Think with CF10 I saw in the docs you have to install open office and can then use cfdoc to open word files and write as pdf.
Maybe something to look into. Byron Mann Lead Engineer and Architect Hostmysite.com On Jun 1, 2012 4:27 PM, "Gerald Guido" <gerald.gu...@gmail.com> wrote: > > That is a good idea. Open Office *is* written in Java. I was curious so I > looked around on the web for some code examples and the ones I found were > in Java. So, in theory at least, you can create the Java objects in CF and > use the code examples as a guide. > > Here are some examples that I found > http://weblogs.java.net/blog/tchangu/archive/2005/12/open_office_jav.html > http://openofficejava.blogspot.com/2009/05/openofficeorg-api.html > > And there is a OO developer Guide. > > > http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Documentation/DevGuide/OpenOffice.org_Developers_Guide > > G! > > On Fri, Jun 1, 2012 at 3:40 PM, Russ Michaels <r...@michaels.me.uk> wrote: > > > > > I believe you can also use open office just install it on the server and > > call objects or it may have an api. Might be faster than using msword > > On Jun 1, 2012 7:32 PM, "Eric Roberts" <ow...@threeravensconsulting.com> > > wrote: > > > > > > > > Look at the Apache Jakarta project's POI java classes. I believe they > > have > > > ways to mod word docs. They are mostly well known for excel...but the > > POI > > > classes can handles all office docs if I am not mistaken. > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Richard White [mailto:rich...@re-base.net] > > > Sent: Friday, June 01, 2012 11:59 AM > > > To: cf-talk > > > Subject: Re: Editing MS Word Documents with ColdFusion > > > > > > > > > Alternatively is there any creative ideas to read in the contents of a > > word > > > document along with its formatting, and then replicate it with > additional > > > content in a different format such as PDF? > > > > > > thanks for any suggestions > > > > > > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > > > Last year i asked a question about the best way to open an MS Word > > > > document and edit the contents + formatting with ColdFusion. > > > > > > > > I was told at the time that the best way to do it was using a Word. > > > > Application object. > > > > > > > > I am finding this object extremely slow in writing and reformatting > > > > the documents. Has there been any new technology that will allow me > to > > > > do this in a different way? Or has CF 10 come out with new methods to > > > > allow me to do this > > > > > > > > Many thanks > > > > Richard > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:351415 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
