Help with JAI, TIFF, and FOP

[Steve Albin]

I am using the fop 0.20.4 binary distribution on Windows.   I have a couple of questions I’m hoping that others can help me with.   1) I am unable to get FOP to invoke JAI to handle a TIFF or PNG. I have copied the jai_core.jar and jai_codec.jar files to {fop-install-lib}\lib.   Here is my FO:         <fo:external-graphic         src="">   When I invoke FOP with the JAI libraries in the path I get the following error: [ERROR] Error while creating area : Error creating FopImage object (file:/C:/image.tiff) : Jimi image library not available   Why would I get the Jimi image library not available if I’m trying to use JAI?   2) I read through the thread on “clarifications about using JAI/JIMI with FOP” and it appears that those who successfully used JAI had to build FOP themselves. Does the binary distribution really support JAI as described or do I need to actually built FOP myself to support it? Also, should I be using a different version of FOP?   3) I cannot render a TIFF in a PDF with the JIMI library If I invoke FOP with the JIMI library in the path I get the following   [ERROR] Error while creating area : Error while loading image file:/C:/image.tiff : class java.lang.Exception - Image error   Any thoughts?   Thank you in advance, Steve