Images and PDF Export POST SP2

I've come accross the same problem having also installed SP2. Still looking
for the answer.
I did notice that exporting via the preview window in Visual Studio works
perfectly. It's only exporting to pdf via a browser that causes the
scrambled images.
Does anyone have a work around, besides changing every report to read a png
image? We still need transparency.
Ryan
>On Follow Up.. this appears to be images other than JPEG's, which according
>to documentation are all rendered as PNG's.
>"Rob Johnson" wrote:
>> After installing RS SP2, images included in my reports display fine in
>> HTML
>> View, Excel View and TIFF View, but when exported to PDF they are not
>> displaying properly (they appear garbled, much like a scrambled TV
>> signal).
>>
>> Any ideas or thoughts?Same issue here, although my image is being converted at runtime to png via a
.Net assembly. I get the same results through the browser and VS IDE.
"Ryan Opfer" wrote:
> I've come accross the same problem having also installed SP2. Still looking
> for the answer.
> I did notice that exporting via the preview window in Visual Studio works
> perfectly. It's only exporting to pdf via a browser that causes the
> scrambled images.
> Does anyone have a work around, besides changing every report to read a png
> image? We still need transparency.
> Ryan
> >On Follow Up.. this appears to be images other than JPEG's, which according
> >to documentation are all rendered as PNG's.
> >"Rob Johnson" wrote:
> >> After installing RS SP2, images included in my reports display fine in
> >> HTML
> >> View, Excel View and TIFF View, but when exported to PDF they are not
> >> displaying properly (they appear garbled, much like a scrambled TV
> >> signal).
> >>
> >> Any ideas or thoughts?
>
>|||I use a custom centering/scaling function as the data source for my image
control. Converting the function's output to either GIF or JPEG eliminated
the problem for me. I have my image control's format set to JPEG. The
problem appears for me when the function's output is set to PNG.
"Ryan Opfer" wrote:
> I've come accross the same problem having also installed SP2. Still looking
> for the answer.
> I did notice that exporting via the preview window in Visual Studio works
> perfectly. It's only exporting to pdf via a browser that causes the
> scrambled images.
> Does anyone have a work around, besides changing every report to read a png
> image? We still need transparency.
> Ryan
> >On Follow Up.. this appears to be images other than JPEG's, which according
> >to documentation are all rendered as PNG's.
> >"Rob Johnson" wrote:
> >> After installing RS SP2, images included in my reports display fine in
> >> HTML
> >> View, Excel View and TIFF View, but when exported to PDF they are not
> >> displaying properly (they appear garbled, much like a scrambled TV
> >> signal).
> >>
> >> Any ideas or thoughts?
>
>|||I've tried a couple of images and didn't see PNG corruption when exporting
to PDF. Would one of you please email me a sample PNG that is exhibiting
this behavior so I can take a look? Thank you.
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"Ken Fox" <KenFox@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>I use a custom centering/scaling function as the data source for my image
> control. Converting the function's output to either GIF or JPEG
> eliminated
> the problem for me. I have my image control's format set to JPEG. The
> problem appears for me when the function's output is set to PNG.
> "Ryan Opfer" wrote:
>> I've come accross the same problem having also installed SP2. Still
>> looking
>> for the answer.
>> I did notice that exporting via the preview window in Visual Studio works
>> perfectly. It's only exporting to pdf via a browser that causes the
>> scrambled images.
>> Does anyone have a work around, besides changing every report to read a
>> png
>> image? We still need transparency.
>> Ryan
>> >On Follow Up.. this appears to be images other than JPEG's, which
>> >according
>> >to documentation are all rendered as PNG's.
>> >"Rob Johnson" wrote:
>> >> After installing RS SP2, images included in my reports display fine in
>> >> HTML
>> >> View, Excel View and TIFF View, but when exported to PDF they are not
>> >> displaying properly (they appear garbled, much like a scrambled TV
>> >> signal).
>> >>
>> >> Any ideas or thoughts?
>>|||We don't currently support true color w/alpha PNG files, only indexed color
(color type 3). If your graphics editing program allows you to specify the
color type of your PNG and save it as a type 3 file you should be fine.
Prior to SP2, we converted all images to bitmaps which bloated the PDF file.
We now compress but have less flexibility on certain image types.
I've opened a bug for this issue so we can hopefully get it fixed in Yukon.
The easiest work-around for our SQL Server 2000 release is to save as a type
3 file or use a jpg.
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"Ryan Opfer" <ropfer@.usa.ibs.org> wrote in message
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> Thanks Donovan for looking into this. Here is our logo
> (logoRenderedFromBrowser.png). It was originally a GIF image but when
> rendered to the browser it becomes a png image (perhaps a reason why we
> can export to PDF via visual studio but not from the browser). Also
> attached is the scrambled logo (scrambledImage.jpg) screen shot taken
> directly after export to pdf via the browser.
> Again, prior to SP2 all reports exported as expected via the browser to
> pdf. One can only assume that there's been a change with sp2.
> Thanks in advance,
> Ryan
>
> "Donovan Smith [MSFT]" <donovans@.online.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:%23b0JjJnWFHA.2256@.TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...
>> I've tried a couple of images and didn't see PNG corruption when
>> exporting
>> to PDF. Would one of you please email me a sample PNG that is exhibiting
>> this behavior so I can take a look? Thank you.
>> --
>> This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no
>> rights.
>>
>> "Ken Fox" <KenFox@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:DF0704F5-B6DF-4BEF-A042-0DE8D7E0F30D@.microsoft.com...
>>I use a custom centering/scaling function as the data source for my image
>> control. Converting the function's output to either GIF or JPEG
>> eliminated
>> the problem for me. I have my image control's format set to JPEG. The
>> problem appears for me when the function's output is set to PNG.
>> "Ryan Opfer" wrote:
>> I've come accross the same problem having also installed SP2. Still
>> looking
>> for the answer.
>> I did notice that exporting via the preview window in Visual Studio
>> works
>> perfectly. It's only exporting to pdf via a browser that causes the
>> scrambled images.
>> Does anyone have a work around, besides changing every report to read a
>> png
>> image? We still need transparency.
>> Ryan
>> >On Follow Up.. this appears to be images other than JPEG's, which
>> >according
>> >to documentation are all rendered as PNG's.
>> >"Rob Johnson" wrote:
>> >> After installing RS SP2, images included in my reports display fine
>> >> in
>> >> HTML
>> >> View, Excel View and TIFF View, but when exported to PDF they are
>> >> not
>> >> displaying properly (they appear garbled, much like a scrambled TV
>> >> signal).
>> >>
>> >> Any ideas or thoughts?
>>
>>
>
>|||Thanks Donovan for the information. I was in error when I had said that we
were originally using a GIF image and that RS was converting it when
rendering for the browser. We are indeed using png files at 24 bit.
I did save the image as png-8 (which I assume is color type 3) which does
fix this problem--although it's lousy quality.
So thanks again for the solution/work around.
Ryan
It is interesting though that you mention that RS doesn't currently support
true color w/alpha PNG files. I'm not even using PNG, it's RS that is
converting it to
"Donovan Smith [MSFT]" <donovans@.online.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:eXILSR1WFHA.3584@.TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...
> We don't currently support true color w/alpha PNG files, only indexed
> color (color type 3). If your graphics editing program allows you to
> specify the color type of your PNG and save it as a type 3 file you should
> be fine. Prior to SP2, we converted all images to bitmaps which bloated
> the PDF file. We now compress but have less flexibility on certain image
> types.
> I've opened a bug for this issue so we can hopefully get it fixed in
> Yukon. The easiest work-around for our SQL Server 2000 release is to save
> as a type 3 file or use a jpg.
> --
> This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no
> rights.
>
> "Ryan Opfer" <ropfer@.usa.ibs.org> wrote in message
> news:%23IailDwWFHA.3584@.TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...
>> Thanks Donovan for looking into this. Here is our logo
>> (logoRenderedFromBrowser.png). It was originally a GIF image but when
>> rendered to the browser it becomes a png image (perhaps a reason why we
>> can export to PDF via visual studio but not from the browser). Also
>> attached is the scrambled logo (scrambledImage.jpg) screen shot taken
>> directly after export to pdf via the browser.
>> Again, prior to SP2 all reports exported as expected via the browser to
>> pdf. One can only assume that there's been a change with sp2.
>> Thanks in advance,
>> Ryan
>>
>> "Donovan Smith [MSFT]" <donovans@.online.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:%23b0JjJnWFHA.2256@.TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...
>> I've tried a couple of images and didn't see PNG corruption when
>> exporting
>> to PDF. Would one of you please email me a sample PNG that is
>> exhibiting
>> this behavior so I can take a look? Thank you.
>> --
>> This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no
>> rights.
>>
>> "Ken Fox" <KenFox@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:DF0704F5-B6DF-4BEF-A042-0DE8D7E0F30D@.microsoft.com...
>>I use a custom centering/scaling function as the data source for my
>>image
>> control. Converting the function's output to either GIF or JPEG
>> eliminated
>> the problem for me. I have my image control's format set to JPEG. The
>> problem appears for me when the function's output is set to PNG.
>> "Ryan Opfer" wrote:
>> I've come accross the same problem having also installed SP2. Still
>> looking
>> for the answer.
>> I did notice that exporting via the preview window in Visual Studio
>> works
>> perfectly. It's only exporting to pdf via a browser that causes the
>> scrambled images.
>> Does anyone have a work around, besides changing every report to read
>> a
>> png
>> image? We still need transparency.
>> Ryan
>> >On Follow Up.. this appears to be images other than JPEG's, which
>> >according
>> >to documentation are all rendered as PNG's.
>> >"Rob Johnson" wrote:
>> >> After installing RS SP2, images included in my reports display fine
>> >> in
>> >> HTML
>> >> View, Excel View and TIFF View, but when exported to PDF they are
>> >> not
>> >> displaying properly (they appear garbled, much like a scrambled TV
>> >> signal).
>> >>
>> >> Any ideas or thoughts?
>>
>>
>>
>>
>|||Ah, OK. I couldn't quite understand the GIF part of your message. :)
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"Ryan Opfer" <ropfer@.usa.ibs.org> wrote in message
news:ep6g6EAXFHA.3348@.TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...
> Thanks Donovan for the information. I was in error when I had said that
> we were originally using a GIF image and that RS was converting it when
> rendering for the browser. We are indeed using png files at 24 bit.
> I did save the image as png-8 (which I assume is color type 3) which does
> fix this problem--although it's lousy quality.
> So thanks again for the solution/work around.
> Ryan
> It is interesting though that you mention that RS doesn't currently
> support true color w/alpha PNG files. I'm not even using PNG, it's RS
> that is converting it to
> "Donovan Smith [MSFT]" <donovans@.online.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:eXILSR1WFHA.3584@.TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...
>> We don't currently support true color w/alpha PNG files, only indexed
>> color (color type 3). If your graphics editing program allows you to
>> specify the color type of your PNG and save it as a type 3 file you
>> should be fine. Prior to SP2, we converted all images to bitmaps which
>> bloated the PDF file. We now compress but have less flexibility on
>> certain image types.
>> I've opened a bug for this issue so we can hopefully get it fixed in
>> Yukon. The easiest work-around for our SQL Server 2000 release is to save
>> as a type 3 file or use a jpg.
>> --
>> This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no
>> rights.
>>
>> "Ryan Opfer" <ropfer@.usa.ibs.org> wrote in message
>> news:%23IailDwWFHA.3584@.TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...
>> Thanks Donovan for looking into this. Here is our logo
>> (logoRenderedFromBrowser.png). It was originally a GIF image but when
>> rendered to the browser it becomes a png image (perhaps a reason why we
>> can export to PDF via visual studio but not from the browser). Also
>> attached is the scrambled logo (scrambledImage.jpg) screen shot taken
>> directly after export to pdf via the browser.
>> Again, prior to SP2 all reports exported as expected via the browser to
>> pdf. One can only assume that there's been a change with sp2.
>> Thanks in advance,
>> Ryan
>>
>> "Donovan Smith [MSFT]" <donovans@.online.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:%23b0JjJnWFHA.2256@.TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...
>> I've tried a couple of images and didn't see PNG corruption when
>> exporting
>> to PDF. Would one of you please email me a sample PNG that is
>> exhibiting
>> this behavior so I can take a look? Thank you.
>> --
>> This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no
>> rights.
>>
>> "Ken Fox" <KenFox@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:DF0704F5-B6DF-4BEF-A042-0DE8D7E0F30D@.microsoft.com...
>>I use a custom centering/scaling function as the data source for my
>>image
>> control. Converting the function's output to either GIF or JPEG
>> eliminated
>> the problem for me. I have my image control's format set to JPEG.
>> The
>> problem appears for me when the function's output is set to PNG.
>> "Ryan Opfer" wrote:
>> I've come accross the same problem having also installed SP2. Still
>> looking
>> for the answer.
>> I did notice that exporting via the preview window in Visual Studio
>> works
>> perfectly. It's only exporting to pdf via a browser that causes the
>> scrambled images.
>> Does anyone have a work around, besides changing every report to read
>> a
>> png
>> image? We still need transparency.
>> Ryan
>> >On Follow Up.. this appears to be images other than JPEG's, which
>> >according
>> >to documentation are all rendered as PNG's.
>> >"Rob Johnson" wrote:
>> >> After installing RS SP2, images included in my reports display
>> >> fine in
>> >> HTML
>> >> View, Excel View and TIFF View, but when exported to PDF they are
>> >> not
>> >> displaying properly (they appear garbled, much like a scrambled TV
>> >> signal).
>> >>
>> >> Any ideas or thoughts?
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>|||One more export issue. When exporting to pdf using the 8 bit png image
(color type 3) from the browser, transparency doesn't work (and it use to
under SP1). As proof that the image is transparent, I can print using the
new print button and transparency works fine. Also when exporting to pdf
via Visual Studio transparency works fine as well (of course so did the 24
bit png).
At least it's not scrambled though!
Ryan
"Donovan Smith [MSFT]" <donovans@.online.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Ah, OK. I couldn't quite understand the GIF part of your message. :)
> --
> This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no
> rights.
>
> "Ryan Opfer" <ropfer@.usa.ibs.org> wrote in message
> news:ep6g6EAXFHA.3348@.TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...
>> Thanks Donovan for the information. I was in error when I had said that
>> we were originally using a GIF image and that RS was converting it when
>> rendering for the browser. We are indeed using png files at 24 bit.
>> I did save the image as png-8 (which I assume is color type 3) which does
>> fix this problem--although it's lousy quality.
>> So thanks again for the solution/work around.
>> Ryan
>> It is interesting though that you mention that RS doesn't currently
>> support true color w/alpha PNG files. I'm not even using PNG, it's RS
>> that is converting it to
>> "Donovan Smith [MSFT]" <donovans@.online.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:eXILSR1WFHA.3584@.TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...
>> We don't currently support true color w/alpha PNG files, only indexed
>> color (color type 3). If your graphics editing program allows you to
>> specify the color type of your PNG and save it as a type 3 file you
>> should be fine. Prior to SP2, we converted all images to bitmaps which
>> bloated the PDF file. We now compress but have less flexibility on
>> certain image types.
>> I've opened a bug for this issue so we can hopefully get it fixed in
>> Yukon. The easiest work-around for our SQL Server 2000 release is to
>> save as a type 3 file or use a jpg.
>> --
>> This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no
>> rights.
>>
>> "Ryan Opfer" <ropfer@.usa.ibs.org> wrote in message
>> news:%23IailDwWFHA.3584@.TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...
>> Thanks Donovan for looking into this. Here is our logo
>> (logoRenderedFromBrowser.png). It was originally a GIF image but when
>> rendered to the browser it becomes a png image (perhaps a reason why we
>> can export to PDF via visual studio but not from the browser). Also
>> attached is the scrambled logo (scrambledImage.jpg) screen shot taken
>> directly after export to pdf via the browser.
>> Again, prior to SP2 all reports exported as expected via the browser to
>> pdf. One can only assume that there's been a change with sp2.
>> Thanks in advance,
>> Ryan
>>
>> "Donovan Smith [MSFT]" <donovans@.online.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:%23b0JjJnWFHA.2256@.TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...
>> I've tried a couple of images and didn't see PNG corruption when
>> exporting
>> to PDF. Would one of you please email me a sample PNG that is
>> exhibiting
>> this behavior so I can take a look? Thank you.
>> --
>> This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no
>> rights.
>>
>> "Ken Fox" <KenFox@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:DF0704F5-B6DF-4BEF-A042-0DE8D7E0F30D@.microsoft.com...
>>I use a custom centering/scaling function as the data source for my
>>image
>> control. Converting the function's output to either GIF or JPEG
>> eliminated
>> the problem for me. I have my image control's format set to JPEG.
>> The
>> problem appears for me when the function's output is set to PNG.
>> "Ryan Opfer" wrote:
>>> I've come accross the same problem having also installed SP2. Still
>>> looking
>>> for the answer.
>>>
>>> I did notice that exporting via the preview window in Visual Studio
>>> works
>>> perfectly. It's only exporting to pdf via a browser that causes the
>>> scrambled images.
>>>
>>> Does anyone have a work around, besides changing every report to
>>> read a
>>> png
>>> image? We still need transparency.
>>>
>>> Ryan
>>> >On Follow Up.. this appears to be images other than JPEG's, which
>>> >according
>>> >to documentation are all rendered as PNG's.
>>>
>>> >"Rob Johnson" wrote:
>>>
>>> >> After installing RS SP2, images included in my reports display
>>> >> fine in
>>> >> HTML
>>> >> View, Excel View and TIFF View, but when exported to PDF they are
>>> >> not
>>> >> displaying properly (they appear garbled, much like a scrambled
>>> >> TV
>>> >> signal).
>>> >>
>>> >> Any ideas or thoughts?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>