Re: [docbook-apps] Fop error: java.lang.OutOfMemoryError error whengenerating a PDF

[George Cristian Bina <george@oxygenxml.com>]

Hi Mark,

Yes, Java can consume less memory but in that case it should not give an 
OutOfMemoryError and in your case you said that you observed only 70MB 
taken by Java while you gave it 2GB.

Best Regards,
George
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Mark Peters wrote:
> I appreciate your reply, George. I think I understand what you mean. 
> Yes, I gave the java executable the maximum memory value. Because I 
> didn't assign a minimum memory value, I think the java executable is 
> free to consume less than the 2 GB max. Is that correct?
>  
> In my fop.bat file, I have the following information:
> 
> set CLASSPATH= <The paths to my fop.jar, batik.jar, xalan-version.jar 
> files, etc.>
> 
> java -Xmx2048m
> 
> Again, thanks.
> 
> Mark
> 
> On 4/21/06, *George Cristian Bina* <george@oxygenxml.com 
> <mailto:george@oxygenxml.com>> wrote:
>  
> 
>     Make sure you add the -Xmx option to Java and not to FOP, the option
>     should be placed immediately
>     after the java executable and not after the FOP class file, in the
>     later
>     case the parameter will go in the arguments array of the main method of
>     that class.
>