Render tool - unable to display Chinese characters in PDF format
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Hi,
I am trying to produce a report in Chinese using the render tool. The PDF output was unable to display Chinese characters properly, but was okay if I select the output in word format. The results window under both PDF and word modes generated warning messages on the font styles. Has anyone run into the same issue?
I am using the latest Alteryx version (2019.3.5). The workflow and output files were attached below.
Thank you.
Wen-Yu
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You're probably not going to like this answer, but I don't think there's much you can do about the direct pdf output besides let Alteryx know and see if they're able to provide and update in the future.
Onto a solution for now, I would take the path of writing the .docx and then executing Visual Basic script (via the Run Command tool in Alteryx) that uses Word and saves the .docx as a .pdf.
Here's a Stack Overflow post with more information:
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/8807153/vbscript-to-convert-word-doc-to-pdf
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Hello
I am trying to run vbs script, but getting an error "failed to run extertnal program"
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Change the font on the Report Text Tool
