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PM25067: Regional languages Characters comes as junk characters while rendering fonts from HTML to pdf in Report Studio

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APAR status

  • Closed as program error.

Error description

  • Facing issues while rendering regional languages (Marathi,
    Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Bengali etc) fonts in pdf from report
    studio.??User is able to copy regional fonts (Marathi, Tamil,
    Telugu, Malayalam, & Bengali etc) to report studio and see it
    fine in HTML format.??But same report when rendered to pdf gives
    problem. Characters as junk (rectangular boxes)??Customer is
    using 15 Regional languages and all for them are not rendered in
    PDF. ??Customer is using 8.3 GA, but issue reproducible in 8.4
    as well?
    

Local fix

Problem summary

  • ****************************************************************
    * USERS AFFECTED:                                              *
    * All Users                                                    *
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    * PROBLEM DESCRIPTION:                                         *
    * See error description.                                       *
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    * RECOMMENDATION:                                              *
    * Upgrade to IBM Cognos Business Intelligence 10.1 Refresh     *
    * Pack 1                                                       *
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Problem conclusion

  • Code Fix
    

Temporary fix

Comments

APAR Information

  • APAR number

    PM25067

  • Reported component name

    COG8 BI REPORT

  • Reported component ID

    5724W12RS

  • Reported release

    830

  • Status

    CLOSED PER

  • PE

    NoPE

  • HIPER

    NoHIPER

  • Special Attention

    NoSpecatt

  • Submitted date

    2010-10-22

  • Closed date

    2011-09-13

  • Last modified date

    2011-09-13

  • APAR is sysrouted FROM one or more of the following:

  • APAR is sysrouted TO one or more of the following:

Fix information

  • Fixed component name

    COG8 BI REPORT

  • Fixed component ID

    5724W12RS

Applicable component levels

  • RA11 PSN

       UP

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Document Information

Modified date:
13 September 2011