PDF Subset

Hi,
i'm trying to subset a barcode font in a report using Reports Server 9i with the PDF Subset feature.
My server is a Red Hat Linux 7.3 with Oracle 9iAS release 2 with patches 2703110 and 2842923.
The installation of Oracle 9ias and patches was made without any errors.
My problem is that Adobe Acrobat Reader is showing an error when the PDF is being generated.
The error message is:
There was an error processing a page. There was a problem reading this document (110).
What could be wrong??
Here's my uifont.ali file:
[ PDF:Subset ]
# This example shows how to subset Arial True Type font into the PDF file:
# helvetica = "Arial.ttf"
# The True Type font files must exist in any one of the folders specified in
# REPORTS_PATH.
i2501p = "I2501P.ttf"
The the report file (i2501p.rdf) and font file (I2501P.ttf) are in $ORACLE_HOME/reports/samples/demo.
This directory is in $REPORTS_PATH.
PDF Embed works, but only on the first try. I have to restart the reports server to make the report to work again. I've been already told that this is a bug to be corrected in 9.0.2.3 patchset.
How can I make my server works with PDF Subset??
Thank you all.
Marcus Santos.
([email protected])

hi,
you have to touch following files.
$ORACLE_HOME/guicommon/tk/admin/AFM
$ORACLE_HOME/guicommon/tk/admin/AFM/Symbol.afm
$ORACLE_HOME/guicommon/tk/admin/TTF
$ORACLE_HOME/guicommon/tk/admin/uiprint.txt
$ORACLE_HOME/guicommon/tk/admin/uifont.ali
$ORACLE_HOME/guicommon/tk/admin/PPD/datap462.ppd
$ORACLE_HOME/guicommon/tk/admin/PPD/screenprinter.ppd
$ORACLE_HOME/bin/reports.sh
convert your true type font to afm and copy ttf/afm files to respective directory
regards

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Hi Expert,
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hi,
you have to touch following files.
$ORACLE_HOME/guicommon/tk/admin/AFM
$ORACLE_HOME/guicommon/tk/admin/AFM/Symbol.afm
$ORACLE_HOME/guicommon/tk/admin/TTF
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$ORACLE_HOME/guicommon/tk/admin/uifont.ali
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$ORACLE_HOME/guicommon/tk/admin/PPD/screenprinter.ppd
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Error: PDF Embbed and PDF Subset

Hi,
i'm trying to print a PDF report in my web browser using the new PDF Subset feature of Reports Server 9i to subset a barcode font but i'm having the following problem:
When the PDF is being generated, Adobe Acrobat 5 is showing the error (110) - Problem reading the document.
My O.S is Red Hat Linux 7.3 and the Oracle 9ias R2 is installed with the patches p2703110 (9.0.2.2 Core Patchset) and p2842923.
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#===============================================================
[ Global ] # Put mappings for all surfaces here.
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hi,
you have to touch following files.
$ORACLE_HOME/guicommon/tk/admin/AFM
$ORACLE_HOME/guicommon/tk/admin/AFM/Symbol.afm
$ORACLE_HOME/guicommon/tk/admin/TTF
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$ORACLE_HOME/guicommon/tk/admin/PPD/screenprinter.ppd
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# $Header: uifont.ali@@/main/22 \
# Checked in on Tue Jan 8 15:32:42 PST 2002 by idc \
# Copyright (c) 1999, 2004, Oracle. All rights reserved.
# $
# $Revision: tk2/admin/uifont.ali#0 $
# Copyright (c) 1994, 2004, Oracle. All rights reserved.
# All Rights Reserved.
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# <Face>.<Size>.<Style>.<Weight>.<Width>.<CharSet> = \
# <Face>.<Size>.<Style>.<Weight>.<Width>.<CharSet>
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# Oblique 2
# Underline 4
# Outline 8
# Shadow 16
# Inverted 32
# Overstrike 64
# Blink 128
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# Ultralight 1
# Extralight 2
# Light 3
# Demilight 4
# Medium 5
# Demibold 6
# Bold 7
# Extrabold 8
# Ultrabold 9
# Widths Numeric value
# Ultradense 1
# Extradense 2
# Dense 3
# Semidense 4
# Normal 5
# Semiexpand 6
# Expand 7
# Extraexpand 8
# Ultraexpand 9
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geneva = helvetica
#===============================================================
[ Printer ] # Put mappings for all printers here.
#===============================================================
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...UltraLight..JEUC = "Ryumin-Light-83pv-RKSJ-H"...Light..JEUC
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...DemiLight..JEUC = "Ryumin-Light-83pv-RKSJ-H"...Light..JEUC
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clean = times
lucidatypewriter = courier
lucidabright = times
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...UltraLight..JEUC = "Ryumin-Light-83pv-RKSJ-H"...Light..JEUC
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...ExtraLight..JEUC = "Ryumin-Light-83pv-RKSJ-H"...Light..JEUC
...ExtraLight..SJIS = "Ryumin-Light-83pv-RKSJ-H"...Light..SJIS
...Light..JEUC = "Ryumin-Light-83pv-RKSJ-H"...Light..JEUC
...Light..SJIS = "Ryumin-Light-83pv-RKSJ-H"...Light..SJIS
...DemiLight..JEUC = "Ryumin-Light-83pv-RKSJ-H"...Light..JEUC
...DemiLight..SJIS = "Ryumin-Light-83pv-RKSJ-H"...Light..SJIS
.....JEUC = "GothicBBB-Medium-83pv-RKSJ-H"...Medium..JEUC
.....SJIS = "GothicBBB-Medium-83pv-RKSJ-H"...Medium..SJIS
# Mapping from MS Windows
Roman = palatino
Script = "itc zapf chancery"
FixedSys = courier
System = helvetica
# Mapping from Macintosh
"Avant Garde" = "itc avant garde gothic"
# Mapping from Motif display
fixed = courier
clean = times
lucidatypewriter = courier
lucidabright = times
#===============================================================
[ Printer:PCL5 ] # Put mappings for PCL 5 printers here.
helvetica = univers
times = "cg times"
clean = "antique olv"
fixed = courier
lucida = univers
lucidabright = "cg times"
lucidatypewriter = courier
"new century schoolbook" = univers
terminal = "line printer"
#===============================================================
[ Display ] # Put mappings for all display surfaces here.
#===============================================================
[ Display:Motif ] # Put mappings for Motif displays here
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Roman.....sjis = lucida.....jeuc
Script.....sjis = lucidabright.....jeuc
FixedSys.....sjis = fixed.....jeuc
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.....sjis = .....jeuc
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Roman = lucida
Script = lucidabright
FixedSys = fixed
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# Mapping from Macintosh
"Avant Garde" = helvetica
"Bookman" = times
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[ Display:CM ] # Put mappings for all CM displays here.
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*..Inverted+Underline. = UnderlineReverse
*..Underline.Bold = UnderlineBold
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*...Bold = Bold
*..Underline = Underline
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# PDF section can be additionally used to enable Multibyte language support
# built into Reports. To use this feature with Adobe (r) Acrobat (c), you
# need to install the Asian font pack available online at the Adobe web site.
# .....SJIS = "HeiseiKakuGo-W5-Acro"
# A Japanese report run with Shift-JIS character set is replaced to
# HeiseiKakuGo-W5-Acro CID font.
[ PDF:Embed ]
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"arial narrow" = "Arialn.ttf"
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# "MS PGothic" = "msgothic.ttc,1"
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# [ PDF:Subset ]
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Thanks,
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Welcome to OTN
Check the two link..
1. Re: Oracle Reports 10g Fonts issue
2. Re: Adding new font to my Reports Setup
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Hamid
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http://download.oracle.com/docs/pdf/B10314_01.pdf (pdf)
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6) add a textbox field
7) exit from 'Modify' mode and save
8) in 'Standards' panel I see that pdf doesn't conform.
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     - Property exists in PDF/A Standard: is not true
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I'm wondering if someone else was able to reproduce this behavior.
thank you for any comment

First, about invalidating the PDF/A. I was told, but never had this confirmed nor tested, that editing a PDF/A will automatically cause the PDF/A status to be deleted from the file. This is because Acrobat does not know about the compatibility of every edit with every current (and future) PDF subset standard, so it is safest just to remove the indicator - if you turn off Adobe's PDF/A view mode which will prevent editing anyway.
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I think the solution is a simple one. Sign it, but not with a signature field. If it is PDF/A when you start it is probably PDF/A when you finish. Signature fields seem a distraction and obstacle to the important thing, signing.

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