OK, the problem is that weblogic contains in its classpath some XML parser stuff. (Off topic, but why anybody ever decided that using a single static method to get an XML parser (which one you get only controlled by the classpath is totally beyond me. It might work fine in some cases, but since everybody and their dog started writing specialised versions the whole thing has turned into a classpath nightmare. Forget it if you want dynamic classpaths - Webapp, anyone?)
So, to fix this, you have to include the FOP versions in the system CLASSPATH BEFORE the weblogic ones. You then need to set up the type of parser in the system property. (Again, this is a bad idea conceptually, IMHO) So, to get the thing running, I have the following: CLASSPATH=$WL_HOME:$WL_HOME/classes:$WL_HOME/lib/weblogic_sp.jar:$WL_HOME/lib/weblogic.jar:$WL_HOME/xmlx.jar LOCAL_CLASSPATH=$LOCAL_LIBDIR/xalan-2.0.0.jar:$LOCAL_LIBDIR/batik.jar:$LOCAL_LIBDIR/fop.jar:$LOCAL_LIBDIR/avalon-fr amework-4.0.jar:$LOCAL_LIBDIR/logkit-1.0b4.jar: JAVA_CMD_LINE="$JAVA_HOME/bin/java $JAVA_OPTIONS -classpath $LOCAL_CLASSPATH:$CLASSPATH (weblogic stuff here) -Dorg.xml.sax.driver=org.apache.xerces.parsers.SAXParser weblogic.Server $JAVA_CMD_LINE However, YMMV.... Other warning(s): Due to the (by design) limitations of the java classloader, you will have to make sure that any extensions that you write to FOP/XSL are also in the system classpath, and I pity you if you want to do any of this in an EJB.... I reckon I will spin the whole PDF rendering thing off as a Jini service and be done with the whole classpath problem. You will also need to be aware of limitations of FOP wrt headless servers. (It won't work) (Actually, any program that requres a graphics context will have problems.) You may want to look at PJA as a way around this. (Alternatively, VNC will also work). In terms of the programs etc to write, the examples work fine..... Cheers James [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > Hi James, > > I am facing problem compiling and deploying , xml xsl to pdf using fop > on weblogic 6.1. > Would you please send me following please, > > [1] a sample stand alone java code generating pdf using xml and xsl file > [2] a servlet generating pdf using xml and xsl file on weblogic 6.x > > Please help with whatever knowledge you have. > > Thanks and regards. > > Rakesh > > BDY.RTF > > Content-Type: > > application/rtf > Content-Encoding: > > base64 > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
