How tu use multivalent pdf tools
Lutrin
In past days I have downloaded
*multivalent pdf browser*
http://internap.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/multivalent/Multivalent2
0060102.jar
In this application they are several tools for pdf editing, but how to
use?
Thanks in advance
Hans-Werner Hilse
The Browser is different from the tools (it has integrated it's own
tools, though, but you probably are talking about the other ones). The
tools have their description on the multivalent homepage:
http://multivalent.sourceforge.net/
see the "Tools" section there, especially the "how to run" page.
-hqh
Lutrin
> see the "Tools" section there, especially the "how to run" page.
the document says:
How to Run Tools
All tools run from the command line in a shell with the following
syntax:
java tool.XXX [options] files
Tools all live in the file Multivalent.jar, and that file is made
visible to Java by adding its path to your CLASSPATH environment
variable. For example, for UNIX (including Mac OS X and Linux),
depending on your shell, setenv CLASSPATH
$CLASSPATH:/path/to/Multivalent.jar or export
CLASSPATH=$CLASSPATH:/path/to/Multivalent.jar. Alternatively, you can
set the classpath explicitly as an option, as in
java -classpath /path/to/Multivalent.jar tool.XXX [options] files
A third way is to put Multivalent.jar in Java's lib/ext directory.
If a tools stops with an OutOfMemoryError, it might have a perversely
large object (such as an 8500x8500 pixel image -- 1000ppi!), so try
boosting memory, as in:
java -Xmx192m tool.XXX [options] files
But for me this is almost aramaic! in simply woords, what I must to do?
(Using Windows Me)
Thanks again
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Hans-Werner Hilse
On Thu, 10 Aug 2006 15:24:00 +0200 Lutrin <eli...@olympo.it> wrote:
> Il /10 ago 2006/, *Hans-Werner Hilse* ha scritto:
>
> > see the "Tools" section there, especially the "how to run" page.
>
> the document says:
>
> How to Run Tools
> All tools run from the command line in a shell with the following
> syntax:
> [...]
> java -classpath /path/to/Multivalent.jar tool.XXX [options] files
> [...]
> But for me this is almost aramaic! in simply woords, what I must to
> do? (Using Windows Me)
:-) First, you need to be aware that you can use these tools only from
command line. So first, fire up a COMMAND.COM shell
(->Start->Run...->"COMMAND.COM"->Enter). Find out about the path where
Multivalent.jar is and then issue something resembling the above, e.g.
C:\> java -classpath C:\path\to\multivalent.jar tool.XXX [options] files
the exact syntax reg. options and files depend on the tool XXX.
-hwh
Lutrin
many many thanks, last question (I hope in future rest you mercy of
your help on this group)
if I have multivalent.jar in C:\windows\desktop\
the command line is this
java -classpath C:\windows\desktop\multivalent.jar tool.XXX [options]
files
or this other?
java -classpath C:\windows\desktop\to\multivalent.jar tool.XXX
[options] files
Hans-Werner Hilse
On Thu, 10 Aug 2006 15:52:27 +0200 Lutrin <eli...@olympo.it> wrote:
> if I have multivalent.jar in C:\windows\desktop\
>
> the command line is this
>
> java -classpath C:\windows\desktop\multivalent.jar tool.XXX [options]
> files
>
> or this other?
>
> java -classpath C:\windows\desktop\to\multivalent.jar tool.XXX
> [options] files
The former. I just wrote "C:\path\to\" as a replacement text for the
actual file path. Short explanation of what's going on: A ".jar"-File
is basically a "compressed folder", i.e. an archive (actually
ZIP-Files). Java uses them like "normal" folders (directories) in the
filesystem and such it makes sense to include them in the search path
where Java starts searching the classes (which is the second argument
to java, that string starting with "tool.").
-hwh
Lutrin
> I just wrote "C:\path\to\" as a replacement text for the
> actual file path.
my multivalent.jar stays in C:\windows\desktop, so, to use a tool I
have typed in a prompt ms dos windows:
C:\WINDOWS\Desktop\> java -classpath C:\windows\desktop\multivalent.jar
java tool.pdf.Info -general -font manual.pdf
but nothing, i get an error (invalid command) thanks anyway I will look
for resolve my problem
Hans-Werner Hilse
On Thu, 10 Aug 2006 16:23:01 +0200 Lutrin <eli...@olympo.it> wrote:
> but nothing, i get an error (invalid command) thanks anyway I will
> look for resolve my problem
"invalid command" (I guess that's a translation by you?) indicates to
me that you might have no Java Runtime Environment installed? Just visit
java.sun.com then and install it!
-hwh
Lutrin
> "invalid command" (I guess that's a translation by you?)
Yes, in italian (my language) this error was displayed as *comando
non valido*
> indicates to me that you might have no Java Runtime Environment
> installed?
I have jre1.5.0_04 already installed
Hans-Werner Hilse
On Thu, 10 Aug 2006 16:43:19 +0200 Lutrin <eli...@olympo.it> wrote:
> Il /10 ago 2006/, *Hans-Werner Hilse* ha scritto:
>
> > "invalid command" (I guess that's a translation by you?)
>
> Yes, in italian (my language) this error was displayed as *comando
> non valido*
>
> > indicates to me that you might have no Java Runtime Environment
> > installed?
>
> I have jre1.5.0_04 already installed
Hm, does a simple call "java" output anything? if yes, I'm somewhat out
of ideas. If it just errors out like you described above in this case,
too, you probably don't have java in your PATH. So you need to specify
the full path to java.exe as well on the command line (or adapt your
autoexec.bat to include the java executable directory in your PATH
variable). But this is getting OT for this news group...
-hwh
Lutrin
> But this is getting OT for this news group
Right. I hope only any multivalent tools user look at this post to give
us the answer about multivalent tools using, because they are very
useful for pdf editing
Thanks a lot for your help
chicks
compiled pdftk, which has most of the same capabilities and is much
easier to use (for non-java users)?
Lutrin
> Any particular reason you're using Multivalent tools instead of the
> compiled pdftk,
Yes, I have. Because with multivalent tools It's possible, for example,
making complex impositions for book printing like in ADOBE ACROBAT with
*quite imposing* plugin. The difference, is the cost: many dollars for
ADOBE ACROBAT and quite imposing, 0 $ for multivalent tools. for home
using I think the second is a best choice:
Impose
Imposition arranges one or more existing pages onto another page. In
its simplest form, it's n-up, such as shrinking 4 pages onto 1 to save
paper when printing. It's easy to arrange pages and rotations for
booklets. More sophisticated use of the tool can rearrange and rotate
pages to produce complex layouts, as for folded brochures.
Xpdf is very useful under many point of view, but does not perform
imposition