Converting office files to PDF

[Peter Maas]

Goermezer, Mustafa (PROSTE) schrieb:
> with CoInitializeEx it is possible for word, excel or powerpont to run in
> multiple instances. So you can build a webbased converter to convert Office
> documents with spyce and mod_python (I have tested it, it runs fine !):
[...]
> Ghost() #ghostscript-command to convert created postscript file to PDF
> pythoncom.CoUninitialize()
> 
> A ready script to convert files in commandline is on my homepage
> www.goermezer.de.

Just for info: OpenOffice 1.1 can be started as a server, is Python
scriptable and has a builtin PDF Export. See for example

http://delta-flyer.musc.edu/ooconvert/

This solution fas the advantage to be available not only on the
Windows platform.

Mit freundlichen Gruessen,

Peter Maas

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