Reports pdf output in unicode

User_VRWS6

Hi

I am upgrading from Reports 10g to Reports 12c (Windows server) and want reports in unicode. Our old 10g report server was ESTONIAN_ESTONIA.BLT8MSWIN1257 and reports are ArialMT font . So I set new one ESTONIAN_ESTONIA.UTF8 in rwserver.conf file.

I read that UTF8 can be done using PDF subsetting in uifont.ali file. So I added entry *="arialunims.ttf" in the PDF:Subset section and commented out all other references above. Also copied arialunims.ttf to REPORTS_PATH. Restarted reports server, new charset is displayed in "showenv" page.

But all special characters are broken in generated PDF, in hardcoded static text and ones that come from DB. When I check the PDF file it says Encoding:ANSI under Fonts, nothing about UTF8.

What can be a problem? Did I understand correctly that it is possible in Reports 12c without changing the actual reports?

Suresh Sangaran-Oracle

Hi,

ANSI in PDF means the font you mapped is not rendered in PDF.

1. Ensure the path where you copied arialunims.ttf is set as the first path in REPORTS_PATH and REPORTS_FONT_DIRECTORY.
2. Ensure you have recompiled the RDF using "ESTONIAN_ESTONIA.UTF8" either by Reports Builder or rwconverter.bat file
3. If the font mapping in uifont.ali is correct, you should be seeing font embedded in PDF like below Arial,Unicode MS(Embedded Subset)
4. *="arialunims.ttf" - This should be the first entry in [PDF:Subset] section.
5. Restart complete OS - if Windows Registry changes are performed.

Ref: https://docs.oracle.com/middleware/1221/formsandreports/use-reports/pbr_pdf002.htm#i1013618

Thanks, Suresh