Error using MIF doclet to create PDFs

I have been attempting to use the dzbatcher program with framemaker and the java MIF doclet. Unfortunately, there is an error that will not allow the MIF doc to be saved as a pdf, the MIF files are created correctly.
Executing: dzbatcher -makername framemaker C:\JavaCode\VSan2.0\vsan\doc\customer\mif\mif-to-fm.batch...
starting maker ...
Waiting for Frame results... done.
Waiting for Frame results...
Frame reports error -42:
Cannot save file [C:\JavaCode\VSan2.0\vsan\doc\customer\fm\api.book.pdf]I have FrameMaker 5.5 and Acrobat Distiller and Exchange 3.1.
Any help would be deeply appreciated.
-Dustin

I've never encountered error -42. I've been bugging Adobe
for a list of descriptions for their numbered error message
to no avail.
The way to troubleshoot the batch file is to execute
the dzbatcher command with the -v (verbose) option
on the mif-to-fm.batch file:
dzbatcher -v C:\java\pubs\docs\mif\mif-to-fm.batch
This should echo every statement, so you can see where the
problem is occurring.
You might contact us for possible access to an early
release of the next version, which has some fixes in this
area. Write doccheck-feedback at java.sun.com.
If those ideas don't work, you could also follow EJP's advice,
or you could try sending email to dzbatcher at datazone.com.
They wrote dzbatcher and are pretty responsive.
We've had pretty good luck using dzbatcher with the default
template of the MIF Doclet.
Please let us know how you get it to succeed in case I can
pass along the pointer to others.
-Doug (Hi Esmond)

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