jdk 1.3 worked...thanks. I was able to rebuild fop.jar and it reflected
changes made in driver.java
will
-Original Message-
From: Oleg Tkachenko [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tuesday, June 18, 2002 1:49 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: fop build questions...newbie.
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
