The report contains a Microsoft Word OLE Object. When previewed, the normal font appears bold.

[supriyatna]

Hi All,

I'm using Crystal Reports for Visual Studio (SP38).
I'm experiencing an issue when previewing a report that contains a Microsoft Word OLE Object. The normal font appears bold.

Has anyone experienced the same problem?
Is there a solution to fix this?

[DonWilliams]

Hello,

That's odd, would it be possible to get your Word Document and report for testing?

I'll send it off to R&D to see if they can duplicate the issue.

Also, what version of Windows are you using?

Note: you can't attach the report but you may be able to attach the Word document.

If you can send me a link to download the files from a share point.

I suspect there is some tag in the document that causes this to happen.

Thanks

Don

[supriyatna]

Hi Don,

I'm using Windows 10 22H2, but this issue also happen on Windows 11.

The steps are simple. I just create a blank document in Microsoft Word, type any random text, and then copy and paste all the selected text into Crystal Reports.

I'm using Crystal Reports 2020 SP3 Patch 3

Please find the sample Word and .RPT files in Mega Drive.

https://mega.nz/folder/a95BzIZD#E8349v_E_8dNVF41ZbPYYQ

[supriyatna]

Hi Don, can you duplicate the case?

[DonWilliams]

This is bizare..... I couldn't until I opened your reports and docx file, now it happen every time... I'll send your zip file to R&D and se what they have to say. He did respond, nothing that he knows of would cause this to happen...

[ido_millet]

Don, perhaps this is not real bold font -- just the effect of rendering the text twice (with a slight shift).

[DonWilliams]

You are correct Ido, it's not a bold font issue but a viewer issue, it just looks like it's bolding all text.

R&D response:

Yes it’s related to picture rendering in Winform Viewer, not a real bold font issue.

We might take a look in SP39 if there’s enough time…