Export to PDF: Document Size

[RobertM]

We are updated our custom system (c#, VS2008) document format to .pdf. I
want to use InfoPath templates to create these because they provide the rich
UI some of our forms require (including optional and repeating sections).
Also, InfoPath is very easy to work with within a Visual Studio class (simply
open the DOM and set field values).

My question is this. On exporting the exact same form done in InfoPath vs.
SSRS (an alternative approach) to .pdf the InfoPath document is approx 70K
while the SSRS is 7K. Any reason/resolution to make the InfoPath .pdf export
smaller?

Thanks.

 

[S.Y.M. Wong-A-Ton]

Do the 2 exported forms also look exactly the same? There might be "extras"
(graphics, colors, etc.) in the InfoPath form that bloats it up?

 

[RobertM]

Exactly the same. Text, no graphics, not even repeating sections. A basic
InfoPath template opened and exported to .PDF is approx. 10 times the size of
the same item designed as a report and exported to .PDF.