Is possible add existing pdf file to ActiveReports 6 report?
We have two application.
First application create report and save it as pdf in shared folder.
Second application create own report and if report from first application exists - user want that report of first application will be added to report of second application.
Applications have different database. So regenerating first report not a solution for this case.
pdf combining is one workaround - which can be used if no solutions will be found.
You can do what you're describing with the rdf file format 'activereports' built in format. Not with pdf. However, once the second report is generated and the two documents ar combined you can export them to pdf
So far answer for question is No, it is not possible.
From Internet found only that in DataDynamic(ActiveReports is/was a part of DataDynamics) reports is property
"append existing .pdf to report"
But ActiveReports is another product, which haven't this possibilities.
In my case we decide to use #Issam workaround(save .rdf file to another folder and use it later with another report).
I accepted own answer, only because the reason, question was created, was to check if this kind of possibility exists for ActiveReports
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I need help creating a solution that would help me resolve PDF text replacement. We hired a programmer that tried to achieve our objective with a python-coded app but failed.
Our project hopes to automate these steps:
Get a folder with pdf documents
In Each document, we need to find particular text (usually in the upper third of the page). The information can be on multiple pages.
Hide/erase/ and replace the text with different information that we would pull from excel or SQL database. Make sure that the text is replaced on all occasions.
Next, rename the document based on the assigned doc name (pulled from excel or SQL).
Have a report of all documents that were processed and when the new version was and was not created.
Keep the original document saved for review and comparison.
I am happy to provide the original code from the developers if necessary, but it did not work...
Thank you for your help, community!
I'm trying to acheive having a summary section of a report saved into a separate pdf file. (Basically trying to avoid running two reports for the same data.)
Is it possible to export a particular part of an SSRS report to a separate pdf file?
I.e. If I had a summary table/rectangle within the main report, can it be saved separately from the main report? Having a pdf editor to split the file as suggested in:
https://www.experts-exchange.com/questions/27938046/ssrs-export-subreports-as-seperate-reports.html
I don't feel would save the time/hassle it costs to run the report twice.
Would this be an application for a linked report? I haven't used these, but it would seem a lot of information to pass through parameters (or am I missing something?).
I don't think that can be done in SSRS: you'll need special code like in your example that splits the pdf for you. If you just want a hands-free option, create two reports and have them run via subscription into the folders you need.
We are trying to add a code to a multipage pdf file.
Let's say there's 1000 pages in the pdf file.
Every six pages corresponds to 1 account.
So those six pages need the same account number.
Then the following six would get a different account number.
ETC.
Has anyone ever run across something that would perform this function?
Can the pdf link to a data file, or would it have to use simple page numbering?
Thanks in advance!
You can programmatically add whatever you want to any subset of pages in a PDF using a variety of PDF librarys, commercial or OSS.
Can you be more specific?
I've been tasked with creating an editable PDF (or similar off-line accessible) form with certain fields (dropdown lists and the like) prepopulated with data. Based on what is selected in the dropdowns, other text fields will be populated with associated data.
Short of creating a Windows Form with 100+ different fields, is there software that has this capability? I know I can't be the only one with a task like this, but having Googled and searched up and down SO I've drawn a blank.
I felt this was the most appropriate exchange to post this in; apologies if I am mistaken.
EDIT
I have access to Acrobat Pro 7 at work, but it seems unable to do what I described above. Do I need a newer version of Acrobat to achieve what I'm after?
Have you considered using InfoPath? It has basically been designed for this purpose and can interact with external data sources (e.g. SharePoint / databases). You can then convert the InfoPath form to PDF if needed, either using your own code or using third party product such as the PDF Converter for SharePoint
I worked on this product so the usual disclaimers apply.
If you want to do a professional job, you need to use the right tool (Adobe Acrobat Pro):
http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobatpro.html
SSRS newbie question here...
I have a table where one column is varbinary(max) data. I would like to make a report that makes this data available for download as a hyperlink so the user can just click on the item and get a file download dialog for the binary data. In this particular case, the binary data happens to be the content of old pdf files, but that shouldn't matter.
I tried searching around but I can't find any pointers on how to do this. It seems to me that it should be possible. There are ways to display images in a report using varbinary data, so it makes sense that one should be able to make arbitrary binary data downloadable on a report, right?
No, it is not possible as far as I can tell. Don't see anyway to do this.
The work-around that I used was to create a simple asp.net page to serve the binary content through some URL. I then hyperlinked to that page from the SSRS report giving the right variables in the URL. Works fine for me, YMMV if you have to worry about URL hacking or security issues.