On 14-Jun-10 10:01 AM, Marco Nawijn wrote:
On 14 jun, 13:19, Thales<thales....@gmail.com> wrote:
Good morning,
I need to convert some files from .doc to .pdf. I've googled it a
little bit and all the solutions I've found used the OpenOffice API,
but I can't use it.
Anybody knows a library that I can use to do it?
Thanks
What about using the win32 API and use the free PDFCreator (http://
sourceforge.net/projects/pdfcreator/) PDF printer?
This should be very simple (code untested, but should be roughly OK):
- Instantiate MS/Word application
>> from win32com.client import Dispatch
>> app = Dispatch('Word.Application')
- Open your document
>> doc = app.Documents.Open("demo.doc")
- Print to PDF
>> app.ActivePrinter = "PDFCreator"
>> app.PrintOut(....)
The PrintOut call is a little tricky. I normally try to decode and
guess the Python call from the corresponding VisualBasic code I record
with the macro recording facility. I know there are more sophisticated
methods out there, but I never tried them.
Regards,
Marco
Or you could download and use OpenOffice, if there are few files to convert.
Colin W
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