Convert DOCX to PDF using Java 1.4

[manuelaDom]

Hi I want to use your library to convert DOCX into PDF.
And similarly to to kayithala, I want to use it with Java 1.4.
Is there an easy way to get there.
Just for info we have already surcharged the JAXB library to use the 2.0 (because of XPath use).
Regards,
M. Dominguez

[jason]

Edited 19 August 2008

The problem with using Java 1.4 is that JAXB requires Java 1.5, and docx4j relies heavily on JAXB.

Per http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4.2/download.html:

J2SE 1.4.2 is in its Java Technology End of Life (EOL) transition period. The EOL transition period began Dec, 11 2006 and will complete October 30th, 2008, when J2SE 1.4.2 will have reached its End of Service Life (EOSL).

That's next month. So its unlikely JAXB will ever officially support 1.4.

There are workarounds however - see http://forums.java.net/jive/message.jspa?messageID=212494 (regarding retroweaver or retrotranslator and JAXB).

See further http://www.nabble.com/Switching-to-Java-1.5-p17673100.html (FOP discussion) and http://www.nabble.com/OOXML-branch-and-JDK-1.4-td19451507.html (POI discussion).

By the way, docx4j SVN Head now assumes you're providing the JAXB implementation, rather than using the version provided with Java 6. If you were using Java 6, you'd need to put it in your java.endorsed.dirs.