graphics.codec.PNGEncoder;
 import org.alivepdf.display.*;
 import org.alivepdf.fonts.*;
 import org.alivepdf.images.ColorSpace;
 import org.alivepdf.images.PDFImage;
 import org.alivepdf.layout.*;
 import org.alivepdf.pdf.*;
 import org.alivepdf.saving.*;
 //PDF Export information
 private var pdf:PDF;
 private function savePDF(event:MouseEvent): void {
 pdf = new PDF(Orientation.LANDSCAPE, Unit.MM, Size.LETTER);
 pdf.setDisplayMode(Display.FULL_WIDTH);
 pdf.addPage();
 var bd:BitmapData = new BitmapData(cChart.width,cChart.height);
 bd.draw(cChart);
 var bm:Bitmap=new Bitmap(bd);
 //bm.x=825;
 //bm.y=600;
 //bm.width=825;
 pdf.setMargins(0, 2, 0, 0);
 pdf.addImage(bm, new Resize (Mode.RESIZE_PAGE, Position.CENTERED));
 //pdf.setXY(10,95);
 var bytes:ByteArray=pdf.save(Method.LOCAL);
 var fr:FileReference=new FileReference();
 fr.save(bytes,"nep_piefy11.pdf");
 //Pie Chart Creation information
 [Bindable]
 public var ds:ArrayCollection = sel;
 private function changeEvt(event:Event):void {
 if(filterCombo.selectedItem == 'Select NEP') {ds = sel;}
 if(filterCombo.selectedItem == 'Albemarle-Pamlico Estuary Program') {ds = nep1;}
 if(filterCombo.selectedItem == 'Barataria-Terrebonne Estuary Program') {ds = nep2;}
 if(filterCombo.selectedItem == 'Barnegat Bay Estuary Program') {ds = nep3;}
 if(filterCombo.selectedItem == 'Buzzards Bay National Estuary Program') {ds = nep4;}
 if(filterCombo.selectedItem == 'Casco Bay Estuary Partnership') {ds = nep5;}
 if(filterCombo.selectedItem == 'Charlotte Harbor Estuary Program') {ds = nep6;}
 if(filterCombo.selectedItem == 'Coastal Bend Bays and Estuaries Program') {ds = nep7;}
 if(filterCombo.selectedItem == 'Delaware Estuary Program') {ds = nep8;}
 if(filterCombo.selectedItem == 'Delaware Inland Bays Estuary Program') {ds = nep9;}
 if(filterCombo.selectedItem == 'Galveston Bay Estuary Program') {ds = nep10;}
 if(filterCombo.selectedItem == 'Indian River Lagoon NEP') {ds = nep11;}
 if(filterCombo.selectedItem == 'Long Island Sound Study') {ds = nep12;}
 if(filterCombo.selectedItem == 'Lower Columbia River Estuary') {ds = nep13;}
 if(filterCombo.selectedItem == 'Maryland Coastal Bays Program') {ds = nep14;}
 if(filterCombo.selectedItem == 'Massachusetts Bays NEP') {ds = nep15;}
 if(filterCombo.selectedItem == 'Mobile Bay Estuary Program') {ds = nep16;}
 if(filterCombo.selectedItem == 'Morro Bay Estuary Program') {ds = nep17;}
 if(filterCombo.selectedItem == 'Narragansett Bay Estuary Program') {ds = nep18;}
 if(filterCombo.selectedItem == 'New York-New Jersey Harbor Estuary Program') {ds = nep19;}
 if(filterCombo.selectedItem == 'Peconic Estuary Program') {ds = nep20;}
 if(filterCombo.selectedItem == 'Piscataqua Region Estuaries Partnership') {ds = nep21;}
 if(filterCombo.selectedItem == 'Puget Sound Partnership') {ds = nep22;}
 if(filterCombo.selectedItem == 'San Francisco Estuary Project') {ds = nep23;}
 if(filterCombo.selectedItem == 'San Juan Bay NEP') {ds = nep24;}
 if(filterCombo.selectedItem == 'Santa Monica Bay Restoration Project') {ds = nep25;}
 if(filterCombo.selectedItem == 'Sarasota Bay Estuary Program') {ds = nep26;}
 if(filterCombo.selectedItem == 'Tampa Bay Estuary Program') {ds = nep27;}
 if(filterCombo.selectedItem == 'Tillamook Estuaries Partnership') {ds = nep28;}
 [Bindable]
 private var sel:ArrayCollection = new ArrayCollection( [
 { habtype: "Agriculture/Ranch Land", Acres: 0},
 { habtype: "Beach/Dune", Acres: 0},
 { habtype: "Coral Reef", Acres: 0},
 { habtype: "Estuarine", Acres: 0.5},
 { habtype: "Estuarine Shoreline", Acres: 0},
 { habtype: "Instream", Acres: 0},
 { habtype: "Island", Acres: 0},
 { habtype: "Lake/Pond", Acres: 0},
 { habtype: "Mangrove", Acres: 0},
 { habtype: "Other", Acres: 0},
 { habtype: "Riparian", Acres: 0},
 { habtype: "Upland", Acres: 0},
 { habtype: "Wetland", Acres: 0} ]);
 [Bindable]
 private var nep1:ArrayCollection = new ArrayCollection( [
 { habtype: "Agriculture/Ranch Land", Acres: 778.44},
 { habtype: "Beach/Dune", Acres: 0},
 { habtype: "Coral Reef", Acres: 0},
 { habtype: "Estuarine", Acres: 0.45},
 { habtype: "Estuarine Shoreline", Acres: 1276.30},
 { habtype: "Instream", Acres: 1.0},
 { habtype: "Island", Acres: 0},
 { habtype: "Lake/Pond", Acres: 0},
 { habtype: "Mangrove", Acres: 0},
 { habtype: "Other", Acres: 0},
 { habtype: "Riparian", Acres: 0.75},
 { habtype: "Upland", Acres: 779.74},
 { habtype: "Wetland", Acres: 3268.31} ]);
 [Bindable]
 private var nep2:ArrayCollection = new ArrayCollection( [
 { habtype: "Agriculture/Ranch Land", Acres: 0},
 { habtype: "Beach/Dune", Acres: 0},
 { habtype: "Coral Reef", Acres: 0},
 { habtype: "Estuarine", Acres: 0},
 { habtype: "Estuarine Shoreline", Acres: 0},
 { habtype: "Instream", Acres: 0},
 { habtype: "Island", Acres: 7.25},
 { habtype: "Lake/Pond", Acres: 0},
 { habtype: "Mangrove", Acres: 0},
 { habtype: "Other", Acres: 0},
 { habtype: "Riparian", Acres: 0},
 { habtype: "Upland", Acres: 0},
 { habtype: "Wetland", Acres: 1185} ]);
 [Bindable]
 private var nep3:ArrayCollection = new ArrayCollection( [
 { habtype: "Agriculture/Ranch Land", Acres: 0},
 { habtype: "Beach/Dune", Acres: 0},
 { habtype: "Coral Reef", Acres: 0},
 { habtype: "Estuarine", Acres: 0},
 { habtype: "Estuarine Shoreline", Acres: 0},
 { habtype: "Instream", Acres: 0},
 { habtype: "Island", Acres: 0},
 { habtype: "Lake/Pond", Acres: 0},
 { habtype: "Mangrove", Acres: 0},
 { habtype: "Other", Acres: 0},
 { habtype: "Riparian", Acres: 35.21},
 { habtype: "Upland", Acres: 852.57},
 { habtype: "Wetland", Acres: 197.82} ]);
 [Bindable]
 private var nep4:ArrayCollection = new ArrayCollection( [
 { habtype: "Agriculture/Ranch Land", Acres: 0},
 { habtype: "Beach/Dune", Acres: 0},
 { habtype: "Coral Reef", Acres: 0},
 { habtype: "Estuarine", Acres: 0},
 { habtype: "Estuarine Shoreline", Acres: 0},
 { habtype: "Instream", Acres: 0},
 { habtype: "Island", Acres: 0},
 { habtype: "Lake/Pond", Acres: 751.82},
 { habtype: "Mangrove", Acres: 0},
 { habtype: "Other", Acres: 0},
 { habtype: "Riparian", Acres: 0},
 { habtype: "Upland", Acres: 321.82},
 { habtype: "Wetland", Acres: 157.35} ]);
 [Bindable]
 private var nep5:ArrayCollection = new ArrayCollection( [
 { habtype: "Agriculture/Ranch Land", Acres: 217},
 { habtype: "Beach/Dune", Acres: 0},
 { habtype: "Coral Reef", Acres: 0},
 { habtype: "Estuarine", Acres: 0},
 { habtype: "Estuarine Shoreline", Acres: 0},
 { habtype: "Instream", Acres: 0},
 { habtype: "Island", Acres: 0},
 { habtype: "Lake/Pond", Acres: 0},
 { habtype: "Mangrove", Acres: 0},
 { habtype: "Other", Acres: 0},
 { habtype: "Riparian", Acres: 0},
 { habtype: "Upland", Acres: 324.5},
 { habtype: "Wetland", Acres: 0} ]);
 [Bindable]
 private var nep6:ArrayCollection = new ArrayCollection( [
 { habtype: "Agriculture/Ranch Land", Acres: 1268},
 { habtype: "Beach/Dune", Acres: 0},
 { habtype: "Coral Reef", Acres: 0},
 { habtype: "Estuarine", Acres: 50},
 { habtype: "Estuarine Shoreline", Acres: 0},
 { habtype: "Instream", Acres: 0},
 { habtype: "Island", Acres: 0},
 { habtype: "Lake/Pond", Acres: 0},
 { habtype: "Mangrove", Acres: 61},
 { habtype: "Other", Acres: 0},
 { habtype: "Riparian", Acres: 0},
 { habtype: "Upland", Acres: 809},
 { habtype: "Wetland", Acres: 1690} ]);
 [Bindable]
 private var nep7:ArrayCollection = new ArrayCollection( [
 { habtype: "Agriculture/Ranch Land", Acres: 0},
 { habtype: "Beach/Dune", Acres: 0},
 { habtype: "Coral Reef", Acres: 0},
 { habtype: "Estuarine", Acres: 0},
 { habtype: "Estuarine Shoreline", Acres: 0},
 { habtype: "Instream", Acres: 0},
 { habtype: "Island", Acres: 0},
 { habtype: "Lake/Pond", Acres: 0},
 { habtype: "Mangrove", Acres: 0},
 { habtype: "Other", Acres: 0},
 { habtype: "Riparian", Acres: 0},
 { habtype: "Upland", Acres: 0},
 { habtype: "Wetland", Acres: 726} ]);
 [Bindable]
 private var nep8:ArrayCollection = new ArrayCollection( [
 { habtype: "Agriculture/Ranch Land", Acres: 0},
 { habtype: "Beach/Dune", Acres: 0.28},
 { habtype: "Coral Reef", Acres: 0},
 { habtype: "Estuarine", Acres: 82},
 { habtype: "Estuarine Shoreline", Acres: 0.14},
 { habtype: "Instream", Acres: 2.3},
 { habtype: "Island", Acres: 0},
 { habtype: "Lake/Pond", Acres: 643},
 { habtype: "Mangrove", Acres: 0},
 { habtype: "Other", Acres: 0},
 { habtype: "Riparian", Acres: 501.9},
 { habtype: "Upland", Acres: 148.71},
 { habtype: "Wetland", Acres: 2586.02} ]);
 [Bindable]
 private var nep9:ArrayCollection = new ArrayCollection( [
 { habtype: "Agriculture/Ranch Land", Acres: 0},
 { habtype: "Beach/Dune", Acres: 0},
 { habtype: "Coral Reef", Acres: 0},
 { habtype: "Estuarine", Acres: 26.21},
 { habtype: "Estuarine Shoreline", Acres: 0},
 { habtype: "Instream", Acres: 0},
 { habtype: "Island", Acres: 0},
 { habtype: "Lake/Pond", Acres: 37},
 { habtype: "Mangrove", Acres: 0},
 { habtype: "Other", Acres: 0},
 { habtype: "Riparian", Acres: 0},
 { habtype: "Upland", Acres: 27},
 { habtype: "Wetland", Acres: 646} ]);
 [Bindable]
 private var nep10:ArrayCollection = new ArrayCollection( [
 { habtype: "Agriculture/Ranch Land", Acres: 0},
 { habtype: "Beach/Dune", Acres: 0},
 { habtype: "Coral Reef", Acres: 0},
 { habtype: "Estuarine", Acres: 0},
 { habtype: "Estuarine Shoreline", Acres: 0},
 { habtype: "Instream", Acres: 0},
 { habtype: "Island", Acres: 0},
 { habtype: "Lake/Pond", Acres: 0},
 { habtype: "Mangrove", Acres: 0},
 { habtype: "Other", Acres: 2868},
 { habtype: "Riparian", Acres: 0},
 { habtype: "Upland", Acres: 0},
 { habtype: "Wetland", Acres: 407.06} ]);
 [Bindable]
 private var nep11:ArrayCollection = new ArrayCollection( [
 { habtype: "Agriculture/Ranch Land", Acres: 0},
 { habtype: "Beach/Dune", Acres: 5},
 { habtype: "Coral Reef", Acres: 0},
 { habtype: "Estuarine", Acres: 3},
 { habtype: "Estuarine Shoreline", Acres: 0},
 { habtype: "Instream", Acres: 0},
 { habtype: "Island", Acres: 43},
 { habtype: "Lake/Pond", Acres: 0},
 { habtype: "Mangrove", Acres: 0},
 { habtype: "Other", Acres: 0},
 { habtype: "Riparian", Acres: 0},
 { habtype: "Upland", Acres: 12910.5},
 { habtype: "Wetland", Acres: 5026} ]);
 [Bindable]
 private var nep12:ArrayCollection = new ArrayCollection( [
 { habtype: "Agriculture/Ranch Land", Acres: 67},
 { habtype: "Beach/Dune", Acres: 21.95},
 { habtype: "Coral Reef", Acres: 0},
 { habtype: "Estuarine", Acres: 0},
 { habtype: "Estuarine Shoreline", Acres: 0},
 { habtype: "Instream", Acres: 0},
 { habtype: "Island", Acres: 0},
 { habtype: "Lake/Pond", Acres: 0},
 { habtype: "Mangrove", Acres: 0},
 { habtype: "Other", Acres: 0},
 { habtype: "Riparian", Acres: 0},
 { habtype: "Upland", Acres: 120.72},
 { habtype: "Wetland", Acres: 151.08} ]);
 [Bindable]
 private var nep13:ArrayCollection = new ArrayCollection( [
 { habtype: "Agriculture/Ranch Land", Acres: 0},
 { habtype: "Beach/Dune", Acres: 0},
 { habtype: "Coral Reef", Acres: 0},
 { habtype: "Estuarine", Acres: 0},
 { habtype: "Estuarine Shoreline", Acres: 0},
 { habtype: "Instream", Acres: 12},
 { habtype: "Island", Acres: 0},
 { habtype: "Lake/Pond", Acres: 0},
 { habtype: "Mangrove", Acres: 0},
 { habtype: "Other", Acres: 0},
 { habtype: "Riparian", Acres: 194},
 { habtype: "Upland", Acres: 0},
 { habtype: "Wetland", Acres: 200} ]);
 [Bindable]
 private var nep14:ArrayCollection = new ArrayCollection( [
 { habtype: "Agriculture/Ranch Land", Acres: 0},
 { habtype: "Beach/Dune", Acres: 58},
 { habtype: "Coral Reef", Acres: 0},
 { habtype: "Estuarine", Acres: 153},
 { habtype: "Estuarine Shoreline", Acres: 0},
 { habtype: "Instream", Acres: 0},
 { habtype: "Island", Acres: 0},
 { habtype: "Lake/Pond", Acres: 0},
 { habtype: "Mangrove", Acres: 0},
 { habtype: "Other", Acres: 0},
 { habtype: "Riparian", Acres: 0},
 { habtype: "Upland", Acres: 494.3},
 { habtype: "Wetland", Acres: 0} ]);
 [Bindable]
 private var nep15:ArrayCollection = new ArrayCollection( [
 { habtype: "Agriculture/Ranch Land", Acres: 0},
 { habtype: "Beach/Dune", Acres: 0},
 { habtype: "Coral Reef", Acres: 0},
 { habtype: "Estuarine", Acres: 1313},
 { habtype: "Estuarine Shoreline", Acres: 8},
 { habtype: "Instream", Acres: 0},
 { habtype: "Island", Acres: 0},
 { habtype: "Lake/Pond", Acres: 0},
 { habtype: "Mangrove", Acres: 0},
 { habtype: "Other", Acres: 0},
 { habtype: "Riparian", Acres: 0},
 { habtype: "Upland", Acres: 0},
 { habtype: "Wetland", Acres: 543.8} ]);
 [Bindable]
 private var nep16:ArrayCollection = new ArrayCollection( [
 { habtype: "Agriculture/Ranch Land", Acres: 0},
 { habtype: "Beach/Dune", Acres: 0},
 { habtype: "Coral Reef", Acres: 0},
 { habtype: "Estuarine", Acres: 40},
 { habtype: "Estuarine Shoreline", Acres: 6.5},
 { habtype: "Instream", Acres: 0},
 { habtype: "Island", Acres: 0},
 { habtype: "Lake/Pond", Acres: 0},
 { habtype: "Mangrove", Acres: 0},
 { habtype: "Other", Acres: 0},
 { habtype: "Riparian", Acres: 0},
 { habtype: "Upland", Acres: 195},
 { habtype: "Wetland", Acres: 85} ]);
 [Bindable]
 private var nep17:ArrayCollection = new ArrayCollection( [
 { habtype: "Agriculture/Ranch Land", Acres: 0},
 { habtype: "Beach/Dune", Acres: 1109.9},
 { habtype: "Coral Reef", Acres: 0},
 { habtype: "Estuarine", Acres: 1.14},
 { habtype: "Estuarine Shoreline", Acres: 0.28},
 { habtype: "Instream", Acres: 0},
 { habtype: "Island", Acres: 0},
 { habtype: "Lake/Pond", Acres: 0},
 { habtype: "Mangrove", Acres: 0},
 { habtype: "Other", Acres: 0},
 { habtype: "Riparian", Acres: 0},
 { habtype: "Upland", Acres: 0.71},
 { habtype: "Wetland", Acres: 0} ]);
 [Bindable]
 private var nep18:ArrayCollection = new ArrayCollection( [
 { habtype: "Agriculture/Ranch Land", Acres: 0},
 { habtype: "Beach/Dune", Acres: 0},
 { habtype: "Coral Reef", Acres: 0},
 { habtype: "Estuarine", Acres: 0},
 { habtype: "Estuarine Shoreline", Acres: 0},
 { habtype: "Instream", Acres: 1099},
 { habtype: "Island", Acres: 0},
 { habtype: "Lake/Pond", Acres: 0},
 { habtype: "Mangrove", Acres: 0},
 { habtype: "Other", Acres: 0},
 { habtype: "Riparian", Acres: 0},
 { habtype: "Upland", Acres: 0},
 { habtype: "Wetland", Acres: 0} ]);
 [Bindable]
 private var nep19:ArrayCollection = new ArrayCollection( [
 { habtype: "Agriculture/Ranch Land", Acres: 0},
 { habtype: "Beach/Dune", Acres: 0},
 { habtype: "Coral Reef", Acres: 0},
 { habtype: "Estuarine", Acres: 0},
 { habtype: "Estuarine Shoreline", Acres: 0},
 { habtype: "Instream", Acres: 0},
 { habtype: "Island", Acres: 0},
 { habtype: "Lake/Pond", Acres: 0},
 { habtype: "Mangrove", Acres: 0},
 { habtype: "Other", Acres: 0},
 { habtype: "Riparian", Acres: 0},
 { habtype: "Upland", Acres: 0},
 { habtype: "Wetland", Acres: 101.3} ]);
 [Bindable]
 private var nep20:ArrayCollection = new ArrayCollection( [
 { habtype: "Agriculture/Ranch Land", Acres: 98.72},
 { habtype: "Beach/Dune", Acres: 0},
 { habtype: "Coral Reef", Acres: 0},
 { habtype: "Estuarine", Acres: 17.99},
 { habtype: "Estuarine Shoreline", Acres: 0},
 { habtype: "Instream", Acres: 0},
 { habtype: "Island", Acres: 0},
 { habtype: "Lake/Pond", Acres: 0},
 { habtype: "Mangrove", Acres: 0},
 { habtype: "Other", Acres: 0},
 { habtype: "Riparian", Acres: 0},
 { habtype: "Upland", Acres: 106.13},
 { habtype: "Wetland", Acres: 12.97} ]);
 [Bindable]
 private var nep21:ArrayCollection = new ArrayCollection( [
 { habtype: "Agriculture/Ranch Land", Acres: 9},
 { habtype: "Beach/Dune", Acres: 0},
 { habtype: "Coral Reef", Acres: 0},
 { habtype: "Estuarine", Acres: 3},
 { habtype: "Estuarine Shoreline", Acres: 0},
 { habtype: "Instream", Acres: 0},
 { habtype: "Island", Acres: 0},
 { habtype: "Lake/Pond", Acres: 0},
 { habtype: "Mangrove", Acres: 0},
 { habtype: "Other", Acres: 0},
 { habtype: "Riparian", Acres: 2},
 { habtype: "Upland", Acres: 1451},
 { habtype: "Wetland", Acres: 27} ]);
 [Bindable]
 private var nep22:ArrayCollection = new ArrayCollection( [
 { habtype: "Agriculture/Ranch Land", Acres: 26},
 { habtype: "Beach/Dune", Acres: 1.65},
 { habtype: "Coral Reef", Acres: 0},
 { habtype: "Estuarine", Acres: 240.39},
 { habtype: "Estuarine Shoreline", Acres: 314.97},
 { habtype: "Instream", Acres: 505.87},
 { habtype: "Island", Acres: 0},
 { habtype: "Lake/Pond", Acres: 0},
 { habtype: "Mangrove", Acres: 0},
 { habtype: "Other", Acres: 0},
 { habtype: "Riparian", Acres: 1450.47},
 { habtype: "Upland", Acres: 1176.7},
 { habtype: "Wetland", Acres: 850.58} ]);
 [Bindable]
 private var nep23:ArrayCollection = new ArrayCollection( [
 { habtype: "Agriculture/Ranch Land", Acres: 0},
 { habtype: "Beach/Dune", Acres: 0},
 { habtype: "Coral Reef", Acres: 0},
 { habtype: "Estuarine", Acres: 0},
 { habtype: "Estuarine Shoreline", Acres: 0},
 { habtype: "Instream", Acres: 0},
 { habtype: "Island", Acres: 0},
 { habtype: "Lake/Pond", Acres: 0},
 { habtype: "Mangrove", Acres: 0},
 { habtype: "Other", Acres: 0},
 { habtype: "Riparian", Acres: 43.05},
 { habtype: "Upland", Acres: 4519},
 { habtype: "Wetland", Acres: 3271} ]);
 [Bindable]
 private var nep24:ArrayCollection = new ArrayCollection( [
 { habtype: "Agriculture/Ranch Land", Acres: 0},
 { habtype: "Beach/Dune", Acres: 1},
 { habtype: "Coral Reef", Acres: 0.13},
 { habtype: "Estuarine", Acres: 0},
 { habtype: "Estuarine Shoreline", Acres: 0},
 { habtype: "Instream", Acres: 0},
 { habtype: "Island", Acres: 0},
 { habtype: "Lake/Pond", Acres: 0},
 { habtype: "Mangrove", Acres: 0},
 { habtype: "Other", Acres: 0},
 { habtype: "Riparian", Acres: 1},
 { habtype: "Upland", Acres: 0},
 { habtype: "Wetland", Acres: 10} ]);
 [Bindable]
 private var nep25:ArrayCollection = new ArrayCollection( [
 { habtype: "Agriculture/Ranch Land", Acres: 0},
 { habtype: "Beach/Dune", Acres: 0},
 { habtype: "Coral Reef", Acres: 0},
 { habtype: "Estuarine", Acres: 1.6},
 { habtype: "Estuarine Shoreline", Acres: 0},
 { habtype: "Instream", Acres: 0},
 { habtype: "Island", Acres: 0},
 { habtype: "Lake/Pond", Acres: 0},
 { habtype: "Mangrove", Acres: 0},
 { habtype: "Other", Acres: 7},
 { habtype: "Riparian", Acres: 100},
 { habtype: "Upland", Acres: 6.2},
 { habtype: "Wetland", Acres: 0} ]);
 [Bindable]
 private var nep26:ArrayCollection = new ArrayCollection( [
 { habtype: "Agriculture/Ranch Land", Acres: 0},
 { habtype: "Beach/Dune", Acres: 5.5},
 { habtype: "Coral Reef", Acres: 0},
 { habtype: "Estuarine", Acres: 4.5},
 { habtype: "Estuarine Shoreline", Acres: 15},
 { habtype: "Instream", Acres: 0},
 { habtype: "Island", Acres: 0},
 { habtype: "Lake/Pond", Acres: 0},
 { habtype: "Mangrove", Acres: 0},
 { habtype: "Other", Acres: 0},
 { habtype: "Riparian", Acres: 0},
 { habtype: "Upland", Acres: 82},
 { habtype: "Wetland", Acres: 40} ]);
 [Bindable]
 private var nep27:ArrayCollection = new ArrayCollection( [
 { habtype: "Agriculture/Ranch Land", Acres: 0},
 { habtype: "Beach/Dune", Acres: 5.1},
 { habtype: "Coral Reef", Acres: 0},
 { habtype: "Estuarine", Acres: 23},
 { habtype: "Estuarine Shoreline", Acres: 0},
 { habtype: "Instream", Acres: 0},
 { habtype: "Island", Acres: 0},
 { habtype: "Lake/Pond", Acres: 4.8},
 { habtype: "Mangrove", Acres: 3.5},
 { habtype: "Other", Acres: 0},
 { habtype: "Riparian", Acres: 0},
 { habtype: "Upland", Acres: 1221},
 { habtype: "Wetland", Acres: 17.4}]);
 [Bindable]
 private var nep28:ArrayCollection = new ArrayCollection( [
 { habtype: "Agriculture/Ranch Land", Acres: 67},
 { habtype: "Beach/Dune", Acres: 0},
 { habtype: "Coral Reef", Acres: 0},
 { habtype: "Estuarine", Acres: 2},
 { habtype: "Estuarine Shoreline", Acres: 0},
 { habtype: "Instream", Acres: 0},
 { habtype: "Island", Acres: 0},
 { habtype: "Lake/Pond", Acres: 0},
 { habtype: "Mangrove", Acres: 0},
 { habtype: "Other", Acres: 0},
 { habtype: "Riparian", Acres: 31.33},
 { habtype: "Upland", Acres: 0},
 { habtype: "Wetland", Acres: 74.24}]);
 private function displayAcres(data:Object, field:String, index:Number, percentValue:Number):String {
 var temp:String= (" " + percentValue).substr(0,6);
 return data.habtype + ": " + '\n ' + data.Acres + " Acres" + '\n ' + temp + "%";
 //Export to PNG information
 private function saveImageAs(event:MouseEvent):void
 var bd:BitmapData = new BitmapData(cChart.width,cChart.height);
 bd.draw(cChart);
 var png:PNGEncoder = new PNGEncoder();
 var ba:ByteArray = png.encode(bd);
 var fr:FileReference = new FileReference();
 fr.save(ba, "nepfy11-piechart.png");
 ]]>
 </mx:Script>
 
 <mx:Panel id="cChart" title="2011 Habitat Efforts" width="825" height="600" chromeColor="#527EAC" layout="vertical" color="#FFFFFF" verticalGap="10" x="15" y="15">
 <mx:HBox width="400" height="20">
 <mx:ComboBox id="filterCombo" x="140" y="140" change="changeEvt(event)" color="#000000" >
 <mx:String>Select NEP</mx:String>
 <mx:String>Albemarle-Pamlico Estuary Program</mx:String>
 <mx:String>Barataria-Terrebonne Estuary Program</mx:String>
 <mx:String>Barnegat Bay Estuary Program</mx:String>
 <mx:String>Buzzards Bay National Estuary Program</mx:String>
 <mx:String>Casco Bay Estuary Partnership</mx:String>
 <mx:String>Charlotte Harbor Estuary Program</mx:String>
 <mx:String>Coastal Bend Bays and Estuaries Program</mx:String>
 <mx:String>Delaware Estuary Program</mx:String>
 <mx:String>Delaware Inland Bays Estuary Program</mx:String>
 <mx:String>Galveston Bay Estuary Program</mx:String>
 <mx:String>Indian River Lagoon NEP</mx:String>
 <mx:String>Long Island Sound Study</mx:String>
 <mx:String>Lower Columbia River Estuary</mx:String>
 <mx:String>Maryland Coastal Bays Program</mx:String>
 <mx:String>Massachusetts Bays NEP</mx:String>
 <mx:String>Mobile Bay Estuary Program</mx:String>
 <mx:String>Morro Bay Estuary Program</mx:String>
 <mx:String>Narragansett Bay Estuary Program</mx:String>
 <mx:String>New York-New Jersey Harbor Estuary Program</mx:String>
 <mx:String>Peconic Estuary Program</mx:String>
 <mx:String>Piscataqua Region Estuaries Partnership</mx:String>
 <mx:String>Puget Sound Partnership</mx:String>
 <mx:String>San Francisco Estuary Project</mx:String>
 <mx:String>San Juan Bay NEP</mx:String>
 <mx:String>Santa Monica Bay Restoration Project</mx:String>
 <mx:String>Sarasota Bay Estuary Program</mx:String>
 <mx:String>Tampa Bay Estuary Program</mx:String>
 <mx:String>Tillamook Estuaries Partnership</mx:String>
 </mx:ComboBox>
 </mx:HBox>
 <mx:HBox horizontalGap="20" width="822" height="535">
 <mx:PieChart id="chart" showDataTips="true" dataProvider="{ds}" width="634" height="534" paddingTop="10" fontSize="9" fontFamily="Arial" color="#000000" textAlign="left">
 <mx:series>
 <mx:PieSeries id="seriesId" explodeRadius="0.06" nameField="habtype" labelPosition="callout" color="#000000" insideLabelSizeLimit="8" field="Acres" labelFunction="displayAcres">
 </mx:PieSeries>
 </mx:series>
 </mx:PieChart>
 <mx:Legend dataProvider="{chart}" dropShadowVisible="true" width="150" color="#000000" height="350" chromeColor="#527EAC" borderColor="#527EAC" direction="vertical"/>
 </mx:HBox>
 </mx:Panel>
 <mx:Button x="746" y="623" label="Export to PNG" id="btnSnap" click="saveImageAs(event)"/>
 <mx:Button x="651" y="623" label="Export to PDF" click="savePDF(event)" />
</mx:Application>
Thanks, Alison

Problem with PDF export and embedded font (characters disappear)

Designer: Crystal Reports 2008 SP 2
Engine: CR4E 2.0 SP2 (runtime_12.2.203)
Hi there!
we found a problem in the pdf export. It seems like there would be a problem with the embedded fonts, the problem is as follows:
Rpt file with, for example only a text box which contains the german string " Änderungs Schlüssel ".
Export the Rpt file with CR4E to a pdf file.
When we open the pdf file in Adope Reader 8, the text appears to be correct,
but if we print the PDF file from the Adope Reader, the text changes to " nderungs Schl sselu201C,
here we are missing ther german umlaute.
When we open the file for example with an alternative PDF reader like Foxit Reader, there they are also missing.
After i found some posts here in the forum, there are people facing the same problem, since i couldn't find a solution in the forum, we build a little workaround for it that works for us.
For all of you that have the same problem here the workaround:
We used the IText JAVA library, this jar can can help as to fix the PDF file so the text is displayed correctly.
Here the code:
ReportClientDocument doc = new ReportClientDocument();
doc.setReportAppServer(ReportClientDocument.inprocConnectionString);
doc.open("C:\XY.rpt", OpenReportOptions._openAsReadOnly);
//... database logon,.....
InputStream inputStream = doc.getPrintOutputController().export(ReportExportFormat.PDF);
inputStream = PDFHealer.heal(inputStream);
//... write the stream some where

The helper class using IText:
import java.io.ByteArrayInputStream;
import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.InputStream;
import com.lowagie.text.Document;
import com.lowagie.text.DocumentException;
import com.lowagie.text.pdf.PdfContentByte;
import com.lowagie.text.pdf.PdfImportedPage;
import com.lowagie.text.pdf.PdfReader;
import com.lowagie.text.pdf.PdfWriter;
public class PDFHealer
 public static InputStream heal(InputStream in) throws DocumentException, IOException
 try
 ByteArrayOutputStream out = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
 PdfReader reader = new PdfReader(in);
 // we retrieve the total number of pages
 int n = reader.getNumberOfPages();
 // step 1: creation of a document-object
 Document document = new Document();
 // step 2: we create a writer that listens to the document
 PdfWriter writer = PdfWriter.getInstance(document, out);
 // step 3: we open the document
 document.open();
 // step 4: we add content
 PdfContentByte cb = writer.getDirectContent();
 int i = 0;
 while( i < n )
 document.newPage();
 i++;
 PdfImportedPage page1 = writer.getImportedPage(reader, i);
 cb.addTemplate(page1, 0, 0);
 // step 5: we close the document
 document.close();
 ByteArrayInputStream ret = new ByteArrayInputStream(out.toByteArray());
 out.close();
 return ret;
 finally
 in.close();

Issues with XMP metadata in PDF/A

Hello all,
I'm doing a project converting historical pdf's to pdf/a format for archiving. I'm consistantly running up against problems with xmp schemas not being predetermined. This one in particular keeps giving me error messages when converting via Preflight, despite the fact that as far as I know it IS a predefined schema.
http://ns.adobe/xap/1.0/mm/xmpMM:History
Unfortunately I can't find any way of deleting it, and have no luck with the Convert Document Metadata fixup. I'm using Acrobat 9. Any hints?

This is a known issue that has been resolved in Acrobat XI. For previous versions you need to remove the xmpMM data objects manually before the PDF/A conversion step - there's a free script which will add a new menu item.

CS3: PDF-Export Transparency Issue when Image-Links are missing

I have a Layout with a transparent Frame on the top most Layer. For this Workflow-Step I do not have access to the original Image-Links, so I guess that all I see are the embedded Preview-Pictures and InDesign reports that all Object-Links are missing.
If I export this Layout as JPG, the resulting JPG looks like the WYSIWYG in InDesign, which is suitable for this workflow-step. However when I export as pdf, the Frame is not transparent anymore. Instead it is filled with white color and covers the rest of the Layout. In Adobe Reader I can actually select the wrongly covered Picture at the border of the frame and copy&paste it somewhere and it looks fine.
When I provide the original Frame-Picture and repair the missing Link in InDesign, PDF-Export works fine.
I have installed & updated InDesign on a new Mac OS X 10.4.11, so all settings should be default.
Transparency Blend Space is set to CMYK. I tried all default PDF-Export Profiles and tried a lot of different settings in the pdf-export dialogue including different PDF-File-Versions, Simulate Overprint on/off, Color-Conversion disabled, disabling Picture-Compression and much more. I also tried to Print a PS-File and then use the Distiller: same result.
I use Adobe InDesign CS3 V 5.0.2 and tried Adobe Reader 8.1.2 and Adobe Acrobat Pro 8 to display.
Any Ideas?

Transparency flattening REQUIRES having access to the high-resolution images to get good results. One of the slogans I teach printers is "Fatten before you flatten." Meaning, replace the low-res images with high-res images.

How do I set a PDF Export Preset to force a minimum line weight on output?

How do I set a PDF Export Preset to force a minimum line weight on output? I'm currently using one that came from a printer that works great - but I can't seem to find the option when creating one myself. I have some placed Illustrator line art that is built with .25 line thickness and when I have it placed at 20% scale the lines are too thin to see in the PDF output.

There is absolutely no way to force minimum line widths within InDesign itself, certainly not as part of the PDF export process!! And even one writes a script to go through every object within an InDesign document and both validate and fix line widths less than some particular threshold, such a script would be useless against placed artwork, the contents of which are not available for manual or programmatic inspection within InDesign.
Note that one should be exceptionally careful in “fixing” hairlines, especially if you are placing vector artwork at very low magnification. It may actually be OK to let certain lines drop out. After a fixup on some content, you could end up with a messy mass of lines.
- Dov

Fonts Not Embedding Consistently with PDF Export - Inconsistent Fix and Unknown Cause

I have had ongoing problems with PDF export from FrameMaker. Sometimes the correct fonts do not embed in the PDF and Times New Roman is substituted. The problem appears and disappears and is causing me a lot of lost time and frustration.
I am running FrameMaker 9.0 fully patched on Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit. I have seen people complain about this issue and am familiar with the suggested fixes. However, the exact cause and solution eludes me because the problem continues to recur and I am only able to recover with guesswork and workarounds.
Initially I did the following:
ACROBAT PDF SETTINGS
- In the printer properties for Adobe PDF settings I turned off the option "Rely on system fonts only; do not use documents fonts."
ACROBAT DISTILLER SETTING
Under "Font" Settings I changed the following:
- Under "Settings/Font Locations" I added the font folder for Technical Communication Suite 2.0 and made sure all the fonts existed there and in the Windows default font directory.
- Under "Settings/Edit Adobe PDF Setting/Fonts" I changed the following options:
- Selected "Embed all fonts"
- Under "Embedding" chose "Always Embed" for the target fonts.
I tweaked these settings for hours and got no results. Then I rebooted and the problem had magically disappeared. I fixed the issue in the same way on another machine and the results were permanent and I was just happy to finally have it fixed, But this time it didn't last.
I should note that upon reboot, when I used the stock "PDF Job Options," the correct fonts still embedded, leading me to believe that the fix had nothing to do with the changes I made to Distiller settings.
After reboot I generated PDFs with the correct fonts embedded. Then I shut down FM, but left the system running. The next morning I opened FM again and the same problem occurred.
So I rebooted again -- and the problem disappeared again. I therefore thought maybe the issue fixes on reboot but recurs when you shut down FM and reopen. So I shut down FM again and reopened, but it is still working fine for the moment.
I verified that the Adobe PDF settings under "Printers & Devices" that I turned off (Rely on system fonts only; do not use documents fonts) remained correctly unchecked through all these changes.
I would really like to know why this happens so I can resolve it permanently and avoid more lost time.
Thanks in advance,
Douglas

The common theme I'm seeing here is that the setting edits you make in
Distiller through the FM "Save As PDF" option don't seem to take effect.
Do you know if that is true or could you elaborate on the notorious nature
of this method for me?
>
There are too many potential and transient problems to list. The only thing
I can say is that I've been an active member of the FrameUsers listserv
(http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/listinfo/framers) since FM version 6.0,
circa 2001, and probably 95% of the PDF problems reported there have been
fixed simply by using print to Adobe PDF (or to Acrobat Distiller in older
PDF versions), instead of using Save as PDF. Common advice there has always
been to avoid Save as PDF and even some Adobe employees have recommended
against using it. It doesn't matter which FM version.
The once-busy FrameUsers listserve has been fading away, recently, as this
new Adobe forum software allows reading via e-mail, and attachment of
screenshots. Even if you look around on this forum now, you'll probably
find that there are two main fixes for issues with PDF. One is NOT using
Save as PDF, which seems to fix a whole bunch of issues. The other is the
use of a Windows hotfix to squash a Windows OS bug that causes dropped
characters in PDFs.
In the rare instances that someone has issues with printing to PDF, they are
almost always related to errors in settings. Or occasionally someone can't
embed fonts because they are trying to the embed the virtual fonts that come
with their printer driver instead of fonts that have actually been installed
on their computer. (The fonts are hard-wired on their printer, so the system
can use them but not embed them.)

Aliased text on PDF export with blending modes

So I've had this issue with a pdf, I tried to export it CMYK, RVB, interactive pdf, regular pdf, with tons of different other options, the text was still very aliased.
I decided to take it back from scratch, openned a new document with the same size, and copied/pasted element after element from the old one to the new one, exporting as pdf between each copy/paste. The first exports went really well, the render was great… until I pasted a vector element that was applied with a blending mode (overlay).
When I switched it to normal, the pdf export was smooth again. Tried every blending mode, everyone makes the text jaggy. Switch back, it's ok. So I'm 100% sure that this comes from blending modes, as opposed to what I could have read on other forums.
This is a request, please, InDesign team, take care of this problem, this is quite annoying in many cases.
Thank you for your attention!
Twitted here as well : https://twitter.com/grinderlabs/status/448381486627311616

To minmize the possibility of rasterizing or outlining text when transparency is flattened, keep the text above any transparent objects. Blending modes, along with most effects, use transparency.
You can also minimize the risk by exporting the PDF with live transparency, which is supported in Acrobat 5 or higher compatibility.

InDesign PDF Export Color Issues

So I've encountered a frustrating problem that I know others have experienced. It involves the PDF export from InDesign where the PDF color is not matching the document view. It's a critical issue regarding soft proofs for designs where color needs to match the desired result. I never had any issues before but now it's kicked in after upgrading to Mountain Lion and CS6.
Let me preface a few things first...
Yes, I've callibrated my monitor
Yes, Creative Suite color settings are in sync.
Yes, I've tried the changing transparency blend space... makes no difference.
In my case I have an RGB TIFF placed which has dark midnight blue to light blue tones. When I do an export and it doesn't matter what PDF settings I use the color shifts making it more purplish bllue and the lighter blue tones go away.
BUT, when I export a JPEG, the JPEG looks PERFECT, just like it should and matches the document view.
So I figured the problem must've been solved with the new Acrobat XI... I download the trial and installed it. I created a new PDF and it comes up looking like it should. GREAT, except for the price to update to Acrobat Pro XI!
THEN, some message comes up about trusted certificates?! I click ok... and the color on the PDF goes wrong again! What is the problem with this CRAP? HOW DO I FIX THIS GARBAGE? Is it fixable on the old version (Acrobat X)?
I've worked in Adobe products for years but they are going backwards and becoming more problematic by the day. Not to mention it's ridiculous to have to pay $200 to get a new version of Acrobat Pro after recently buying CS6. This is an insult to long time professional customers, you should be providing this update FREE to makeup for your broken, out of sync with Apple CRAP.

Well any local application change to the color settings is going to show up out of sync
All syncing does is match the application's Working CMYK and RGB settings, but the only case where a Working profile color manages a document is when the doc has no profile assignment. So if I sync to North American General my Working CMYK space is US SWOP, but if I open a document with US Sheetfed assigned, US Sheetfed manages the preview not US SWOP.
I'm not saying you aren't experiencing a bug, but you have to be sure of what profile assignments or simulation profiles are driving the preview and syncing doesn't do that. How you export (are you including profiles?, making a conversion?), and what device you are simulating in both programs can make syncing meaningless for existing document's previews.
I can't test X but with XI if you export a PDF/X-4 (where there's no conversion and all profiles are included), the preview with Output Preview closed shows RGB objects unchanged—same as ID with Overprint/Sep Preview Off.
When I open Output Preview the initial Simulation profile is the PDF/X-4 output intent which is the ID doc's assigned profile, in that case RGB objects preview in the output intent's CMYK space—same as ID with Overprint on.

PDF exported from InDesign missing background when opened in Illustrator

Hello, I am having a bit of a frustrating problem.
I'm working on graphics for a large project, and I have to get some of my files from InDesign into Illustrator (they are both CS5) for our printer.
I would have normally designed them in Illustrator but ALL my graphics are in InDesign and we just found out once we started on production that he needs AI and needs our trim path set up for our irregular shapes.
For MOST of the documents, its been pretty easy (exporting to PDF > opening in illustrator and making a cut path > saving as AI) however I have this one file that is making me lose my mind.
When I export it as PDF, it opens perfectly and looks normal in acrobat, and I also check it out in preview as well. The background shows up and everything. However when I open the PDF in illustrator it completely loses the background. I noticed it doing this before for a couple graphics, but I assumed that was because they had gradients drop shadows and transparencies and all that. This file has nothing weird except for a gradient grey background.
Help? I'm including some screenshots of whats happening in the hopes that you guys can help solve it.
So here we have me saving it, then opening it in Acrobat to check stuff out.
Now here is what happens when I open it in Illustrator:

Hi, Brie. I have been running into this issue for quite some time now. I also received the same response as you did. "Stop opening exported PDFs in Illustrator." This is an unsatisfactory answer for someone that works in the large format print industry that needs to preflight directly in the Illustrator program. I've done a ton of research and have been racking my brain for the last 2 years and have finally found sufficient workarounds for this issue. The downfall with these workarounds: all spot colors located in the gradients will convert to CMYK mixes. I'm still researching to see if there is a way to keep spot colors intact in these areas.
A little back story: InDesign is converting the gradients into something called NChannel. It enables more accurate handling of color blending by including additional dot gain and color mixing info. Both InDesign and Acrobat have the ability to display these elements whereas Illustrator, from what I’m finding, does not. Which is why we’re seeing gradient elements drop out when opened in Illustrator.
Workaround for CMYK Gradients
Open PDF exported from INDD in Acrobat
Go to Tools > Print Production > Convert Colors
Object Type: Smooth Shade (this tells Acrobat to hone in on Gradients only)
Color Type: DeviceCMYK
Check Embed next to Conversion Profile (should be SWOP)
Expand Document Colors on the right and Select DeviceCMYK in Color Spaces then click ok
Save the PDF
Workaround for 1 Spot Color in Gradients (Converts Spot Color located in Gradient to CMYK – all other Spots stay intact)
Open PDF exported from INDD in Acrobat
Go to Tools > Print Production > Convert Colors
Object Type: Smooth Shade (this tells Acrobat to hone in on Gradients only)
Color Type: Spot Color
Check Embed next to Conversion Profile (should be SWOP)
Expand Document Colors on the right and Select the Spot that is located in the Gradient in Color Spaces then click ok
Save the PDF
Workaround for 2 Spot Colors in Gradients (Converts Spot Colors located in Gradient to CMYK – all other Spots stay intact)
Open PDF exported from INDD in Acrobat
Go to Tools > Print Production > Convert Colors
Object Type: Smooth Shade (this tells Acrobat to hone in on Gradients only)
Color Type: Spot Color
Check Embed next to Conversion Profile (should be SWOP)
Expand Document Colors on the right and Select the DeviceN spot color that is located in the Gradient in Color Spaces then click ok
Save the PDF
Please try this and let me know if you have any questions! I'm always looking for new problems to solve! Good luck!
- Jenny

Difference at PDF-export

Hello there! I have a problem with exporting a Crystal Report in PDF Format. In comparison with the pdf-export-result from Crystal Reports itself to my pdf-export in Java there are some differences:The Font of the Java exported report is bigger and the graphic has a different legend. So some of the field are not formatted as in the original report.I thought it has something to do with the fontsize set in Java but I am not sure.Could anybody explain, please?Did this problem occures before? 

 There's no way to change the base font size for PDF export in the JRC. You can specify a registry setting to use the original font size for PDF export in CR Designer (KBase c2017865, for CR 10 but the same regkey under SOFTWARE/Business Objects/Suite 11.5 will do for XI Release 2), but this is not recommended since you may see text truncation/cutoff.As for the graphics, there's no way to get exact correspondence between CR Designer and JRC, since the JRC uses a different graphics engine that uses Java 2D routines.Differences in Windows and Linux exports are typically caused because the fonts available on Windows (say Arial) are not available on Linux. KBase c2019128 describes this - the solution is to add the ttf font files to the Java JVM on Linux. TUeda

PDF Export Problems @ Printers - Save Methods?

I am working on a brochure that is mostly white text on black, with a few full colour pictures. There are also some manufacturer's logos that I inverted in PS to make them white on black too, all in CMYK mode in PS. Though there were still black boxes around the logo's they were going on the black background so I though I would be safe... I tried the "instant alpha" tool in Pages but the pictures are too low-res for this method to work effectively (it rounded all the points and made the images).
For the first proof I used the file>export>PDF>best method, and all looked good on my computer but the colours that were produced from the print shop (The UPS Store) looked appalling. Contrast was great on all the white on black text, but the colours were completely off. (however, there were no black boxes around the logos I was worried about, so that was a plus)
I did a fairly thorough web search of other print methods, and came across the file>print>pdf>save as postscript method that involved using Adobe Distiller to create the PDF rather than Pages. After getting a proof back from the print shop today I was pleased to see that the colours now appeared accurate on the proof but the black on black box problem around the logos I used now appeared and looked awful.
How do I fix? I'm frustrated and this matter is very time sensitive as there is supposed to be over 10,000 copies of this brochure printed by the weekend. Thanks in advance. : )

a brochure that is mostly white text on black, with a few full colour pictures. There are also some manufacturer's logos that I inverted to make them white on black too, all in CMYK mode in PS ... the colours were completely off.
The objects in the page are not colour managed coherently and correctly from the start. For instance, if you have Photoshop set up to disregard embedded ICC profiles, it will assign a default ICC profile for the colourant model of the object (a type PRTR Printer profile with data space CMYK for a CMYK colourant model object, and so forth), but it will not save out that object with the profile it assigned. This way you get what in the graphics model becomes 'deviceColor' meaning that the colourants are rendered by the numbers as there is no definition of the colours you intend them to form in the printing condition.
Classical case is of a graphic designer who misconfigures or disables colour management in a page layout application, places deviceColor objects, generates PostScript or PDF, and wonders why the gray balance, the tonal range, the highlight detail, the shadow detail - is different in each and every tonal image in the page. Always, always, always unify the colour management for the page. Capture and correct in a large gamut RGB working space. Place three component RGB with correctly embedded source ICC RGB profile in pagination, and convert into one and only one destination ICC CMYK profile for the intended printing condition.
The way you are working would produce similar problems in QuarkXPress and InDesign - it would not matter what make and model of page layout application you picked.
Hope this helps,
Henrik Holmegaard

How to import XMP metadata in pdf

Could you please explain me, how to import XMP metadata in pdf file through "Live Cycle ES"?

Yes, with LiveCycle ES (almost) all services can be invoked from any of the available endpoints (watch folder, EJB, WebService, etc).
In this case since the ImportXMP requires two input files (the PDF and the XMP) you will need to drop a directory containing both of your files into the watch folder (not the individual files). This is because several requests can be dropped into the watch folder at the same time and without the sub directories LiveCycle couldn't tell what XMP when with what PDF.
A com.adobe.idp.Document - AKA: Document - object is one of the common object types used across all LiveCycle products. When you deal with PDFs and many other binary file objects they are stored a Document object. It is more important that you know this when using Workbench, web services or the Java API.
You should have a look at the documentation at: http://livedocs.adobe.com/livecycle/8.2/programLC/programmer/help/001553.html

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