Rails - Feb 2007 - Converting Word Documents (and other types of files) to PDF in a rails application

Hi everyone,

I''m currently developing a Rails content management system, and one of
the useful features we''re trying to get sorted is a way to allow a
user to upload a word document or some other type of regular file, and
have it converted by the server to PDF.

I''ve seen a java programme called Alfresco do this using Open Office,
but I''m just wondering if there''s another way that''s
more integrated
with Ruby?

If anyone knows if bits and pieces of tech already exist in this area
but they just haven''t been brought together in this way yet,
I''d be
keen to learn the names of these projects. Perhaps we can create a
plugin as a result of our larger project.

Looking forward to your ideas :)

Cheers,

Brendon


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Hi,

http://www.xml.com/pub/a/2006/01/11/from-microsoft-to-openoffice.html

Explain how use Ooo in batch mode with a macro to silently convert
office documents in ODF or PDF.

This method is callable by Rails, but took much time. Better to code a
local service dedicated to this task.
> I''m currently developing a Rails content management system, and
one of
> the useful features we''re trying to get sorted is a way to allow a
> user to upload a word document or some other type of regular file, and
> have it converted by the server to PDF.
> If anyone knows if bits and pieces of tech already exist in this area
> but they just haven''t been brought together in this way yet,
I''d be
> keen to learn the names of these projects. Perhaps we can create a
> plugin as a result of our larger project.
>
> Looking forward to your ideas :)
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Hi, you might want to try the following:

http://raa.ruby-lang.org/project/doc_convert/

Also, I would highly recommend posting to comp.lang.ruby

Good luck,

-Conrad

On 2/12/07, Brendon <brendon.muir-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
wrote:
>
> Hi everyone,
>
> I''m currently developing a Rails content management system, and
one of
> the useful features we''re trying to get sorted is a way to allow a
> user to upload a word document or some other type of regular file, and
> have it converted by the server to PDF.
>
> I''ve seen a java programme called Alfresco do this using Open
Office,
> but I''m just wondering if there''s another way
that''s more integrated
> with Ruby?
>
> If anyone knows if bits and pieces of tech already exist in this area
> but they just haven''t been brought together in this way yet,
I''d be
> keen to learn the names of these projects. Perhaps we can create a
> plugin as a result of our larger project.
>
> Looking forward to your ideas :)
>
> Cheers,
>
> Brendon
>
>
> >
>
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Thank you both for this information. It''s very useful, and yes,
I''ll
try posting this in the Ruby group :) Thanks for the advice.

Cheers,

Brendon


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This can help: http://www.dancrintea.ro/html-to-pdf/
middle page, see HTML to PDF with Java:

You can use OpenOffice.org, running as a server and command it remotely 
for document convertion.

Besides HTML to PDF, there are also possible other convertions:
doc --> pdf, html, txt, rtf
xls --> pdf, html, csv
ppt --> pdf, swf


Brendon wrote:
> Thank you both for this information. It''s very useful, and yes,
I''ll
> try posting this in the Ruby group :) Thanks for the advice.
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Brendon
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