it makes more sense then to look into http://ccxvii.net/apparition/ because "However, the poppler developers plan to make unavailable the old, undocumented, never planned and unmaintainable API of "plain libpoppler" is not something you want to repeat again or alternatively, try to maintain a healthy relationship with Derek and stick to xpdf Hans ----------------------------------------------------------------- Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands tel: 038 477 53 69 | fax: 038 477 53 74 | www.pragma-ade.com | www.pragma-pod.nl -----------------------------------------------------------------