SSRS Checkbox in Wingdings font when exported to pdf
I am using SSRS 2005 and Adobe Acrobat 8. The SSRS report contains WingDings checkboxes, it opens as a pdf document in a popup in our application when an icon is clicked (VS 2008 C#, Windows XP professional). There is a separate independent Windows program that wakes up and creates the same pdf document using the same SSRS report. However, the checkboxes do not appear correctly on these pdfs.Why is this? What do I need to do to make this work?I would like to paste an image here to show how the x does not appear in the checkbox, but how do I paste image?
February 9th, 2010 4:19pm

Hi,You can logon the skydrive website if you have liveID, and upload the picture with the issue illustration and then copy and paste it here.thanks,jerry
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February 11th, 2010 12:29am

SkyDrive throws error when trying to upload file. It is in .png format. I converted to doc after pasting in Word, upload fails. Basically, the box with an x appears as a flattened rectangle with nothing in it. Is this a font thing maybe? I have the font library installed on my computer and the pdf in our online application appears correctly.I uploaded doc file here. Please view to get a clearer idea of my question. Any help is appreciatedhttp://www.scribd.com/doc/26776809/PDF-Check-Boxes-Issue
February 12th, 2010 11:01am

I always ended up creating an image of those thing and embedde it into the report. I found it more easier and quicker. hey, thats just me.Chicagoan ...
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February 12th, 2010 11:13am

Well, that might be the way to go, conditionally show the required image based on the data...We just made some minor changes to the report, and put the modified version in our test app. The test app is now showing the same 'pinched' checkboxes, no x inside .Anybody had a similar issue? Any suggestions? I originally was using textboxes to create my checkbox. They weren't as pretty as the ones created using Wingdings. There are a lot of check boxes in the report(several subreports). I would hope to get this to work, than go in and change each one.
February 16th, 2010 10:13am

Hi, RSNoobie,I came across this problem today, my checkboxes are all squished rectangle and stars in pdf format (we use SSRS 2005 and Adobe Reader 9). I couldn't even use a textbox for my checkbox since my checkbox is the data in a cell in a table.I had chr(254) for a checked checkbox (with an actual checkmark, not with an x) and chr(168) for my blank in my value expression.I was looking into creating an image to use ... but ... The fix for me is to use the characters "x" (lowercase X) for the checkbox with an x inside and "o" (lowercase O) for a blank checkbox instead of the chr's in my value expression. It worked!
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March 9th, 2010 6:38pm

Using wingdings is one method but there are more, especially if you've got SQL 2008 R2. So, for those ending up here while looking for different methods of displaying checkboxes on a SSRS report, check this out: http://blog.hoegaerden.be/2012/08/04/displaying-checkboxes-in-an-ssrs-report/ MCITP SQL Server 2008 (DEV); MCTS SQL Server 2008 (BI, DEV & DBA)
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