PDF export does not work anymore with VS Code (again)

Question

Hi,

I'm using PlantUML in VS Code and usually I export my diagrams as pdf, which worked fine before.

Now I'm getting the error I've pasted below. All jar-files like described in https://plantuml.com/de/pdf are were they should be and exporting as svg and png works fine, too.

I've already tried using the latest release of plantuml.jar, which made also no difference.

Can somebody help me with this problem?

Thanks in advance!

org.apache.batik.transcoder.TranscoderException: Error while setting up PDFDocumentGraphics2D
Enclosed Exception:
Error while setting up fonts
    at org.apache.fop.svg.PDFTranscoder.transcode(PDFTranscoder.java:136)
    at org.apache.batik.transcoder.XMLAbstractTranscoder.transcode(Unknown Source)
    at org.apache.batik.transcoder.SVGAbstractTranscoder.transcode(Unknown Source)
    at org.apache.batik.apps.rasterizer.SVGConverter.transcode(Unknown Source)
    at org.apache.batik.apps.rasterizer.SVGConverter.execute(Unknown Source)
    at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
    at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)
    at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)
    at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Unknown Source)
    at net.sourceforge.plantuml.pdf.PdfConverter.convert(PdfConverter.java:75)
    at net.sourceforge.plantuml.UmlDiagram.exportDiagramInternalPdf(UmlDiagram.java:277)
    at net.sourceforge.plantuml.UmlDiagram.exportDiagramNow(UmlDiagram.java:132)
    at net.sourceforge.plantuml.AbstractPSystem.exportDiagram(AbstractPSystem.java:178)
    at net.sourceforge.plantuml.SourceStringReader.outputImage(SourceStringReader.java:172)
    at net.sourceforge.plantuml.Pipe.generateDiagram(Pipe.java:100)
    at net.sourceforge.plantuml.Pipe.managePipe(Pipe.java:92)
    at net.sourceforge.plantuml.Run.managePipe(Run.java:354)
    at net.sourceforge.plantuml.Run.main(Run.java:181)

Comments

Can somebody help with this problem? Unfortunately the pdf-export still does not work...

I guess this is a general problem with pdf generation, because when exporting as txt-file and converting it via command line

java -jar plantuml.jar -tpdf diagram.txt

(example command from https://plantuml.com/de/pdf) I get the same error.

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Hello all,

If you want to use PDF, you have to download the following files:

• avalon-framework-4.2.0.jar
• batik-all-1.7.jar
• commons-io-1.3.1.jar
• commons-logging-1.0.4.jar
• fop.jar
• xml-apis-ext-1.3.04.jar
• xmlgraphics-commons-1.4.jar

Are you OK with that?

See doc here:

• https://plantuml.com/pdf

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Hi, 

thanks for answering. Yes, all instruction of https://plantuml.com/pdf were executed. 

One month ago it worked, but then from one day to another I got the above error. 

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Perhaps the new versions of plantuml are not compatible with the old batik and all packages.
But I am not an expert about that.

@PlantUML team: If you have other ideas?

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@PlantUML team: Do you have any update on this?