For conversion to and from doc/docx (pdf/html/rtf/etc.) we have been using an external tool (with command line interface). It does not require MS Word but you need to install the Office compatibility library from MS (free). It works well as service and is quite stable, the results are good enough for us. The tool is called Total Document Converter by CoolUtils. Easy to find on the web.
> Am 05.04.2019 um 13:32 schrieb Epperlein, Lutz (agendo) via 4D_Tech > <4d_tech@lists.4d.com>: > > Regarding the topic: MS Word on the server > > In the past we use the following approach to generate native .doc files: > - The application on the server generated reports as html files > - These files got an extension .doc > These files were able to open in MS Word. > But there were problems e.g. if you wanted to forward these generated .doc > files via e-mail. They lost the property to render as a MS Word document, > they > were plain .html files again. > So we did the following trick: > - We installed MS-Word on the server. > - And then we started a script (VBS in this case) ... > - .. to open the document in MS Word and to save it as a native MS > Word-document in format .doc > - (It could be possible to generate PDF documents as well this way.) > > Now we use another approach (see the thread "Creating Word docs in 4D"). > Installing and using MS Word on a server in a context of Windows services is > a > rather bad idea. This is anything else but reliable. > > The in the mentioned thread described process to generate .docx documents > works well and is reliable. Now we have the requirement to convert these > rather complex MS Word documents to PDFs. We didn't found a good solution yet. > > Regards > Lutz > > > >> -----Original Message----- >> Subject: Re: Best scripting language to use with LEP (docx to PDF) >> >> Good questions Lutz :) >> I'd like to think that it will work when running as a service as long as a) >> it runs silently and b) Word is installed on the server. But that is >> certainly something that will need to be tested. >> > ********************************************************************** > 4D Internet Users Group (4D iNUG) > Archive: http://lists.4d.com/archives.html > Options: https://lists.4d.com/mailman/options/4d_tech > Unsub: mailto:4d_tech-unsubscr...@lists.4d.com > ********************************************************************** ********************************************************************** 4D Internet Users Group (4D iNUG) Archive: http://lists.4d.com/archives.html Options: https://lists.4d.com/mailman/options/4d_tech Unsub: mailto:4d_tech-unsubscr...@lists.4d.com **********************************************************************
