Accessibility Taxonomy PDF Features Included in Oracle Reports

Using PDF in Oracle Reports 11-17 The steps involved in generating a PDF file for multibyte fonts using font aliasing are as follows: 1. Set NLS_LANG=JAPANESE_JAPAN.JA16SJIS or JA16EUC on UNIX. 2. Open the uifont.ali file located and set the font alias under the [PDF]section. Example [ PDF ] .....JA16SJIS = KozMinPro-Regular-Acro MS UI Gothic.....JA16SJIS = KozMinPro-Regular-Acro 3. Create a report having Japanese data with the Japanese font MS UI Gothic. 4. Run a report with DESTYPE=FILE DESFORMAT=PDF. 5. If your Acrobat Reader is a non-Japanese version installed on a non-Japanese operating system, you must install the Japanese font pack from Adobes site. If you view the PDF file with the Japanese version of Acrobat Reader 4.05.0 on the Japanese version of Windows, you need not install the Japanese font pack.

11.5.2 Font Subsetting

The steps involved in generating a PDF file for multibyte fonts using the font subsetting feature are as follows:

1. Set NLS_LANG=JAPANESE_JAPAN.JA16SJIS or JA16EUC on UNIX

2. Set the REPORTS_PATH environment to the font directory in which the TrueType

font exists. For example, C:\WINNT\Fonts. 3. Open the uifont.ali file and edit the [PDF:Subset] section to specify the TrueType font name. Example [ PDF:Subset ] Andale Duospace WT J = Aduoj.ttf Albany WT J=AlbanWTJ.ttf MS UI Gothic = msgothic.ttc 4. Create a report having Japanese data and set it to the font specified in the example. 5. Run a report with DESTYPE=FILE DESFORMAT=PDF. Note: The uifont.ali file is located in the following directory on Windows and UNIX: ■ ORACLE_INSTANCE\config\FRComponent\ frcommon\guicommon\tk\admin Note: The uifont.ali file is located in the following directory on Windows and UNIX: ■ ORACLE_INSTANCE\config\FRComponent\ frcommon\guicommon\tk\admin 11-18 Publishing Reports to the Web with Oracle Reports Services

11.6 Generating a Barcode PDF File

This section outlines the steps involved in generating a PDF file with barcode information. Before using the font features covered in this section, refer to Table 11–4 to determine which feature best suits your application needs.

11.6.1 Font Embedding

The steps involved in generating a barcode PDF file using the font embedding feature are as follows: 1. Set the REPORTS_PATH environment variable to the font directory containing the Type1 font. 2. Open the uifont.ali file and include the following under the font embed [PDF:Embed] section. Example [ PDF:Embed ] SAdHC39a = SAdHC39a.pfm SAdHC39a.pfb

3. Create a report having Barcode data and set its font to the one specified in the

example.

4. Run a report with DESTYPE=FILE DESFORMAT=PDF.

11.6.2 Font Subsetting

The steps involved in generating a barcode PDF file using the font subsetting feature are as follows: 1. Set the REPORTS_PATH environment variable to the directory containing the TrueType font. For example, C:\WINNT\Fonts. 2. Open the uifont.ali file and edit the [PDF:Subset] section to specify the TrueType font name. Example [ PDF:Subset ] SAdHC39a = SAdHC39a.ttf 3. Create a report having barcode data and set it to the font specified in the example. 4. Run a report with DESTYPE=FILE DESFORMAT=PDF. Note: The uifont.ali file is located in the following directory on Windows and UNIX: ■ ORACLE_INSTANCE\config\FRComponent\ frcommon\guicommon\tk\admin Note: The uifont.ali file is located in the following directory on Windows and UNIX: ■ ORACLE_INSTANCE\config\FRComponent\ frcommon\guicommon\tk\admin