From: Floyd Wright <tfwright@...>
Date: 2006-09-01T02:12:42+09:00
Subject: Re: PDF conversion with ruby/linux

I didn't even think of open office--a very interesting alternative that 
I think just may end up working out.  Thanks a lot for the tip.

tfw

Alex Young wrote:
> 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.
>