On Tue, Nov 10, 2009 at 3:49 AM, Alexis Pigeon <[email protected]>wrote:
> 2009/11/10 popprem <[email protected]>
>
>>
>> ...
>>
>
> That's ok, but try to do a bit af investigation before rushing to the
> mailing lists...
>
> I need to write an java application to convert various file formats to
>> PDF. Is there any libraries which i can use for this??? Please forward
>> your
>> suggestions.
>>
>> The formats i wanted to convert are :
>>
>> .rtf Rich Text Format File
>> .wpd - WordPerfect Document
>> .wps - Microsoft Works Document
>> .odt - Open Office Document
>> .odp - Open Office Presentation
>> .xps - Microsoft's "PDF"format
>> .svg - Scalable Vector Graphics File
>> .wri - Microsoft Write
>> .wst / .wsd - Word Star
>> .drw - Drawing File
>> .eps - Encapsulated PostScript File
>> .ps - PostScript File
>> .fnt - Windows Font File
>> .fon - Generic Font File
>> .otf - OpenType Font
>>
>
> Wow... That's an impressive list you have here...
> First thing I would do is to refuse the assignment: that's a huge workload,
> and in no way it could be achieved by a single person, specially on a
> short-term basis.
> Secondly I would suggest your client to use a PDF printer, such as
> PDFCreator for example.
> ...
There *are* commercial applications which advertise a substantial part of
these capabilities. On the whole, though, Alexis correctly summarizes:
those requirements are infeasible in the short term, particularly for
someone so inexperienced as to speculate that iText might be a big part of
the solution.
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