[Perl-unix-users] how to parse WORD, PPT and XLS files?

2001-03-25 Thread Erick Papadakis
hi, would someone know how to read text from microsoft WORD, PPT and XLS files? i need a functionality to allow users to upload these files, and then i want to read the text from there (format is not important, i just need the words used therein). i am on a linux/apache machine. any suggesti

[Perl-unix-users] how to dynamically compress an image?

2001-04-26 Thread Erick Papadakis
hi, i am looking for some way to do this and would appreciate if someone could share experiences. when a user i have uploads an image from his computer (for a greeting card application), sometimes users do not know that the image is huge because they often just scan it. is it possible to run

[Perl-unix-users] help with pdf 2 text

2001-05-28 Thread Erick Papadakis
hello i had posted a request some time back about "how to convert pdf to text" and i got the wonderful suggestion of XPDF. however, i have hit a wall with my hosting service - the folks basically say that they will not allow me to have telnet access. this means i cannot compile the xpdf there. i