PDF Sizes

Hello,
I am using ReportViewer in a web application. When there is a chart as part
of a report and it is exported to PDF the file size is very large for a
single page; typically 10-12 Mb.
I am now supposed to manufacture a report that will be about 50 pages with a
large graph on each page and I don't thing a 500Mb file size is acceptable.
Isn't there a way for the charts to use a vector format instead or at least
a compressed format?
Thanks,
JohnHello John,
Thank you for using Microsoft MSDN newsgroup!
I understand that you'd like to know if charts in report could be
compressed or use a vector format when exporting to PDF. If I'm off-base,
please let me know.
This behavior is a limitation of the product and we have received similar
request from another customer. However, currently there is no option to
compress charts or use a vector format for charts as you want for local
report.
The major difference for PDF rendering for the local report is that PDF
doesn't support compression of data while rendering. So it will take long
time when compared to the one from the server PDF rendering. But this
limitation is only for PDF and for other rendering extensions like Excel
etc don't have difference in behavior from the local and the server reports.
Verifying with our Development Team, I found that resolution is also not a
configurable setting for the PDF renderer. The documentation link which I
sent earlier
incorrectly lists DpiX and DpiY as available Device Information settings
for PDF.
<http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/rsprog/htm
/rsp_prog_soapapi_dev_8bld.asp>
This documentation was corrected later for RS 2005 version:
<http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms154682.aspx>
So unfortunately the DpiX and DpiY settings will have no effect when passed
to Render method.
Please rest assured your feedback on this is reported to the proper
channel. In the meantime, I also encourage you submit via the link below so
that product team could hear your sound directly:
http://lab.msdn.microsoft.com/productfeedback/default.aspx
You may want to consider using Excel rendering method but it may not meet
your requriment exactly. Or you may want to consider using a report server
to render the report for you other than using a local report.
If you have any questions or concerns on this, please feel free to let us
know.
Best Regards,
Peter Yang
MCSE2000/2003, MCSA, MCDBA
Microsoft Online Partner Support
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