The thrown error line is:
throw new DocumentException("Missing StartCharMetrics in " + fileName);
This can happen if the afm file is truncated. Can you send me the listing
with the directories, names and sizes of what you have in your jar?
Best Regards,
Paulo Soares
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Craig Earls [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Thursday, September 19, 2002 17:28
> To: Paulo Soares ; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: RE: [iText-questions] StartCharMetrics not found in 0.94
>
> Hard to give details, but I'll try. The applet is packaged with iText and
> several other jar files included in a single jar file. That removes any
> problems I have with CLASSPATHS, I think. It alos makes a more reliable
> download (The 'applet' is over 2MB, don't ask why, I just write what the
> spec tells me to write :).
>
> It works when served from a static site, but when served through our
> dynamical server (AOLServer) it breaks. I have been unable to detact any
> difference between the jar that comes out of the AOLServer and a jar that
> works as expected. And as I said going back to 0.92 works completely,
> which totally mystifies me.
>
> If you can give some places to look I will be glad to help trouble shoot
> this, but I am not certain where even to try to track this down as it
> apparently is strangely platform dependent. (Java: write once, test
> everywhere)
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Paulo Soares
> To: Craig Earls; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: 9/19/2002 11:03 AM
> Subject: RE: [iText-questions] StartCharMetrics not found in 0.94
>
> The fonts are now stored as files inside the jar. I don't know why it
> doesn't work. Can you give some more details on your configuration,
> architecture, etc?
>
> Best Regards,
> Paulo Soares
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Craig Earls [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > Sent: Thursday, September 19, 2002 12:13
> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Subject: [iText-questions] StartCharMetrics not found in 0.94
> >
> > Hello,
> > Congratulations on iText. It is a VERY useful tool. I was using
> > 0.92 for sometime in an Applet environment, and when I switch to 0.94
> I
> > go some VERY strange results. When testing the applet on my local
> > machine, or on my iMac sitting on my home LAN, everything was fine.
> But
> > when I put the applet out on my primary server I got "Error:
> > StartCharMetrics not found" for every font I tried to use, even the
> > normal fonts (supposedly "built-in"). When I reverted to 0.92 the
> > problem disappeared. Any clues on this one? I am content to stick
> with
> > 0.92 it does everything I need, but I was surprised by the error.
> >
> > Craig Earls
> >
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