MS Word, Excel & Powerpoint files all have the
same magic number. Doc2html.pl uses both the magic number and the
MIME-type to decide which conversion utility to use, parse_doc.pl does
not
Doc2html.pl has a few other sophistications as
well.
David Adams
----- Original Message -----
From: "Rupert Jones" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Friday, August 13, 2004 5:00 PM
Subject: Re: [htdig] htdig doesn't found excel
files! Why????
>
> Is it the parse_doc.pl script that is used, or the doc2html.pl script?
> I've always used parse_doc.pl...
> does it actually make a difference?
>
> Regards,
>
> Rupert.
>
> Natalya Kolesnikova wrote:
>
> >If I run xls2csv from the command line with an XLS File I get plain text as
> >output, it seems to be ok!
> >
> >BUT if I execute doc2html.pl from the command line with an XLS File I get
> >"Unable to convert!"
> >The path in doc2html.pl is correct:
> >my $CATXLS = '/usr/bin/xls2csv';
> >
> >Thank you for your help!
> >Best regards
> >jasmen
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >>The "External parser error:..." message is not a doc2html message.
> >>
> >>Check your configuration file for errors.
> >>Check that you can execute doc2html.pl from the command line.
> >>Act on those FAQs.
> >>
> >>David Adams
> >>University of Southampton
> >>
>
