Running from the Command Line

You can run FormVu directly from the command line which is useful for running the converter from another language or script.

Prerequisites:

• You must download formvu.jar
• Requires Java 17 or later (see version compatibility)
• Run from the same location as the jar or provide an absolute path

Quick Start:

java -Xmx512M -jar formvu.jar /inputDirectory/ /outputDirectory/

You may want to provide more memory by increasing the Xmx value.

How are the settings controlled?

When running from the command line, settings are controlled by passing in system properties. Available settings and their values can be found in the Javadoc. The key classes are:

• HTMLConversionOptions (General HTML Settings)
• FormViewerOptions (Settings available for the viewer)

java -Dorg.jpedal.pdf2html.compressImages=true -jar formvu.jar /inputDirectory/ /outputDirectory/