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Asked: 2026-05-25T19:45:01+00:00

So, I have a local .rdlc file with some text formatted using strikethrough formatting.

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So, I have a local .rdlc file with some text formatted using strikethrough formatting. My issue is quite simple to explain, but I do not know if it is just a limitation of PDF, or a bug with the .rdlc exporting to PDF.

When I write this code:

var localReport = new LocalReport();
...
byte[] pdf = localReport.Render("PDF");
System.IO.File.WriteAllBytes("MyReport.pdf", pdf);

None of the strike-through formatted text transfers over the the .pdf file properly.

If instead, I export to Word using .Render(“Word”), the strikethrough does work on the .doc format. So, I know it isn’t a problem with the .rdlc report itself.

Has anyone encountered this? Any solutions or workarounds?

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  1. Editorial Team

    I found this: http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/sqlreportingservices/thread/b35ca474-046d-4a38-a765-6c38c3d33105/
    which suggests that missing strikethrough in PDFs was a known limitation. (But as mentioned in comments to the question, I couldn’t reproduce with 2008r2.)

    The two workarounds given there look painful.

    (A) finding a font which itself as the strikethrough built into each
    glyph/character. (B) trying to mimic a strikethrough using a line
    report item. Note that for (B) overlapping items are supported only in
    PDF, Print & TIFF formats.

    I suppose if it were mine, I would play around with option B if the text is a small amount. Also, it may be worth test some of the html passthrough enabled when a placeholder is set to render as HTML. Maybe using a strikethrough style there would work?

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