Convert DOC to PDF??

Ryan McCain

20 Apr 2006 20 Apr '06

15:43

Does anyone know of a program that will convert DOCs to PDFs if a DOC is dropped into a directory on the filesystem? My googling is coming up empty. Thanks, Ryan

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Jerry Feldman

20 Apr 20 Apr

15:56

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On Thursday 20 April 2006 11:43 am, Ryan McCain wrote:

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Does anyone know of a program that will convert DOCs to PDFs if a DOC is dropped into a directory on the filesystem? My googling is coming up empty. OpenOffice.org Writer and KWord easily convert Microsoft Word documents to PDF.

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Alfredo Cole

16:08

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El Jueves, 20 de Abril de 2006 09:43, Ryan McCain escribió:

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Does anyone know of a program that will convert DOCs to PDFs if a DOC is dropped into a directory on the filesystem? My googling is coming up empty.

Thanks, Ryan

Have you checked http://doc2pdf.sourceforge.net/? Regards. -- Alfredo Cole-Tuckler

Charles Philip Chan

16:48

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On Thu, 20 Apr 2006 10:43:15 -0500 "Ryan McCain" wrote:

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Does anyone know of a program that will convert DOCs to PDFs if a DOC is dropped into a directory on the filesystem? My googling is coming up empty.

No, but it should be easy to implement with some scripting: (1) Create two directories- one for input and one for output. (2) Write a small script to sort the files in the reverse chronological order and get the newest filename and convert that file to pdf with a program like wvPDF (part of wvware), output it to the output directory. (3) Use something like dnotify: http://oskarsapps.mine.nu/dnotify.html to monitor the input directory and run the script when a new file is dropped into it. Charles -- /* The HME is the biggest piece of shit I have ever seen. */ linux-2.6.6/drivers/scsi/esp.h

Rikard Johnels

18:00

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On Thursday 20 April 2006 18:48, Charles Philip Chan wrote:

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On Thu, 20 Apr 2006 10:43:15 -0500

"Ryan McCain" wrote:

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Does anyone know of a program that will convert DOCs to PDFs if a DOC is dropped into a directory on the filesystem? My googling is coming up empty.

No, but it should be easy to implement with some scripting:

(1) Create two directories- one for input and one for output.

(2) Write a small script to sort the files in the reverse chronological order and get the newest filename and convert that file to pdf with a program like wvPDF (part of wvware), output it to the output directory.

(3) Use something like dnotify:

http://oskarsapps.mine.nu/dnotify.html

to monitor the input directory and run the script when a new file is dropped into it.

Charles

How to make a pdf printer in samba. http://linuxreviews.org/quicktips/sambapdfwriter/ Might be able to rip the scripts? Creating Smart Print Queues http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/3741 Same here? -- /Rikard ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- email : rikard.j@rikjoh.com web : http://www.rikjoh.com mob: : +46 (0)763 19 76 25 ------------------------ Public PGP fingerprint ---------------------------- < 15 28 DF 78 67 98 B2 16 1F D3 FD C5 59 D4 B6 78 46 1C EE 56 >

James Knott

21 Apr 21 Apr

00:30

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Ryan McCain wrote:

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Does anyone know of a program that will convert DOCs to PDFs if a DOC is dropped into a directory on the filesystem? My googling is coming up empty.

IIRC, you can run OpenOffice with a script to do various things. Perhaps this is one of them.

John Pickard

23:02

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On Thursday 20 April 2006 11:43 am, Ryan McCain wrote:

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Does anyone know of a program that will convert DOCs to PDFs if a DOC is dropped into a directory on the filesystem? My googling is coming up empty.

Thanks, Ryan If you have OOo 1.1x or 2.x try; openoffice.org-Projects-Scripts-DocConverter.

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Hylton Conacher (ZR1HPC)

22 Apr 22 Apr

15:05

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Ryan McCain wrote:

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Does anyone know of a program that will convert DOCs to PDFs if a DOC is dropped into a directory on the filesystem? My googling is coming up empty. Hi Ryan

Could you not set-up a script to moitor the directory either by checking the size of the directory or by searching for doc files. If there is a way to monitor the directory then have a script move doc files to a temporary directory. Then have the script check the temporary directory each minute and run a doc2PDF or similar command, but placing the output of the command in the directory the original doc file was inserted into. The logic makes sense to me but don't ask how as I'll leave that to the more experienced on the list. HiH

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Ryan McCain