Re: [Swftools-common] pdf2swf cannot run from the commnad line

[Chris Pugh]

Sorry, just noticed..  This bit,

  >  Since presumably you are using Windows, why are you quoting your directory
  > delimiters as backslashes rather than forward slashes?

should of course have read as,

  > Since presumably you are using Windows, why are you quoting your directory
  > delimiters as forward slashes rather than back slashes?


Chris.

2009/11/6 Chris Pugh <address@hidden>:
> pdf2swf  is unable to locate the pdf that you are trying to convert,
> because your directory path to the pdf is incorrect!
>
> 1.  Try putting the pdf in the same directory as pdf2swf, i.e.
>
>    C:\swftools>
>
>    change to that same directory, then  at the command line issue,
>
>      pdf2swf test.pdf -o test.swf
>
>  2.  Since presumably you are using Windows, why are you quoting your 
> directory
>      delimiters as backslashes rather than forward slashes?
>
>     This,
>
>          C:/swftools/pdf2swf test.pdf -o test.swf
>
>      should be this,
>
>          C:\swftools\pdf2swf test.pdf -o test.swf
>
> That, may also just be the nux of your problem!
>
> HTH.
>
> Regards,
>
>
> Chris.
> 2009/11/5 Gilbert Mizrahi <address@hidden>:
>> I installed pdf2swf 0.9 a while ago and I have tried to convert some
>> documents, but I always get the following error:
>>
>> xpdf reports document as broken.
>>
>> ERROR   Couldn't open test.pdf
>>
>
>
>>
>> I have tried with other pdfs and I get the same result. However, if I use
>> QPdf2Swf it works fine.
>>
>>
>>
>> The reason I want to use the command line is to produce swfs compatible with
>> Flash Player 9. QPdf2Swf supports up to 8.
>>
>>
>>
>> Also, I am trying to create a UI in Flex and ZINC, but when a run the app I
>> get the same error as above.
>>
>>
>> In the command line I am typing: C:/swftools/pdf2swf test.pdf -o test.swf
>>
>>
>>
>> Any ideas what I am doing wrong.
>>
>>
>>
>> Gilbert
>>
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