Error in test with Central Output Pro Server 5.5

Question

I am getting the following error,
when I testing the Central Output Pro Server.
I begin with a Central Output Pro Server Vers. 5.5 (demonstration version)
some is the example which I use, I always have the same message in the logs:
[313]*** Spawn of agent may have failed ***
[306]Processing file 'exmpl1.dat', '^job exmpl1 "d:\Program Files\Adobe\
[307]Launching task '"jftrans" "C:\Program Files\Adobe\Central\Server\Data\exmpl1.dat"
[314]Agent exit message: [313]*** Spawn of agent may have failed ***
[375]Skipping event because infile A is missing.
It is probaly a configuration problem? but that to make.

Answer 1

I was checking my log file and I noticed an anomoly between some of the "launching" log entries. That got me to looking further into my jfserver.ini file. I think I know what your problem is.
Every program (agent) that Central can launch has to have entries in the jfserver.ini file. This includes the agents that come with Central as well as any custom agents that are added later (we have several that we've written for our application). These entries include an EXEPATH statement that is specific to the agent. Apparently this is separate and in addition to the entry in the [Paths] section.
For your specific problem look for a section with a [jftrans] header. It may be missing, or it may just be missing the ExePath entry or that entry may be blank.
If one is fouled up, look for others. If all options of Central were checked when it was installed you should have entries like the following. These are all in my file as a result of the installation. Of course the actual location would be different.
[JFSTARTUP]
ExePath=C:\JetForm\Central\Bin
IniFileName=C:\JetForm\Central\Server\JFSTARTUP.ini
LogFileName=C:\JetForm\Central\Server\jfserver.log
EditCfgRtn=notepad %s
[JFSHUTDN]
ExePath=C:\JetForm\Central\Bin
IniFileName=C:\JetForm\Central\Server\JFSHUTDN.ini
LogFileName=C:\JetForm\Central\Server\jfserver.log
EditCfgRtn=notepad %s
[JFERROR]
ExePath=C:\JetForm\Central\Bin
IniFileName=C:\JetForm\Central\Server\PrtErrorCheck.ini
LogFileName=C:\JetForm\Central\Server\jfserver.log
EditCfgRtn=notepad %s
[DEFAULT]
ExePath=c:\jetform\central\Bin
IniFileName=c:\jetform\central\Server\jfmerge.ini
[JFNOJOB]
ExePath=c:\jetform\central\Bin
IniFileName=c:\jetform\central\Server\jfnojob.ini
[JFEMSEND]
ExePath=c:\jetform\central\Bin
IniFileName=c:\jetform\central\Server\jfemsend.ini
EditCfgRtn=notepad c:\jetform\central\Server\jfemsend.ini
[JFMERGE]
ExePath=c:\jetform\central\Bin
IniFileName=c:\jetform\central\Server\jfmerge.ini
[JFPVAGENT]
ExePath=c:\jetform\central\Bin
IniFileName=c:\jetform\central\Server\jfpvagent.ini
EditCfgRtn=Notepad c:\jetform\central\Server\jfpvagent.ini
[JFTRANS]
ExePath=c:\jetform\central\Bin
IniFileName=c:\jetform\central\Server\jftrans.ini
EditCfgRtn=notepad c:\jetform\central\Server\jftrans.ini
[XMLIMPORT]
ExePath=c:\jetform\central\Bin
EditCfgRtn=Notepad c:\jetform\central\Bin\xmlimport.xci
IniFileName=c:\jetform\central\Bin\xmlimport.xci