From: Alex Young <alex@...>
Date: 2006-09-01T01:27:28+09:00
Subject: Re: PDF conversion with ruby/linux

Floyd Wright wrote:
> Unfortunately I have a project which has the requirement that users may 
> submit several different document types (currently at least .doc and 
> .ppt) which should be converted on the fly to pdf available for 
> immediate preview.  Can anyone point me in the direction of a library or 
> SDK that would allow me to do this with Ruby on a linux box?  There is a 
> budget for this aspect of the project so commercial products are viable.

There's a tutorial over on xml.com for doing it with an OpenOffice macro 
from the command line, which presumably you could kick off from a Ruby 
script.

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

I don't know how good Impress is at reading .ppt, but it's worth a shot. 
  I was evaluating it for .doc to .html, but then I found wvWare and 
used that instead.

-- 
Alex