Exception with openoffice and JODConverter

Hello Everyone,

I am using JOD converter to convert .doc files to pdf . The Operating system is Windows XP, the version of Open Office is 2.4 . When I tried to convert , I am getting the following error

could not obtain service: com.sun.star.ucb.FileContentProvider

the entire Stack trace is as follows:-

com.artofsolving.jodconverter.openoffice.connection.OpenOfficeException: could not obtain 
 
service: com.sun.star.ucb.FileContentProvider 
at 
 
com.artofsolving.jodconverter.openoffice.connection.AbstractOpenOfficeConnection.getServi 
 
ce(AbstractOpenOfficeConnection.java:119) 
at 
 
com.artofsolving.jodconverter.openoffice.connection.AbstractOpenOfficeConnection.getFileC 
 
ontentProvider(AbstractOpenOfficeConnection.java:129) 
at 
 
com.artofsolving.jodconverter.openoffice.converter.OpenOfficeDocumentConverter.convertInt 
 
ernal(OpenOfficeDocumentConverter.java:116) 
at 
 
com.artofsolving.jodconverter.openoffice.converter.AbstractOpenOfficeDocumentConverter.co 
 
nvert(AbstractOpenOfficeDocumentConverter.java:104) 
at 
 
com.artofsolving.jodconverter.openoffice.converter.AbstractOpenOfficeDocumentConverter.co 
 
nvert(AbstractOpenOfficeDocumentConverter.java:74) 
at 
 
com.artofsolving.jodconverter.openoffice.converter.AbstractOpenOfficeDocumentConverter.co 
 
nvert(AbstractOpenOfficeDocumentConverter.java:70) 
at com.zenitix.core.DocConversion.coversion(DocConversion.java:5 
at 
 
com.zenitix.zenportal.struts.action.UploadSuccessAction.execute(UploadSuccessAction.java: 
 
215) 
at 
 
org.apache.struts.action.RequestProcessor.processActionPerform(RequestProcessor.java:484) 
at org.apache.struts.action.RequestProcessor.process(RequestProcessor.java:274) 
at org.apache.struts.action.ActionServlet.process(ActionServlet.java:1482) 
at org.apache.struts.action.ActionServlet.doPost(ActionServlet.java:525) 
at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:710) 
at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:803) 
at 
 
org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.j 
 
ava:269) 
at 
 
org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:188) 
at 
 
org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve.invoke(StandardWrapperValve.java:210) 
at 
 
org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invoke(StandardContextValve.java:174) 
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(StandardHostValve.java:127) 
at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:117) 
at 
 
org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngineValve.invoke(StandardEngineValve.java:108) 
at org.apache.catalina.connector.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java:151) 
at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Processor.process(Http11Processor.java:870) 
at 
 
org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11BaseProtocol$Http11ConnectionHandler.processConnection(Htt 
 
p11BaseProtocol.java:665) 
at 
 
org.apache.tomcat.util.net.PoolTcpEndpoint.processSocket(PoolTcpEndpoint.java:528) 
at 
 
org.apache.tomcat.util.net.LeaderFollowerWorkerThread.runIt(LeaderFollowerWorkerThread.ja 
 
va:81) 
at 
 
org.apache.tomcat.util.threads.ThreadPool$ControlRunnable.run(ThreadPool.java:685) 
at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source) 
Caused by: java.net.ConnectException: connection failed: 
 
socket,host=localhost,port=8100,tcpNoDelay=1: java.net.ConnectException: Connection 
 
refused: connect 
at 
 
com.artofsolving.jodconverter.openoffice.connection.AbstractOpenOfficeConnection.connect( 
 
AbstractOpenOfficeConnection.java:79) 
at 
 
com.artofsolving.jodconverter.openoffice.connection.AbstractOpenOfficeConnection.getServi 
 
ce(AbstractOpenOfficeConnection.java:115) 
... 27 more

I could not figure the class com.sun.star.ucb.FileContentProvider. Please help in this issue.

Thanks & Regards,
Deepthi
[ November 19, 2008: Message edited by: Martijn Verburg ]

It actually looks like it's failing to connect to the server that hosts that service. In this case localhost:8100. You need to ensure that you have a server with that service running on that port.