Tilman Here is what I get when I start it.
Exception in thread "main" java.util.zip.ZipException: error in opening zip file at java.util.zip.ZipFile.open(Native Method) at java.util.zip.ZipFile.<init>(ZipFile.java:140) at java.util.jar.JarFile.<init>(JarFile.java:140) at java.util.jar.JarFile.<init>(JarFile.java:77) Java program completed with exit code 1 Thanks Gord -----Original Message----- From: Tilman Hausherr [mailto:thaush...@t-online.de] Sent: November 9, 2015 1:35 PM To: users@pdfbox.apache.org Subject: Re: Get PDFBox working Am 09.11.2015 um 21:23 schrieb Gordon Schneider: > Maruan > > I am not a java programmer. Not sure how to apply the snapshot. Please advise > how to do this. I think Maruan was mistaken here, PDFBOX-2976 was about broken FLate-encoded streams in a PDF, but your problem is that you can't even start the programme. If you start java -jar pdfbox-app-2.0.0-RC1.jar then there should be a help output. Do you get that? Tilman > > Thanks > > Gord > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Maruan Sahyoun [mailto:sahy...@fileaffairs.de] > Sent: November 9, 2015 12:15 PM > To: users@pdfbox.apache.org > Subject: Re: Get PDFBox working > > Hi, > > >> Am 09.11.2015 um 20:09 schrieb Gordon Schneider >> <schneid...@transampiping.com>: >> >> I downloaded version 2 RC1 standalone binary to my PC. I eventually got it >> working on my PC to extract the text from a PDF document. >> >> I uploaded this file to our power server running IBM I V7.1. When I try to >> get the program running on the server I am getting the following error: >> >> Exception in thread "main" java.util.zip.ZipException: error in >> opening zip file > there has been a fix after the RC1 > > https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/PDFBOX-2976 > > Could you try the latest snapshot? > > BR > Maruan > > >> The command I am running is the following: >> >> JAVA CLASS('pdfbox-app-2.0.0-RC1.jar') PARM(ExtractText >> '\CUSTOMER\PaymentAdviceNote.pdf' '\CUSTOMER\PA.txt') >> >> My best guess is my java class path or some other java environment variable >> is wrong. >> >> Is Java 6 required for version 2 RC1? >> >> Thanks >> >> >> Gordon Schneider >> 403-236-0601 >> Trans Am Piping Products Ltd. >> > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@pdfbox.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@pdfbox.apache.org > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@pdfbox.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@pdfbox.apache.org > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@pdfbox.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@pdfbox.apache.org --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@pdfbox.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@pdfbox.apache.org