Running PD4ML Converter as a standalone application

Running PD4ML as a command line converter tool

In order to start the application in command-line mode simply append two parameters (source URL and output file name) to the command we used above.

D:\tools>java -jar pd4ml.jar http://localhost:80/ test.pdf
or
D:\tools>java -jar pd4ml.jar file:d:/test.html test.pdf

Note: there is no possibility to pass HTML-to-PDF convert parameters in the command line. The application takes parameters from pd4browser.properties (if exists) created by the application automatically.

Run a commercial copy of PD4ML as a GUI application

D:\tools>java -jar pd4ml.jar <params>

Note. Older version require the following syntax:
D:\tools>java -Xbootclasspath/a:ss_css2.jar -jar pd4ml.jar <params>
or
D:\tools>java -cp pd4ml.jar org.zefer.pd4ml.tools.PD4Browser

Note: The application creates and updates automatically pd4browser.properties file that holds options specified in its options dialog.

Run an evaluation copy of PD4ML as a GUI application

D:\tools>java -jar pd4ml_demo.jar <params>

Note. Older version require the following syntax:
D:\tools>java -Xbootclasspath/a:ss_css2.jar -jar pd4ml_demo.jar <params>
or
D:\tools>java -cp pd4ml_demo.jar org.zefer.pd4ml.tools.PD4Browser

Preparation

To run PD4ML Converter as a standalone application it is not necessary to perform any special installation procedures. Simply copy PD4ML library and CSS parser (ss_css2.jar) to your working directory and make sure, that your JRE environment (JAVA_HOME, CLASSPATH) is properly configured.