Well put Bill! I would add that the earlier denigration of the Mailing List was also quite galling: to my mind this is the heart and soul of iText - an activity to which many people (Paulo and Bruno especially) patiently and carefully give a lot of time for FREE.
Christopher, given your obvious need, and given that you have figured out how to do it perhaps you might wish to spend a bit of time and contribute a document for other users in the same boat... AlanK -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Bill Ensley Sent: Thursday, 30 March 2006 4:06 AM To: 'Christopher Randall'; iText Mail Group Subject: RE: [iText-questions] Complaint about itext-src-1.4.zip You know, I followed this thread this morning with ever increasing frustration. I don't think that I have ever read someone so blatently and rudely complain About iText on this list and I feel it needs to be addressed. Both Bruno and Paulo calmly replied to your post with the answers they could provide. Much nicer than your post soliceted. THIS IS FREE SOFTWARE!!! There are several THOUSAND members of this list who listen in on the posts And would be glad to help you come up with a solution if you ask nicely. Please keep this in mind if you have further needs of this community. Bill Ensley Bear Printing -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Christopher Randall Sent: Wednesday, March 29, 2006 8:00 AM To: Paulo Soares Cc: [email protected] Subject: Re: [iText-questions] Complaint about itext-src-1.4.zip It sure would be nice if this was properly documented. I figured out how to do it, but I find it somewhat silly that you don't document how to do this, at least by writing a comment into the code WHERE you should comment/uncomment. You could also add a "building with JDK 1.3" section to your documentation that describes where to modify the code to compile correctly. Thanks, Chris On 3/28/06, Paulo Soares <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > To build with jdk 1.3 you'll also need to uncomment a line and comment > another line in PdfGraphics2D. > > Paulo > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "bruno" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Christopher Randall" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; > <[email protected]> > Sent: Wednesday, March 29, 2006 8:06 AM > Subject: Re: [iText-questions] Complaint about itext-src-1.4.zip > > > > Christopher Randall wrote: > > > >>I just downloaded the iText 1.4 SRC zip file, and was planning on > >>building the jar file from source since the execution environment > >>we're running in uses JDK 1.3. > >> > >>I expected to be able to run "ant jar" and have the resulting JAR > >>file immediately available. Apparently, there is an undocumented > >>requirement to have a structure two directories up with "www" and > >>"src". Haven't had the opportunity to research that would fix it, > >>just got really frustrated A common problem with open source > >>projects is assuming all your users are geeky developer types that > >>have a pre-configured development environment. I'm a configuration > >>manager and don't give a rip about your CVS server environment. I > >>just want to BUILD FROM THE SOURCE! > >> > >>Why do I need to have the simulated CVS environment available to > >>build the RELEASED version of the code? I should be able to build > >>without any modification WHATSOEVER using Ant and the file structure > >>created after unzipping the ZIP file. > >> > > I create a directory for iText, for instance $HOME/itext Then I > > unzip the src.tar.gz in a subdirectory src: > > $HOME/itext/src/ > > The following subdirectories appear: > > $HOME/itext/src/ant > > $HOME/itext/src/com > > $HOME/itext/src/META-INF > > The main build.xml is also in directory $HOME/itext/src/ So you can > > execute ANT after doing cd $HOME/itext/src/ A new directory will be > > created: $HOME/itext/build/ For some ant targets you will also need > > $HOME/itext/www/ This www directory contains resources for building > > the site and the tutorial. I think this way of working is standard > > on some Linux distributions. Of course, every flavor has its own > > 'standard' (I'm thinking about the trouble I had recently to build > > iText using Maven). > > br, > > Bruno > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > > This SF.Net email is sponsored by xPML, a groundbreaking scripting > > language > > that extends applications into web and mobile media. Attend the live > > webcast > > and join the prime developer group breaking into this new coding > > territory! > > http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=110944&bid=241720&dat=121642 > > _______________________________________________ > > iText-questions mailing list > > [email protected] > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/itext-questions > > ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by xPML, a groundbreaking scripting language that extends applications into web and mobile media. 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