PDF with Tomcat/Cocoon Problem !!!

Hi,
I am having problem with Tomcat/Cocoon combination for APEX PDF printing which I installed following Carl Backstrom instructions.
When a report is a region report it all works fine, but when I create a report based on a query from the reports section in Shared Components choosing report layout 'Use Generic Report Layout' I get the following error.
javax.xml.transform.TransformerException: attribute-set named #TEXT_ALIGN# does not exist
cocoon://fop_post/xsl - 148:58
Cocoon stacktrace[hide]
attribute-set named #TEXT_ALIGN# does not exist
cocoon://fop_post/xsl - 148:58
I will appreciate any feedback. I saw threads related to the same issue on this forum but they ended up covering something irrelevant.
Regards,
Vadim

Vadim,
Report queries and report region use the same generic report layout. However the processing is handled by different engines. The underlying technical problem with your case is that the substitution string #TEXT_ALIGN# is not substituted in all cases for report queries. This usually does not cause any problems, but appears not to work when using Cocoon.
I'll see that we can this resolved with the next version of APEX, however when working with report layouts, you would typically use your own RTF or XSL-FO stylesheets, where this problem would not occur. The option to use the generic report layout is only included so the data can be tested independently from the layout and is not really intended to be used as the actual layout at runtime.
The generic report layout function is mainly designed to be used for report regions.
Regards,
Marc

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