On Thu 28 Dec 2006 17:49:03 NZDT +1300, Matthew Gregan wrote: > > Obviously there must be a functional import filter in OO, but for batch > > conversion it's necessary to have that as a stand-alone program. Does > > something like this exist (google doesn't show me)? Are there alternative > > solution(s)? > > First hit on Google looks like it'll do what you need: > http://www.xml.com/pub/a/2006/01/11/from-microsoft-to-openoffice.html
Wow, good hit. Who would have thought to search for MS office, or pdf... Thanks! I made a wrapper script which takes a list of files for conversion. There are a number of problems with this, all caused by OO being asynchronous and having a one-OO-per-user design: it receives a file name to convert, then backgrounds itself and exits the calling process. Worse, if OO is in the process of exiting after conversion, the next request(s) for conversion are simply discarded. I've tried to work around all this in the script. Obviously OO is designed for single documents only. Leaving OO running seperately is advisable for speed, but brings little advantage for the script. If someone is interested in a copy speak up, but it contains a few individual extras and isn't a general-purpose effort. Volker -- Volker Kuhlmann is list0570 with the domain in header http://volker.dnsalias.net/ Please do not CC list postings to me.
