Hi, On Sat, Dec 26, 2009 at 4:19 PM, Sergiu Dumitriu <[email protected]> wrote:
> On 12/25/2009 09:45 PM, Asiri Rathnayake wrote: > > Hi Devs& Users, > > > > With the new refactoring of officeimporter module, it's possible to > > implement a generic office document converter on top of > > xwiki-officeimporter. By a "document converter" I meant an xwiki > application > > where you can upload a .doc file and get it converted to a .pdf, .odt > etc. > > > > Supported formats will be those mentioned in > > http://artofsolving.com/opensource/jodconverter/guide/supportedformatsand > > few more Office2007 formats. > > > > Would this application be a good addition to XWiki? > > Interesting feature: I like the way GMail treats attachments. We could > have something similar in the attachment list. Each supported file > format will have some links next to the default download link, for > previewing as HTML, downloading as PDF, converting to the equivalent > concurrent format. For example. we could have: > > [doc] QuarterlyReport.doc ^1.2^ [preview in browser] [download as PDF] > [download as .odt] > Posted by [John Smith] five minutes ago > > [ods] ExpenseReport.ods ^1.1^ [preview in browser] [download as PDF] > [download as .xls] > Posted by [Jane Smith] yesterday > > However, we should carefully consider the implications, since users > could expect this to be a perfect feature they can trust, and data loss > could occur when the transformation fails partially. > I like the Gmail-like idea too and it would indeed be a cool addition. Another interesting thing to do would be to let the user export any wiki page in the Office format of his / her choice. Instead of uploading a document, why not simply export an existing wiki page? If that's can be done it could be useful, I think many people would like to be able to export wiki pages in the .doc or .odt format. Guillaume > > > Thanks. > > > > - Asiri > > > > PS: It would take about 2-3 days to fully implement and test the > > application. > > -- > Sergiu Dumitriu > http://purl.org/net/sergiu/ > _______________________________________________ > devs mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.xwiki.org/mailman/listinfo/devs > -- Guillaume Lerouge Product Manager - XWiki SAS Skype: wikibc Twitter: glerouge http://guillaumelerouge.com/ _______________________________________________ devs mailing list [email protected] http://lists.xwiki.org/mailman/listinfo/devs
