From: Chris Carter <cdcarter@...>
Date: 2007-02-13T22:04:34+09:00
Subject: Re: Converting Word Documents (and other types of files) to PDF in a rails application

On 2/12/07, Brendon <brendon.muir@gmail.com> 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
>
>
>
I think the best way might be to use RJB or JRuby and Jakarta
Poi(http://jakarta.apache.org/poi/)

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