1331152 - Report exported to PDF format with bookmarks displays the bookmarks as report name plus a GUID

• Running a report formatted to export to PDF with bookmarks in a Visual Studio .NET application, the bookmark looks as:

Reportname{01CECC69-CA18-4358-BC4E-95DD4DED7DDD}.rpt

• SAP Crystal Reports, developer version for Microsoft Visual Studio
• Microsoft Visual Studio (2010 / 2012)

• Open a report in the Crystal Reports designer
• Go to the File menu and select Export and Report Export Options
• Select PDF from the drop down menu and click the OK button
• Select the option "Create bookmarks from group tree" in the "Export options" dialog and click OK
• Save the report
• When this report is exported to PDF, the bookmark will display the name of the report in the Bookmarks section
• Exporting this same report from a Visual Studio .NET application results in the name displaying as;

  Reportname{01CECC69-CA18-4358-BC4E-95DD4DED7DDD}.rpt

• Open the report in the Crystal reports designer
• Go to the File menu and select "Summary Info"
• Type in the report name in the "Title" text box
• Save the report
• This report will now display the Bookmark as the report name, as it does in the Crystal Reports designer

 

• Solution using CR SDK for .NET:

  Dim crReportDocument As New CrystalDecisions.CrystalReports.Engine.ReportDocument
  Dim exportFilePath As String = Application.StartupPath + "\exported.pdf"
  Dim myExportOpts As New ExportOptions
  Dim diskOpts As DiskFileDestinationOptions
  diskOpts = ExportOptions.CreateDiskFileDestinationOptions()
  Dim pdfOptions As CrystalDecisions.Shared.PdfFormatOptions = New PdfFormatOptions()

  crReportDocument.Load("C:\tests\Drill Down Group Level.rpt")
  crReportDocument.SummaryInfo.ReportTitle = "Hello World"

  myExportOpts.ExportFormatType = ExportFormatType.PortableDocFormat
  myExportOpts.ExportDestinationType = ExportDestinationType.DiskFile
  myExportOpts.ExportDestinationOptions = diskOpts
  diskOpts.DiskFileName = exportFilePath
  pdfOptions.CreateBookmarksFromGroupTree = True

  ''Export the report
  crReportDocument.Export(myExportOpts)

  ''Display a message letting the user know the export is complete
  MessageBox.Show("Report exported to: '" & exportFilePath & "'")

 

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