Article - CS223823
Error "FATAL ERROR" received when attempting to publish a PDF using .xsl style sheet in Arbortext Editor or Arbortext Publishing Engine
Modified: 14-Jul-2026
Applies To
- PTC Arbortext Editor 5.4 to 8.2
- PTC Arbortext Styler 5.4 to 8.2
- PTC Arbortext Publishing Engine 5.4 to 8.2
Description
- Publishing to PDF is not working after upgrade from Arbortext Editor 8.0 to 8.2.3.0
- Error FATAL ERROR received when attempting to publish a PDF using .xsl style sheet
FATAL ERROR: "file:/<StylesheetPath>/<stylesheetname>.xsl" org.xml.sax.SAXParseException: java.io.FileNotFoundException: <StylesheetPath>\<stylesheetname>.xsl (The system cannot find the path specified)
FATAL ERROR: Fatal error encountered while running composition pipeline. Configuration File: "<EditorHome>\composer\pdf.ccf". java.nio.file.AccessDeniedException: <StylesheetPath>\<StylesheetName>.xsl: File is not from an allowed folder. Operation terminated.
FATAL ERROR: Fatal error encountered while running composition pipeline. Configuration File: "<EditorHome>\application\com.ptc.arbortext.service\composer\service.ccf"
FATAL ERROR: java.nio.file.AccessDeniedException: <APTCUSTOM>\doctypes\<DocType>\<StylesheetName>.xsl: File is not from an allowed folder
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