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Not Able To Generate A PrintForm File Using Pasta with the Pform Option (Doc ID 2279472.1)

Last updated on SEPTEMBER 23, 2023

Applies to:

Pasta - Version 3.0.4.0 and later
Oracle Application Object Library - Version 11.5.10.2 to 12.2 [Release 11.5 to 12.2]
Information in this document applies to any platform.

Symptoms

Not Able to Generate a valid PrintForm (pf) File from Pasta.
When using the -Pform option with Pasta (FNDPSTAX), the input file format is rejected.

Try various paths to generate a PDF, convert to .PS (or .PRN), to ultimately generate a .PF file for use in watermarking and branding documents.

ERROR
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Unsupported input format

STEPS
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$ FNDPSTAX -pform TestWatermark.prn TestWatermark.pf
Converting (TestWatermark.prn->TestWatermark.pf)...
Unsupported input format.

Cause

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