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Duplicating "apnote" content causing a Jalloc Error in Arbortext Layout Developer

Modified: 12-Nov-2025   


Applies To

  • PTC Arbortext Layout Developer 12.2 to 12.3.1.0

Description

  • Footnote (apnote element) is tagged as Artifact
    • Content is put in the alt text attribute of its reference
  • If  there is a large amount of apnote content, a Jalloc Error occurs:
PTC Arbortext Layout Developer Application Error
The following error has occurred:
Jalloc Error: Element too large
  • There is more detail in the [InstallPath]serrlog.3at file
Jalloc Error: Element too large 13644 (MAX 8180) [pdfs]
RSYS_ERR: Jalloc Error: Element too large
  • It seems there is a limitation of the alt field
  • What does the Max 8180 correspond to?
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