John, I wasn't clear enough in my previous message. It doesn't work without the java -jar. This is the error I get when trying to translate an opened file. I will go step by step with what I did to get the error. Type: java -jar brailleblaster.jar "..\service calls.xml" and BB opens with the file loaded. Do Alt-T and enter to translate the loaded document. Now BB disappears and the error I sent is written to the command prompt window. Then I get the system prompt again. If this is not clear enough, let me know what I need to explain further. Best regards from Ohio, U.S.A., Vic E-mail: vic.beckley3@xxxxxxxxx -----Original Message----- From: brailleblaster-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:brailleblaster-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of John J. Boyer Sent: Friday, March 09, 2012 10:01 AM To: brailleblaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [brailleblaster] Re: Translation error Hi Vic, You are a demon tester! What is the complete command line you are using? Anyway, if it works without the java -jar it works. John On Fri, Mar 09, 2012 at 09:34:45AM -0500, Vic Beckley wrote: > John, > > I started BB like you recommended using the java -jar command line and got > the error that was happening. Before I was just running it with > brailleblaster.jar without the java -jar part. Anyway, here is the error. > > Exception in thread "main" java.lang.StringIndexOutOfBoundsException: String > index out of range: -1 > at java.lang.String.substring(Unknown Source) > at org.brailleblaster.wordprocessor.NewDocument.fillOutBody(Unknown Source) > at org.brailleblaster.wordprocessor.DocumentManager.createDocument(Unknown > Source) > at org.brailleblaster.wordprocessor.DocumentManager.translate(Unknown > Source) > at org.brailleblaster.wordprocessor.BBMenu$48.widgetSelected(Unknown Source) > at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.TypedListener.handleEvent(Unknown Source) > at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.EventTable.sendEvent(Unknown Source) > at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Widget.sendEvent(Unknown Source) > at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Display.runDeferredEvents(Unknown Source) > at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Display.readAndDispatch(Unknown Source) > at org.brailleblaster.wordprocessor.DocumentManager.<init>(Unknown Source) > at org.brailleblaster.wordprocessor.WPManager.<init>(Unknown Source) > at org.brailleblaster.Subcommands.<init>(Unknown Source) > at org.brailleblaster.Main.main(Unknown Source) > > > Best regards from Ohio, U.S.A., > > Vic > E-mail: vic.beckley3@xxxxxxxxx > > > -- John J. Boyer; President, Chief Software Developer Abilitiessoft, Inc. http://www.abilitiessoft.com Madison, Wisconsin USA Developing software for people with disabilities