Carter, Will wrote:
1. I just downloaded fop-0.20.3-src.tar.gz and unzipped it into a dir
called c:\fopsrc.
2. When I execute build.bat at my command line, it starts chugging away but
then gets the following compiling error.
[javac] Compiling 720 source files to C:\fopsrc\fop-0.20.3\build\classes
[javac]
C:\fopsrc\fop-0.20.3\build\src\org\apache\fop\render\awt\AWTFontMetrics.java
:287: No variable TRUETYPE_FONT defined in class java.awt.Font.
[javac] cashedFont =
Font.createFont(Font.TRUETYPE_FONT,fontStream);
[javac] ^
[javac] Note:
C:\fopsrc\fop-0.20.3\build\src\org\apache\fop\tools\anttasks\CompileXMLFiles
.java uses or overrides a deprecated API. Recompile with "-deprecation" for
details.
[javac] 1 error, 1 warning
BUILD FAILED
C:\fopsrc\fop-0.20.3\build.xml:589: Compile failed, messages should have
been provided.
Total time: 3 minutes 13 seconds
3. Why do I get this error?
Which jdk version are you using? That is probably the old one, try 1.3.
4. Does this build.bat recompile all the java files that are part of the
fop application to make a new fop.jar?
Yes, it's supposed to create fop.jar in build directory.
5. Say if I edit Driver.java and want to see the results of changes, I
would run this build.bat to recompile and get a fop.jar that reflects
changes?
Right and don't edit java sources in build/src directory - they are copied
from src directory during build process.
6. Should this question be in the developer listserv instead?
They say fop-dev list is indented for the fop developers, not for developers
dealing with fop :), so the answer depends on what are you trying to achieve -
or just customize fop for you own needs or to patch it or to improve somehow.
--
Oleg Tkachenko
Multiconn International Ltd, Israel
