using Rational Software Architect 7,
Crystal Reports for RAD 11.5.3 (component SDKs),
WebSphere v6.1

I need to convert a report to PDF and save it on the server.  I have the jsp below working but it returns the PDF to the web browser.

Is there a way to get the PDF out of the response object?
Or is there another way to convert the report to a PDF?

Thanks in advance


<%@ page import="com.crystaldecisions.report.web.viewer.ReportExportControl" %>
<%@ page import="com.crystaldecisions.reports.sdk.ReportClientDocument" %>
<%@ page import="com.crystaldecisions.sdk.occa.report.exportoptions.ExportOptions" %>
<%@ page import="com.crystaldecisions.sdk.occa.report.exportoptions.ReportExportFormat" %>
<%@ page import="com.crystaldecisions.sdk.occa.report.exportoptions.PDFExportFormatOptions" %>
<%
    Object reportSource = session.getAttribute("reportSource");
    if (reportSource == null) {
       String report = "/CrystalReport1.rpt";
       ReportClientDocument reportClientDoc = new ReportClientDocument();
       reportClientDoc.open(report, 0);
       reportSource = reportClientDoc.getReportSource();
       session.setAttribute("reportSource", reportSource);
    }
    ReportExportControl exportControl = new ReportExportControl();
    ExportOptions exportOptions = new ExportOptions();
    exportOptions.setExportFormatType(ReportExportFormat.PDF);
    PDFExportFormatOptions PDFExpOpts = new PDFExportFormatOptions();
    exportOptions.setFormatOptions(PDFExpOpts);   
    exportControl.setReportSource(reportSource);
    exportControl.setExportOptions(exportOptions);
    exportControl.processHttpRequest(request, response, getServletConfig().getServletContext(), null); 
%>

Thanks hilfy,

Your response sent me in the right direction.  I found this thread on java.sun.com

http://forum.java.sun.com/thread.jspa?threadID=5123092&messageID=9434894

and here is my updated jsp that works

<%@ page import="com.crystaldecisions.reports.sdk.ReportClientDocument" %>
<%@ page import="com.crystaldecisions.reports.sdk.PrintOutputController" %>
<%@ page import="com.crystaldecisions.sdk.occa.report.exportoptions.ReportExportFormat" %>
<%@ page import="java.io.*" %>
<%
    Object reportSource = session.getAttribute("reportSource");
    ReportClientDocument reportClientDoc = null;
    if (reportSource == null) {
       String report = "/CrystalReport1.rpt";
       reportClientDoc = new ReportClientDocument();
       reportClientDoc.open(report, 0);
       reportSource = reportClientDoc.getReportSource();
       session.setAttribute("reportSource", reportSource);
    }
    PrintOutputController printOutputController = reportClientDoc.getPrintOutputController();
    ByteArrayInputStream byteArrayInputStream = (ByteArrayInputStream) printOutputController.export(ReportExportFormat.PDF);
   
    byte byteArray[] = new byte[byteArrayInputStream.available()];
   
    File file = new File("C:\\mikemikemike.pdf");
    FileOutputStream fileOutputStream = new FileOutputStream(file);
   
    ByteArrayOutputStream byteArrayOutputStream = new ByteArrayOutputStream(byteArrayInputStream.available());
    int x = byteArrayInputStream.read(byteArray, 0, byteArrayInputStream.available());
   
    byteArrayOutputStream.write(byteArray, 0, x);
    byteArrayOutputStream.writeTo(fileOutputStream);
   
    byteArrayInputStream.close();
    byteArrayOutputStream.close();
    fileOutputStream.close();
%>