How to Generate Arabic PDF Reports with Oracle Reports 9i

Follow the following process

1. Set NLS_LANG=ARABIC_United Arab Emirates.AR8MSWIN1256

2. Set REPORTS_PATH to the system font directory such as D:\WINNT\Fonts

3. Open uifont.ali under $ORACLE_HOME\tools\common90\, set the font alias

   These font name should be the one you are using in your report.

Note: The entries are case sensitive thus file name and font name mustmatch here

   Arial..italic.Bold.. = "arialbi.ttf"

   Arial..italic... = "ariali.ttf"

   Arial...Bold.. = "arialbd.ttf"

   Arial = "arial.ttf"

   "Andale Duospace WT J" = "Aduoj.ttf"

   "Albany WT J"="AlbanWTJ.ttf"

   "Arabic Transparent"="artro.ttf"

4. Ensure that Default Printer Driver used is not an ASCII/Generic driver.

5. Run the report with DESTYPE=FILE and DESFORMAT=PDF