Phil Meyer wrote:
Adil Drissi wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Is there any tool to convert openoffice documents to pdf?
>
>
If you are asking 'Is there a way to convert office documents to pdf
on the command line using open office', then yes, there is.
However it is not easy. It requires a macro for the user doing the
conversion.
It requires an X session, even in non display (invisible) mode, so you
may need to run it against the fake X server on headless systems.
Finally, it requires a specially crafted command line.
Here is a sample script, in which we run the fake X server on a
headless system, so it is display 0.
---
#!/bin/bash
# doc2pdf -- convert office type documents to PDF
if [ -z "$1" ]
then
echo "Usage: $0 <file.doc>"
exit -1
fi
DISPLAY=:0
export DISPLAY
# macro is in: ~/.openoffice.org2.0/user/basic/Standard/Module1.xba
DOC=$1
/usr/bin/oowriter -invisible
"macro:///Standard.Module1.ConvertWordToPDF($DOC)"
exit $?
---
Here is the sample macro file: Its kinda large, so I have it as a
link if you are interested.
http://themeyerfarm.com/palm/Module1.xba
Good Luck!
FWIW, if you look in the archives for this you'll find a script and
macro that was posted a while back by me that looks alot like this
script but that handles not passing the full path to the file. I also
have an updated macro that will convert doc, xls, and ppt files. If
you're interested, take a peek back at the archives and you should find it.
Kevin