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12c REP-1800 : A Formatter Error Occurred, Error Creating SCREENPRINTER (Doc ID 2794260.1)

Last updated on MAY 23, 2023

Applies to:

Oracle Reports Developer - Version 12.2.1.4.0 and later
Oracle Forms for OCI - Version 12.2.1.4.0 and later
Information in this document applies to any platform.

Symptoms

New install of Running a report with StandAlone Report server shows REP-1800 : A formatter error occurred.

Traced engine logs with TRACE:32

 rwEng-0_diagnostic.log

[reports] [TRACE:32] [] [oracle.reports.engine] [tid: 29] [ecid: xxxxxxxxx] [EngineName: rwEng-0] [SRC_CLASS: oracle.reports.utility.RWLogger] [SRC_METHOD: writeln] rwfdt:rwfdtprint Job ID = XXX caching output from backend drivers
[reports] [TRACE:32] [] [oracle.reports.engine] [tid: 29] [ecid: xxxxxxxxx] [EngineName: rwEng-0] [SRC_CLASS: oracle.reports.utility.RWLogger] [SRC_METHOD: writeln] C Engine Job ID = XXX NO default printer is available. Creating SCREENPRINTER
[reports] [TRACE:32] [] [oracle.reports.engine] [tid: 29] [ecid: xxxxxxxxx] [EngineName: rwEng-0] [SRC_CLASS: oracle.reports.utility.RWLogger] [SRC_METHOD: writeln] C Engine Job ID = XXX Error Creating SCREENPRINTER
[reports] [INCIDENT_ERROR] [REP-1800] [oracle.reports.engine] [tid: 29] [ecid: xxxxxxxxx [EngineName: rwEng-0] REP-1800 : A formatter error occurred.[[

oracle.reports.RWException: IDL:oracle/reports/RWException:1.0
at oracle.reports.engine.EngineImpl.run(EngineImpl.java:553)
at oracle.reports.engine.EngineClassPOA._invoke(EngineClassPOA.java:104)
at com.ibm.CORBA.poa.POAServerDelegate.dispatchToServant(POAServerDelegate.java:466)
at com.ibm.CORBA.poa.POAServerDelegate.internalDispatch(POAServerDelegate.java:387)
at com.ibm.CORBA.poa.POAServerDelegate.dispatch(POAServerDelegate.java:274)
at com.ibm.rmi.iiop.ORB.process(ORB.java:613)
at com.ibm.CORBA.iiop.ORB.process(ORB.java:1584)
at com.ibm.rmi.iiop.Connection.doRequestWork(Connection.java:3190)
at com.ibm.rmi.iiop.Connection.doWork(Connection.java:3051)
at com.ibm.rmi.iiop.WorkUnitImpl.doWork(WorkUnitImpl.java:64)
at com.ibm.rmi.iiop.WorkerThread.run(ThreadPoolImpl.java:192)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:812)

]]

No fault found in PPD files and uiptint.txt, screenprinter.txt, uifont.ali mappings.

Changes

 New install of FMW 12c Oracle Reports, created ReportsToolsComponent and ReportsServerComponent.

Cause

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