CFDocument error: an exception occurred when document processing

Question

<cffunction name="print" output="no" access="private">
    <cfset filenameb = "mysite.com\print\test.pdf">     
    <cfdocument filename="#filenameb#" overwrite="yes" format="PDF" pagetype="A4" orientation="portrait"> 
        <cfdocumentitem type="header"> 
            Print
        </cfdocumentitem> 
        <cfdocumentitem type="footer"> 
            blah
        </cfdocumentitem>

        <cfoutput>
            aaaaaaaaa
        </cfoutput>
    </cfdocument> 
</cffunction>

Does anyone have any ideas what is causing this error?

"an exception occurred when document processing"

And that's the entirety of the error message? Usually (if you have robust exception handling switched on, which you should do in dev), it'll give you a lot more detail than that. Including the line of code which caused the exception. Did you look in various log files to see if anything had been logged? — Adam Cameron
The code above works fine in my environment. Without other information, I would check your CF user to makes sure it has permission to write the files. — snackboy
Probably, this is a path resolution issue. use this <cfset filenameb = expandPath("/VoulnteersUploadExcel/test.pdf")> if the path you are refering is based on the application root. — rrk

Arun Mohandas Arun Mohandas · Accepted Answer · 2020-12-10T18:38:14

Try specifying font for all the text elements (in header, footer and body).

For eg: replace

<cfoutput>
    aaaaaaaaa
</cfoutput>

with

<cfoutput>
    <div style="font-family: monospace"> aaaaaaaaa </div>
</cfoutput>

CFDocument error: an exception occurred when document processing

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