This one works pretty well, too, but it is a .net app http://www.codeproject.com/dotnet/pdfthumbnail.asp
On 6/7/07, Pete Jordan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Mark Lewis wrote: > > > I am trying to convert the front page of a PDF doc to an image. My > > target server is Coldfusion 5 but if necessary Colfusion mx 7 can be > > used. > > > > Is it possible for this to be done, if so could I have some > > directions on how to do this. > > I second using ImageMagick, though we actually use a two-stage process > here (convert PDF front page to a PPM in a cache directory using > pdftoppm, then mangle the PPM to JPEG in whatever size &c. required) as > ImageMagick's conversion is bereft of configurability and has been known > to disappear up its own fundament. > > Having said that, we don't actually *use* ColdFusion for this as such, > as all our image processing, including PDF and MS-Word page snapshots, > is done by a mod_perl Apache translation handler. > > -- > Regards, > > Pete Jordan > Horus Web Engineering Ltd > http://www.webhorus.net/ > phone: +44 1275 543971 > mobile: +44 7973 725120 > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Create Web Applications With ColdFusion MX7 & Flex 2. Build powerful, scalable RIAs. Free Trial http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/?sdid=RVJS Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:280367 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
