On Fri, Jun 3, 2011 at 4:43 AM, Tiaan Pat <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi > > I am trying to use pdfbox and I have a few problems in getting it to work in > .net. > I tried using pdfbox 0.7.3 and I get this error “The type initializer for > 'gnu.java.util.regex.RESyntax' threw an exception.” > I cant seem to figure out why its giving this error. I then tried to get the > latest version 1.5 but I cant manage to get the dll’s from the java. > > Is there anyone that can please help me with this or guide me in the right > direction. There isn’t a lot of data on the internet or I am just not looking > in the right place. > > Your help would be much appreciated. > > Regards > Tiaan
1. Here's the software versions I have installed: C:\Documents and Settings\bill>ant -version Apache Ant(TM) version 1.8.2 compiled on December 20 2010 C:\Documents and Settings\bill>mvn -version Apache Maven 3.0.3 (r1075438; 2011-02-28 12:31:09-0500) Maven home: C:\Program Files\Apache Software Foundation\apache-maven-3.0.3 Java version: 1.6.0_25, vendor: Sun Microsystems Inc. Java home: C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.6.0_25\jre Default locale: en_US, platform encoding: Cp1252 OS name: "windows xp", version: "5.1", arch: "x86", family: "windows" C:\Documents and Settings\bill>ikvm -version IKVM.NET Launcher version 0.46.0.1 Copyright (C) 2002-2011 Jeroen Frijters http://www.ikvm.net/ CLR version: 2.0.50727.3620 (32 bit) mscorlib: 2.0.0.0 ikvm: 0.46.0.1 System: 2.0.0.0 IKVM.OpenJDK.Core: 0.46.0.1 IKVM.Runtime: 0.46.0.1 System.Configuration: 2.0.0.0 System.Xml: 2.0.0.0 OpenJDK version: OpenJDK 6 b22 2. I have of the above installed per their instructions (see individual web sites) and the appropriate environment variables set (again per instructions). 3. After checking out the latest PDFBox source, I modified build.xml under the "pdfbox" directory. Here's the diff: 43a44 > <property name="fontbox.name" value="fontbox-1.6.0" /> 53a55 > <property name="jempbox.name" value="jempbox-1.6.0" /> 114c116 < <property name="ikvm.dir" value="."/> --- > <property name="ikvm.dir" value="C:\\Program Files\\IKVM\\ikvm-0.46.0.1"/> 3a. Without the two lines added for "fontbox.name" and "jempbox.name" my build produced: ${fontbox.name}.dll and ${jempbox.name}.dll instead of the appropriately named: fontbox-1.6.0.dll and jempbox-1.6.0.dll 3b. Changing the "ikvm.dir" is per the build instructions and "value" should be set to the root of _your_ ikvm directory. 4. Open a command prompt and cd into the "pdfbox" directory (where build.xml lives). 5. Execute the following command -> ant build.NET I get quite a few warnings (so I'm not positive my setup is 100%), but it does build the binaries. Bill
