Re: DOCBOOK-APPS: FOP: "No ImageReader" when using PDF as vector format

[Bob Stayton <bobs at sco dot com>]

On Mon, Mar 17, 2003 at 03:51:19PM +0100, Joachim Ziegler wrote:
> Togan Muftuoglu wrote:
> > rename it to jimi-1.0.jar and retry
> > 
> 
> Sorry, it still does not work. I've got now:
> 
> java  -classpath $CLASSPATH:/KM/usr/ziegler/fop-0.20.5rc2/build/fop.jar:
> /KM/usr/ziegler/fop-0.20.5rc2/lib/batik.jar:
> /KM/usr/ziegler/fop-0.20.5rc2/lib/xalan-2.4.1.jar:
> /KM/usr/ziegler/fop-0.20.5rc2/lib/xercesImpl-2.2.1.jar:
> /KM/usr/ziegler/fop-0.20.5rc2/lib/jimi-1.0.jar:
> /KM/usr/ziegler/fop-0.20.5rc2/lib/avalon-framework-cvs-20020806.jar 
> org.apache.fop.apps.Fop  -fo  pdf/LEDATutorium.fo  -pdf pdf/LEDATutorium.pdf
> 
> 
> ganymed:~/fop-0.20.5rc2/lib$ ll jimi-1.0.jar
> -rwxr--r--    1 ziegler  Mehlhorn   455489 Mar 17 15:47 jimi-1.0.jar
> 
> 
> But I still get:
> 
> [ERROR] Error while creating area : No ImageReader for this type of 
> image (file:/KM/usr/ziegler/LEDA/Tutorial/pdf/Pictures/ArrayOfChar.pdf)
> 

I think Jimi is being found, but it doesn't work with pdf graphics.
Jimi handles bitmap formats, while pdf is a vector format.
>From Sun's website:

"Jimi's range of supported formats includes GIF, JPEG, TIFF, PNG, PICT,
Photoshop, BMP, Targa, ICO, CUR, Sunraster, XBM, XPM, and PCX".

Does the FOP doc say that FOP handles PDF graphics?
I think they have concentrated on SVG for vector graphics.


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