Re: [PHP] XML to MS Word

2002-10-31 Thread Charles Wiltgen
Manuel Lemos wrote... I'd say RTF is a format you're going to be able to come to grips with quicker than .doc -- just take a look at the source of a word doc -- it's pretty obscure!!! And proprietary, and soon to be obsolete. But Office 11 files will be XML files. RTF is not a closed

[PHP] XML to MS Word

2002-10-30 Thread Maxim Maletsky
Guys, The other day, one of my clients asked me this very tricky question: Can we also use that XML data for making MS Word (.doc) files? Our system is designed to produce XML output independently to then later transform it into HTML with PHP/XSLT and PDF with FOP. Now, the client also wants

Re: [PHP] XML to MS Word

2002-10-30 Thread Justin French
I'd say RTF is a format you're going to be able to come to grips with quicker than .doc -- just take a look at the source of a word doc -- it's pretty obscure!!! Justin on 31/10/02 1:01 PM, Maxim Maletsky ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: Guys, The other day, one of my clients asked me this

Re: [PHP] XML to MS Word

2002-10-30 Thread incoming
I'd go with RTF or PDF. I know there is a way to do PDF from inside of PHP. That's the best you're going to get I think. Even AbiWord and kword have a difficult time with .doc files, whether reading or writing.(I don't think kword writes, been away from the word processor for awhile, w).

Re: [PHP] XML to MS Word

2002-10-30 Thread Maxim Maletsky
You are right about it - RTF is doable, I heard. But, I still have to answer about the MS Word thingie. Isn't there any tool to convert from, say, PDF to Word? Or like headers tricky? Thanks, Justin. --- Maxim Maletsky [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.PHPBeginner.com // PHP for Beginners

Re: [PHP] XML to MS Word

2002-10-30 Thread Maxim Maletsky
On Wed, 30 Oct 2002 21:16:14 -0600 incoming [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'd go with RTF or PDF. I know there is a way to do PDF from inside of PHP. That's the best you're going to get I think. PDF are done with FOP and they work perfectly well. Even AbiWord and kword have a difficult time

RE: [PHP] XML to MS Word

2002-10-30 Thread John W. Holmes
You are right about it - RTF is doable, I heard. But, I still have to answer about the MS Word thingie. Isn't there any tool to convert from, say, PDF to Word? Or like headers tricky? I use this function to send a Word header instead of an HTML header. You can then send just regular HTML

Re: [PHP] XML to MS Word

2002-10-30 Thread Charles Wiltgen
Justin French wrote... I'd say RTF is a format you're going to be able to come to grips with quicker than .doc -- just take a look at the source of a word doc -- it's pretty obscure!!! And proprietary, and soon to be obsolete. But Office 11 files will be XML files. -- Charles Wiltgen

Re: [PHP] XML to MS Word

2002-10-30 Thread Manuel Lemos
Hello, On 10/31/2002 04:38 AM, Charles Wiltgen wrote: Justin French wrote... I'd say RTF is a format you're going to be able to come to grips with quicker than .doc -- just take a look at the source of a word doc -- it's pretty obscure!!! And proprietary, and soon to be obsolete. But