From: gabriele renzi <surrender_it@...1.vip.ukl.yahoo.com>
Date: 2004-03-12T20:04:37+09:00
Subject: Re: Save OpenOffice files as MS Word document

il 11 Mar 2004 17:07:04 -0800, qewrty@netscape.net (Memory Seeker) ha
scritto::

>Hi,
>
>Could anyone show me how to use Ruby to convert a .sxw file to .doc properly?
>
>I've tried the following but it doesn't work as MS office can't open the .doc:
>
>	src_url = "file:/#{MyDoc.doc}".gsub( /\\/, '/' )
>	dest_url = "file:/#{MyDoc.sxw}".gsub( /\\/, '/' )
>	serviceManager = WIN32OLE.new("com.sun.star.ServiceManager")
>	desktop = serviceManager.createInstance("com.sun.star.frame.Desktop")
>	document = desktop.loadComponentFromURL(src_url, "_default", 0, [])
>	document.storeAsURL( dest_url, [] )
>
>
>Thanks
>PS: Converting from .doc to .sxw worked just fine using this code, so I'm confused.

I wonder: maybe is OOo itself that does the conversion badly? does it
work if the process is done with the actual program instead of ole ?