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Seagate Software Technical Support - SCR8-PDFExportDriver.zip

Phone: (604) 669-8379
Fax:   (604) 681-7163

Answers by Email: 
http://support.seagatesoftware.com/support/answers.asp
  
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WARNING 

This is a beta version of the PDF export driver. Because it is Beta, Technical Support does not yet support exporting to PDF.

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PRODUCT VERSION

This export DLL is for use with version 8 of Crystal Reports only.

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DESCRIPTION

This is a Beta version of the exporting DLL for Adobe Acrobat PDF (Portable Document Format) files. 

Note that Technical Support will not be able to provide support for this export driver, as with all Beta software.

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FILES

ReadMe.txt
ExportModeller.dll      
TSLV.dll                
U2fpdf.dll  	

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TO INSTALL

1.  In Windows, click 'Start', and then click 'Run'.  The 'Run' dialog box appears.

2.  In the 'Run' box, type REGSVR32.  Do not click 'OK' yet.

3.  Launch Windows Explorer and browse to the directory to where you placed ExportModeller.dll and TSLV.dll.

4.  Drag the ExportModeller.dll icon into the 'Run' box.  This inserts the correct path, surrounded by quotation marks.

5.  Click 'OK'.  

The following confirmation appears:

"DllRegisterServer in <drive letter>:\Program Files\Seagate Software\Shared\ExportModeller.dll succeeded"

6.  Repeat steps 1 to 5 to successfully register TSLV.dll.

7.  Copy U2fpdf.dll into <drive letter>:\<Windows directory>\Crystal.

You have now successfully registered the beta PDF export DLL and the two dependency DLLs.  The next time you launch Crystal Reports, you will be able to export to PDF format.

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TO UNINSTALL

1.  In Windows, click 'Start', and then click 'Run'.  The 'Run' dialog box appears.

2.  In the 'Run' box, type REGSVR32 /U.  Do not click 'OK' yet.

3.  Launch Windows Explorer and browse to the directory to where you placed ExportModeller.dll and TSLV.dll.

4.  Drag the ExportModeller.dll icon into the 'Run' box.  This inserts the correct path, surrounded by quotation marks.

5.  Click 'OK'.  

The following confirmation appears:

"DllUnregisterServer in <drive letter>:\Program Files\Seagate Software\Shared\ExportModeller.dll succeeded"

6.  Repeat steps 1 to 5 to successfully unregister TSLV.dll.

7.  Rename or delete U2fpdf.dll from <drive letter>:\<Windows directory>\Crystal.

You have now successfully uninstalled the beta PDF export DLL and the two dependency DLLs.  

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ADDITIONAL INFO / LIMITATIONS (optional)

   Does not export round boxes or double borders

   The exported quality of charts in PDF may not be as high as the quality in 
    Crystal Reports 8.

   Cannot export using page range with the shipping version of Crystal Reports 8.

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OUTSTANDING ISSUES 

   Bitmaps have wrapping problems when exported under Win 95/98

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Last updated on October 31, 2000
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