Create PDF/A report

Is it possible to create a report in PDF/A format? If it is, in which version of OracleReports it's possible to make that.
Thanks
Marko

Hello,
Unfortunately no version of Oracle Reports supports PDF/A.
the way you would do that is to create a custom destination class for the reports server that implements the conversion to PDF/a using some kind of third party tool. take a look at the reports java doc
http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/E12839_01/apirefs.1111/e10775/oracle/reports/server/Destination.html
to get an idea of the API. you can take the "secure PDF" sample destionation from the plugin exchange as a guideline.
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/middleware/reports/index-085705.html
Also,Oracle Reports provides several ways in order to include accessibility features in the PDF file. The PDF format file follows the tagged-PDF standard defined in PDF 1.4. This standard along with Acrobat Reader 5 (or higher) provides features for inclusion in the paper layout.
For information on enabling accessibility-related features offered through Oracle
Reports from the command line-->
see http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/E14571_01/bi.1111/b32121.pdf -->Section A.5.1, "ACCESSIBLE".
For information about using the Oracle Reports accessibility properties designed to make PDF report output accessible to the disabled community (Alternative Text, Headers, ID, Report
Language, and Table Caption properties), see the Oracle Reports online Help.
Kind regards,
Alex
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