gevorg95/Converter

Convert documents from InterSystems Cache easily

Converter

Convert documents from InterSystems Cache easily using:

• LibreOffice

InterSystems Developer Community article.

Install

1. Download and import code
2. In OS:
   • Linux: apt-get install libreoffice-core libreoffice-writer
   • Windows: install libreoffice
3. Add soffice to PATH

Use

Call from the terminal:

set sc = ##class(Converter.LibreOffice).convert(source, target, format)
write $System.Status.GetErrorText(sc)

Where:

• source - file to convert
• target - result file
• format - specification for target file. Possible values: docx,html,mediawiki,csv,pptx,ppt,wmf,emf,svg,xlsx,xls. More possible values here.

Errors

1. Libreoffice errors
   • Instal latest stable Libreoffice (5.2.5 atm). Minimally supported version is 4.2
   • Don't run more than one process of LibreOffice

Footer

Add footer to MS office documents from InterSystems Caché.

Install

1. Download and import code
2. In OS:
   • Windows: zip, unzip, libxml2, git, TortoiseGit
   • Linux: apt-get install zip unzip libxml2 libxml2-utils git
3. Add binaries to path

Use

Call from the terminal:

do ##class(Converter.Footer).modifyFooter(source, target, text)

Where:

• source - file to convert
• target - result file
• text - text to add to footer