GRW 5.00 upgrade guide

Review when migrating to GRW 5.00.

Important:

This is an incremental upgrade guide that covers only topics related to the Genero Studio version specified in the page title. Check prior upgrade guides if you migrate from an earlier version. Make sure to also read about the new features for this version.

Corresponding new features page: GRW 5.00 new features.

Previous upgrade guide: GRW 4.01 upgrade guide

Report design documents

Update report design documents (.4rp) to the current version by using the gsreport command line utility. For further information, see Update report design documents to the current version.

Improved PDF output

There have been several changes to the PDF output:
  • The output is now produces PDF/A-1b level conformance.
  • Font fidelity has been improved so that the SVG output and the PDF output are identical.
  • The command line utility fontinfopdf is no longer needed since all fonts listed by the command line utility fontinfo can be used. Please check if your license allows PDF embedding.
  • The fidelity property, used to improve the fidelity of some fonts, is no longer needed since all fonts listed by the command line utility fontinfo can be used and the PDF generator strips the embedded fonts to contain only the characters used in the report, keeping file size minimal.
  • The fontDirectory parameter in the API call fgl_report_configurePDFDevice() is no longer needed. Instead, all fonts that are listed by the command line utility fontinfo.
This improved PDF output is due to a change in the third party library used to generate PDF reports. We recommend you review all PDF reports to verify there are no unexpected differences in the PDF reports created.