htmldoc problem

j-ray · 09-02-2004, 11:35 AM

hi, im in serious trouble with htmldoc-1.8.23
if i try to convert an html file all i get is this

ERR002: Error: no pages generated! (did you remember to use webpage mode?

actually i did remember to use webpage mode. but htmldoc doesnot produce any usable output. neither called within a php script nor from shell. as it seems to be working elsewhere i wonder what the bug may be. any ideas? would be great!

david_ross · 09-02-2004, 02:06 PM

What command are you using to create the PDF?

j-ray · 09-02-2004, 03:06 PM

htmldoc --webpage -t pdf -f /srv/www/htdocs/web/test/chartest.pdf /srv/www/htdocs/web/test/chartest.html

this is one of several i tried. i tried the php code examples from the documentation, the bash and
perl scripts all of which lead to nothing. when run from command line with --verbose option the
error msg above mentioned is displayed.

david_ross · 09-03-2004, 01:54 PM

That seems a bit odd. Is it a valid HTML document?

Have you tried with something simple like:

Code:

<html>
<head>
<title>Title</title>
</head>
<body>
<h1>This is a test</h1>
</body>
</html>

j-ray · 09-03-2004, 02:39 PM

i did 10 seconds ago and it worked. seems my html file is not 'well-formed'. thanks for your idea. j.

this was missing: <h1>This is a test</h1>
without a header it doesnt work.
thanks again mate.

david_ross · 09-03-2004, 02:41 PM

A quick solution to fix your file might be to use HTML tidy:
http://tidy.sourceforge.net/

j-ray · 09-04-2004, 02:55 AM

well, as i intend to convert html files i generated myself i wont need tidy, i hope. the simple detail i forgot was that htmldoc needs the <h1></h1> tag to get going. but your hint was really helpful and probably saved me a lot of time. i'll click the affero button, thanks and have a nice day, j.