999712 SAP OSS Note - PDF conversion for Unicode

How can I convert SAPscript or Smart Forms documents that were created


with Unicode device types into PDF format?

With Release 710 (or 620/640/700 with the Support Packages specified


below), the existing PDF Converter (function module CONVERT_OTF)

for SAPscript and Smart Forms is enhanced so that PDF documents can be


created in Unicode systems and correctly reproduce a mixture of

 languages.






The prerequisites for using the Unicode Converter are as follows:


An SAP Unicode system Release 620 or higher


The Support Packages specified below for Release 620, 640, 700


The kernel patches from Note 873239


Truetype fonts installed with the RSTXPDF2UC report. The Unicode-PDF


Converter inserts the fonts into the PDF where necessary. A guide

 to installing the fonts is attached to this note. (No fonts are


required for Chinese/Japanese/Korean.)

The OTF data to be converted must have been created with a cascading


fonts Unicode device type (such as ZSWINCF, see Note 906031) or w

ith the new PDF device type PDFUC attached to this note. As of Release


710, this device type PDFUC is available in the standard system

.


Alternatively, you can also use Unicode PCL5 device types LEXUTF8,


HPUTF8, RC001U18 or RC001V18. In this case, in Report RSTXPDF3, the

 option


CASC_UC_DEVTYPES


must be activated.   However, LEXUTF8, HPUTF8, RC001U18 or RC001V18 are


not recommended for PDF conversion because the ANDALE font can

not be correctly reproduced in the PDF.






Solution instructions

For PDFUC to work in Releases 620-700, you require at least the


following Support Package level:

Support Package required for 620: Support Package 61.


Support Package required for 640: Support Package 20.


Support Package required for 700: Support Package 11.










The device type PDFUC is delivered in Releases 620, 640, 700, 701 and


702 in the more recent Support Packages defined in the note.

CONVERT_OTF, PDFUC