| SAXONICA |
If you are having trouble running Saxon-SA for the first time, here is a list of the most common problems:
These all relate specifically to the Java platform.
Don't use the -jar option on the command line. When Java applications
are run using the -jar option, the classpath is ignored, and this means that the
license key won't be found. Use the -cp option instead.
The classpath must include the directory containing the license file. Don't include the filename of the license file, only the directory in which it is held. If you spell a filename incorrectly, you won't get an error message, the entry is simply ignored.
Remember to request schema-aware processing. Use the -sa option on the
command line if your stylesheet or query is schema-aware. If you don't, you'll get an error message
saying that you need the schema-aware version of Saxon (even though that's what you loaded, you're
running it in non-schema-aware mode.)
And some less common problems:
Check that the filename is saxon-license.lic. Some mail systems, notably Yahoo,
have been known to change the hyphen to an underscore in transit.
If Saxon says the license key is invalid then it probably is. Very occasionally a license file gets corrupted in transit. Please ask for another copy (or we might issue you a new license).
