upgrade to xpdf 3.00.

[swftools.git] / FAQ

diff --git a/FAQ b/FAQ
index 434c465..0a9c734 100644 (file)
--- a/FAQ
+++ b/FAQ
@@ -3,11 +3,11 @@
     SWFTools is free of charge, and is released under the GPL
     (http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html).
 
     SWFTools is free of charge, and is released under the GPL
     (http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html).
 

-2.) How to compile/link swftools?
+2.) How to compile/link swftools on Unix/Linux/BSD?

 
 

-    Download swftools-0.4.2.tar.gz and t1lib-1.3.1.tar.gz.
+    Download swftools-0.x.x.tar.gz and t1lib-1.3.1.tar.gz.

 
 

-    gzip -d swftools-0.4.2.tar.gz
+    gzip -d swftools-0.x.x.tar.gz

     gzip -d t1lib-1.3.1.tar.gz
     tar -xf t1lib-1.3.1.tar
     cd t1lib-1.3.1
     gzip -d t1lib-1.3.1.tar.gz
     tar -xf t1lib-1.3.1.tar
     cd t1lib-1.3.1

@@ -15,20 +15,20 @@
     make 
     make install
     cd ..
     make 
     make install
     cd ..

-    tar -xf swftools-0.4.2.tar
-    cd swftools-0.4.2
+    tar -xf swftools-0.x.x.tar
+    cd swftools-0.x.x

     ./configure
     make 
     make install
 
     ./configure
     make 
     make install
 

-3.) What libraries do I need to compile swftools?
+3.) What libraries do I need to compile swftools on Unix/Linux/BSD?

 
     You need t1lib and jpeglib to compile pdf2swf.
     Links:
        t1lib: 
         ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/linux/libs/graphics/t1lib-1.3.1.tar.gz
        t1lib (mirrored here): 
 
     You need t1lib and jpeglib to compile pdf2swf.
     Links:
        t1lib: 
         ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/linux/libs/graphics/t1lib-1.3.1.tar.gz
        t1lib (mirrored here): 

-        http://www.quiss.org/swftools/t1llib-1.3.1.tar.gz
+        http://www.quiss.org/swftools/t1lib-1.3.1.tar.gz

        jpeglib: 
         http://www.ijg.org/files/jpegsrc.v6b.tar.gz
 
        jpeglib: 
         http://www.ijg.org/files/jpegsrc.v6b.tar.gz
 

@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
         http://avifile.sourceforge.net
     .
 
         http://avifile.sourceforge.net
     .
 

-4.) configure doesn't find my jpeglib / my t1lib!
+4.) when compiling the sourcecode version, configure doesn't find my jpeglib / my t1lib!

 
     In case some of your libraries/include files are installed in /usr/local,
     try the following:
 
     In case some of your libraries/include files are installed in /usr/local,
     try the following:

@@ -63,22 +63,26 @@
 
 6.) Is there a pdf2swf for Windows?
 
 
 6.) Is there a pdf2swf for Windows?
 

-    Windows versions of all SWF utilities (except for avi2swf) are in
-       http://www.quiss.org/swftools/swftools-win32.zip
+    Windows versions of all SWF utilities (except for avi2swf) are downloadable from
+       http://www.quiss.org/swftools/download.html

     .
     .

-    Notice: You need to unzip the Archive to C:\SWFTOOLS to make pdf2swf work-
+    Notice: For now, the utilities need to be installed to C:\SWFTOOLS to make pdf2swf work-

     otherwise it won't be able to find it's fonts.
 
 7.) The fonts in the SWFs generated by pdf2swf are wrong!
 
     otherwise it won't be able to find it's fonts.
 
 7.) The fonts in the SWFs generated by pdf2swf are wrong!
 

-    Try running pdf2swf with the "-v" switch.
-    If you see a line reading "substituting VerySpecialFont -> Times-Roman", then pdf2swf
-    didn't find some fonts, which may be external references in the pdf. 
-    To fix this, copy the fonts into your current directory and pass the "-F ./" (--fontpath ./) 
-    option to pdf2swf. (This doesn't yet work with TTF, only with Type1 Fonts. You can 
-    convert TTF to Type1, however, using ttf2pt1 (http://ttf2pt1.sourceforge.net)).
-    The font files should, in this case, have the filenames VerySpecialFont.afm and
-    VerySpecialFont.pfa (.pfb).
+    Watch the output of pdf2swf closely.
+    You should see something like:
+
+      WARNING Font Myriad-Roman could not be loaded.
+      WARNING Try putting a TTF version of that font (named "Myriad-Roman.ttf") into /swftools/fonts
+
+    Provided you actually own the font in question (here: Myriad-Roman.ttf), 
+    you can copy that fonts into your current directory and pass 
+    the "-F ./" (--fontpath ./) option to pdf2swf. 
+    If you use a page in several PDFs, you can also simply copy it
+    to (on Windows) C:\SWFTools\Fonts\, or (on Unix) /usr/local/share/swftools/fonts 
+    to make it work all the time.

 
 8.) Can png2swf handle transparency?
 
 
 8.) Can png2swf handle transparency?
 

@@ -111,12 +115,12 @@
     The result is something like:
 
        Objects in file myfile.swf:
     The result is something like:
 
        Objects in file myfile.swf:

-       Shapes: 1, 2, 3
-       MovieClips: 4, 5, 8, 10, 12
-       JPEGs: 69, 116, 447
-       PNGs: 318
-       Sounds: 28, 29, 30
-       Frames: 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10
+       3 Shapes: ID(s) 1-3
+       5 MovieClips: ID(s) 4, 5, 8, 10, 12
+       3 JPEGs: ID(s) 69, 116, 447
+       1 PNG: ID(s) 318
+       3 Sounds: ID(s) 28-30
+       10 Frames: ID(s) 0-10

 
     Not you can extract a shape using
 
 
     Not you can extract a shape using