No text displayed in PDF Document

[Former Member]

Hi @all,

I want to download a PDF-Form to my local machine.

Approach:

- CALL FUNCTION 'FP_FUNCTION_MODULE_NAME'

- CALL FUNCTION 'FP_JOB_OPEN'

- CALL FUNCTION h_funcname

- CALL FUNCTION 'FP_JOB_CLOSE'

- CALL FUNCTION 'SCMS_XSTRING_TO_BINARY'

- CALL METHOD cl_gui_frontend_services=>gui_download

I just inserted a static text in the PDF Document (Font: ARIAL).

Adobe Document Designer shows this text on the preview tab but

the downloaded PDF Document is empty.

Only the graphical elements like circles are displayed but no text.

System-Details:

SAP ERP Central Component 5.0

Release 640 Non-Unicode

Adobe Designer Version 6.0

Do you have any ideas?

I just found the note 715599 but this refers to UNICODE Systems.

Thanks.

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Hello,

Arial is the font what basis guys in your project had configured and is not provided by SAP system, so the another approach is use the TIMES font, this will be the turn around solution, or else report the same to the basis guys, they will help you out in this issue to get the Arail fonts

I had faced the same problem in my project, and that is the reason I am pretty sure about this.

[Former Member]

Thanks for your quick responses.

Unfortunately our systems are down this morning.

I will post the results as soon as possible.

Thanks you two very much.

[former_member196280]

I guess this [link|https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/sdn/go/portal/prtroot/docs/library/uuid/49e15474-0e01-0010-9cba-e62df8244556] will help to close the thread.

regards,

Sai Ram

[Former Member]

Hi,

thanks for you answer.

But the document only describes the conversion of SAP Script into PDF file.

The OTF output of the SAP Script is converted to PDF by using the function module CONVERT_OTF.

Do I have any other possibilities to access and download the PDF Document without using SAP Script?

I already created the PDF Interface and PDF Form by using the "Form Builder" (Transaction SFP).

My program shall access and download this Form.

This works almost but all of the text information is obviously lost. All of the graphical information is displayed in the downloaded document.

Thank you for you help.

Christian Nitschka