BLOB and CLOB data in BI Publisher

Hello,
I have an XML file with blob and clob data in it. I am using BI desktop publisher to load the xml file and create the rtf template. I am getting the following error:
ConfFile: C:\Program Files\Oracle\BI Publisher\BI Publisher Desktop\Template Builder for Word\config\xdoconfig.xml
Font Dir: C:\Program Files\Oracle\BI Publisher\BI Publisher Desktop\Template Builder for Word\fonts
Run XDO Start
Template: C:\work\employee.rtf
RTFProcessor setLocale: en-us
FOProcessor setData: C:\work\employee.xml
FOProcessor setLocale: en-us
Do i need to install anything or am i missing any configuration to read the blob and clob? Please advise
thanks

Check this out, hopefully it'll help you
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