David,

No, I have not had any luck running any version of the DITA-OT with Java 1.5.

The Java 1.5 comment is in response to the release notes (relnotes.txt) for DITA-OT1.2 where the following is found:

3. SF RFE 1331727 Toolkit need to run on JDK 1.5.x(only support to run under Sun JDK 1.5 with saxon in normal case)

To me, this seems to say that this version of the toolkit (DITA-OT1.2) will only run in Java 1.5, and not in 1.4.2_x.

In my experience, this is not the case. My problem is that I cannot run any toolkit transformations from the Java commandline for DITA-OT1.2

An Ant script transform runs just fine under Java 1.4.2_xx with DITA-OT1.2

Have you had any luck?

Stephen,

I am still unable to run a transform from the Java command line in DITA-OT1.2

My classpath currently reads: CLASSPATH=C:\DITA-OT1.2\lib\dost.jar

which seems to match your instruction just fine: CLASSPATH=<DIT-OT DIR>\lib\dost.jar

Even though I seem to have my environment set up correctly, and transforms run correctly in Ant, I still get the:

"Unable to instantiate specified logger class org.dita.dost.log.DITAOTBuildlogger" when running from the Java commandline.

BTW, David
The change of include dost.jar into classpath is listed in the
download page section "Error handling and logging system".
http://dita-ot.sourceforge.net/SourceForgeFiles/doc/download.html
You can refer to that before your download next time.

Best Regards,
Stephen

--- In dita-users@yahoogroups.com, "imagiczhang" <zhangyp@...> wrote:
>
> David,
> In order to fix the problem you have, you need to set that jar file
> lib\dost.jar in DITA-OT directory into your CLASSPATH.
> In windows, please use set CLASSPATH=<DIT-OT DIR>\lib\dost.jar
> In linux, please use export CLASSPATH=<DIT-OT DIR>/lib/dost.jar
>
> Best Regards,
> Stephen
>
> --- In dita-users@yahoogroups.com, "David" <davidlasvegasati@> wrote:
> >
> > Jerry,
> > I'm new to this group, having attended the User Group conference in
> > Raleigh this May 2006. I've downloaded the toolkit (1.2) and installed
> > the tools. I too am stuck at the "Unable to instantiate specified
> > logger class org.dita.dost.log.DITAOTBuildlogger". I've run it from
> > the command prompt with the following. "java -jar lib/dost.jar
> > /i:samples/sequence.ditamap /outdir:out /transtype:xhtml".
> > I haven't changed any of the provided XML files and am just working on
> > trying to understand the calls. Your message thread below implies that
> > I should be using the Java SDK 1.5. I've installed and am using
> > version j2sdk1.4.2_08 (installed at the C: root). So.....
> > 1. What do you (or anyone in the DITA group)suggest for
> > troubleshooting this step?
> > 2. Does anyone have any (good) experience using the SDK1.5 version?
> > 3. I know I'm missing something but I don't know where to look next.
> > Thanks in advance for any and all help.
> > David Oliver
> >
> > --- In dita-users@yahoogroups.com, "Jerry Kimmel" <jkimmel@> wrote:
> > >
> > > Stephen,
> > >
> > > If I add the dita.temp.dir property to the ant script and process a
> > > transform through ant, my temp files end up in c:\temp where I
expect
> > > them.
> > > If I change the conductor_template.xml dita.temp.dir property to
> > > C:${file.separator}temp and run a transform through ant, my temp
files
> > > end up in the c:\temp directory where I expect them.
> > > I am still not able to run a transform through the java command line
> > > with dita-ot1.2. I can't get past the "Unable to instantiate
specified
> > > logger class org.dita.dost.log.DITAOTBuildlogger" even though all
> of my
> > > install directories and environment variables match the 1.2 install
> > > docs.
> > > ------------------------------------------
> > >  Jerry Kimmel - jkimmel at vasont dot com
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: dita-users@yahoogroups.com [mailto:dita-users@yahoogroups.com]
> > On Behalf Of Jerry Kimmel
> > > Sent: Friday, March 17, 2006 9:42 AM
> > > To: dita-users@yahoogroups.com
> > > Subject: RE: [dita-users] Re: DITA-OT1.1.2.1 Temp directory problem
> > > Stephen,
> > > No, the same issue also exists in release 1.2.
> > > Here is my test for DITA-OT1.2:
> > >
> > > Change the dita.temp.dir property in conductor_template.xml from the
> > > default "${basedir}${file.separator}temp" to
C:${file.separator}temp.
> > >
> > > Delete the DITA-OT1.2\temp directory
> > >
> > > Run an xhtml transform from the commandline.
> > >
> > > As the transform is running, watch the DITA-OT1.2 directory -
you will
> > > see a temp directory be created.
> > >
> > > Watch the c:\temp directory  - you will see all of the other temp
> files
> > > populate this temp directory.
> > >
> > > After the transform is finished, open the DITA-OT1.2\temp
directory -
> > > the property.temp file will have been created here, rather than
in the
> > > c:\temp directory.
> > >
> > > There is one difference between DITA-OT1.1.2.1 and DITA-OT1.2. For
> > > DITA-OT1.2 I must edit the conductor_template.xml, whereas in
> > > DITA-OT1.1.2.1 I edit conductor.xml. The conductor.xml is
> rewritten each
> > > time a transform is run in DITA-OT1.2.
> > >
> > > FYI - I was unable to actually complete a transform in DITA-OT1.2. I
> > > added the DITA-OT1.2 dost.jar to my CLASSPATH, but did not
install Sun
> > > JDK 1.5. (I get the "Unable to instantiate specified logger class
> > > org.dita.dost.log.DITAOTBuildlogger" error.)
> > >
> > > Will DITA-OT1.2 *only* run in Sun JDK 1.5.x? If so, this needs to be
> > > spelled out more clearly in the release notes.
> > >
> > > 
> > >
> > > Even though my transform failed, the DITA-OT1.2\temp directory is
> > > created and populated with the new property.temp file in DITA-OT1.2.
> > >
> > > 
> > >
> > > ------------------------------------------
> > >  Jerry Kimmel - jkimmel at vasont dot com
> > >
> > > 
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: dita-users@yahoogroups.com
> [mailto:dita-users@yahoogroups.com] On
> > > Behalf Of imagiczhang
> > > Sent: Thursday, March 16, 2006 8:40 PM
> > > To: dita-users@yahoogroups.com
> > > Subject: [dita-users] Re: DITA-OT1.1.2.1 Temp directory problem
> > >
> > > 
> > >
> > > Jerry,
> > > If possible, can you have a try on the latest release of DITA-OT. I
> > > tested on release 1.2 and believe that this bug is fixed on release
> > > 1.2  . Thanks.
> > >
> > > Best Regards,
> > > Stephen Zhang
> > >
> > > --- In dita-users@yahoogroups.com, "Jerry Kimmel" <jkimmel@> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > We ran into an issue when we changed the default dita.temp.dir
> > > property
> > > > (in conductor.xml) from the default
> "${basedir}${file.separator}temp"
> > > to
> > > > a directory on a mapped drive, and deleted the temp directory
> from the
> > > > DITA-OT1.1.2.1 directory tree.
> > > >
> > > > FYI - the mapped drive is different for each user.
> > > >
> > > > Everything was fine except that the "property.temp" file was still
> > > being
> > > > written to the 'default' DITA-OT/temp directory (and the temp
> > > directory
> > > > was being created), rather than to the directory on the mapped
> drive.
> > > >
> > > > This created a problem from a permissions point of view in that
> a user
> > > > who couldn't write to the 'default' DITA-OT/temp directory
couldn't
> > > run
> > > > any transforms - even though he had permission to the new temp
> > > directory
> > > > on the mapped drive, he had no write permissions to the 'default'
> > > > directory where DITA-OT was installed. He now has to have
permission
> > > to
> > > > write here.
> > > >
> > > > As a temporary fix, I make sure to delete the 'default'
DITA-OT/temp
> > > > directory after every transform - but this still presents a
problem
> > > > because different users could potentially overwrite (or
delete) each
> > > > other's property.temp file because that file always get written
> to the
> > > > same place.
> > > >
> > > > ------------------------------------------
> > > >  Jerry Kimmel - jkimmel at vasont dot com
> > > >
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