Hi, Roland -

We delayed migration of our app from 12.5.2 to 2017 until R2 came out because the initial implementation in R1 was not capable of meeting our needs. In our framework (we use the PFC) we extended the DataWindow Control (u_dw) and DataStore (n_ds) to interrogate the DataWindow.Export.PDF.Method setting, changing the value to '2' (NativePDF!). Once that Modify was performed, we also set DataWindow.Export.PDF.NativePDF.ImageFormat to '1' (JPG) to reduce the size of the PDF's that contain images, such as logos (all images in our product are in JPG format), and DataWindow.Export.PDF.NativePDF.UsePrintSpec to 'yes' (because the default is 'no') so that we would not have to try to manage the paper size, orientation, etc. settings.

HTH, John

After some more testing, the issue we are seeing is that NativePDF defaults to A4 while GhostScript & physical printing default to 8.5 x 11.

Because of that, we have to add this line of code:

ads_datastore.Object.DataWindow.Export.PDF.NativePDF.UsePrintSpec = 'Yes'

Hi Roland;

   In PB2019 R2 ....

In PB2017R3/2019 ...

Create your own PB.INI file in the App's folder, with the following entry

[Data Window]
; 1 = Use Native, 0 = GhostScript or XLSFO
NativePDF_Valid=1

Now deploy that INI with your App's EXE into production as well.   ;-)

HTH

Regards ... Chris

Basically I'm wondering if this is sufficient.

// set method to NativePDF
ads_datastore.Modify("DataWindow.Export.PDF.Method = 2")

// set paper size to 8 1/2 x 11
ads_datastore.Modify("DataWindow.Export.PDF.NativePDF.CustomSize = 5")

// save to PDF
Return ads_datastore.SaveAs(as_filename, PDF!, TRUE)