[xwiki-devs] [Idea] A generic document converter (xwiki-office-converter) on top of xwiki-officeimporter
25 Dec
2009
25 Dec
'09
9:45 p.m.
Hi Devs & Users,
With the new refactoring of officeimporter module, it's possible to
implement a generic office document converter on top of
xwiki-officeimporter. By a "document converter" I meant an xwiki application
where you can upload a .doc file and get it converted to a .pdf, .odt etc.
Supported formats will be those mentioned in
http://artofsolving.com/opensource/jodconverter/guide/supportedformats and
few more Office2007 formats.
Would this application be a good addition to XWiki?
Thanks.
- Asiri
PS: It would take about 2-3 days to fully implement and test the
application.
26 Dec
26 Dec
4:19 p.m.
On 12/25/2009 09:45 PM, Asiri Rathnayake wrote:
Hi Devs& Users,
With the new refactoring of officeimporter module, it's possible to
implement a generic office document converter on top of
xwiki-officeimporter. By a "document converter" I meant an xwiki application
where you can upload a .doc file and get it converted to a .pdf, .odt etc.
Supported formats will be those mentioned in
http://artofsolving.com/opensource/jodconverter/guide/supportedformats and
few more Office2007 formats.
Would this application be a good addition to XWiki?
Interesting feature: I like the way GMail treats attachments. We could
have something similar in the attachment list. Each supported file
format will have some links next to the default download link, for
previewing as HTML, downloading as PDF, converting to the equivalent
concurrent format. For example. we could have:
[doc] QuarterlyReport.doc ^1.2^ [preview in browser] [download as PDF]
[download as .odt]
Posted by [John Smith] five minutes ago
[ods] ExpenseReport.ods ^1.1^ [preview in browser] [download as PDF]
[download as .xls]
Posted by [Jane Smith] yesterday
However, we should carefully consider the implications, since users
could expect this to be a perfect feature they can trust, and data loss
could occur when the transformation fails partially.
Thanks.
- Asiri
PS: It would take about 2-3 days to fully implement and test the
application.
--
Sergiu Dumitriu
http://purl.org/net/sergiu/
29 Dec
29 Dec
6:44 p.m.
Hi,
On Sat, Dec 26, 2009 at 4:19 PM, Sergiu Dumitriu <sergiu(a)xwiki.com> wrote:
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Guillaume Lerouge
Product Manager - XWiki SAS
Skype: wikibc
Twitter: glerouge
http://guillaumelerouge.com/
On 12/25/2009 09:45 PM, Asiri Rathnayake wrote:
I like the Gmail-like idea too and it would indeed be a cool addition.
Another interesting thing to do would be to let the user export any wiki
page in the Office format of his / her choice. Instead of uploading a
document, why not simply export an existing wiki page?
If that's can be done it could be useful, I think many people would like to
be able to export wiki pages in the .doc or .odt format.
Guillaume
Hi Devs& Users,
With the new refactoring of officeimporter module, it's possible to
implement a generic office document converter on top of
xwiki-officeimporter. By a "document converter" I meant an xwiki
application
where you can upload a .doc file and get it
converted to a .pdf, .odt
etc.
Supported formats will be those mentioned in
http://artofsolving.com/opensource/jodconverter/guide/supportedformatsand
few more Office2007 formats.
Would this application be a good addition to XWiki?
Interesting feature: I like the way GMail treats attachments. We could
have something similar in the attachment list. Each supported file
format will have some links next to the default download link, for
previewing as HTML, downloading as PDF, converting to the equivalent
concurrent format. For example. we could have:
[doc] QuarterlyReport.doc ^1.2^ [preview in browser] [download as PDF]
[download as .odt]
Posted by [John Smith] five minutes ago
[ods] ExpenseReport.ods ^1.1^ [preview in browser] [download as PDF]
[download as .xls]
Posted by [Jane Smith] yesterday
However, we should carefully consider the implications, since users
could expect this to be a perfect feature they can trust, and data loss
could occur when the transformation fails partially.
Thanks.
- Asiri
PS: It would take about 2-3 days to fully implement and test the
application.
--
Sergiu Dumitriu
http://purl.org/net/sergiu/
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6:57 p.m.
Hi,
Interesting feature: I like the way GMail treats
attachments. We could
Yup, these are definite possibilities. I wish if I could spend a week on
this ;)
There was a university student working on a office-exporter project for
XWiki but not sure of it's status. I'll point him into this thread and see.
Thanks.
- Asiri
have something similar in the attachment list.
Each supported file
format will have some links next to the default download link, for
previewing as HTML, downloading as PDF, converting to the equivalent
concurrent format. For example. we could have:
[doc] QuarterlyReport.doc ^1.2^ [preview in browser] [download as PDF]
[download as .odt]
Posted by [John Smith] five minutes ago
[ods] ExpenseReport.ods ^1.1^ [preview in browser] [download as PDF]
[download as .xls]
Posted by [Jane Smith] yesterday
However, we should carefully consider the implications, since users
could expect this to be a perfect feature they can trust, and data loss
could occur when the transformation fails partially.
I like the Gmail-like idea too and it would indeed be a cool addition.
Another interesting thing to do would be to let the user export any wiki
page in the Office format of his / her choice. Instead of uploading a
document, why not simply export an existing wiki page?
If that's can be done it could be useful, I think many people would like to
be able to export wiki pages in the .doc or .odt format.
Guillaume
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Product Manager - XWiki SAS
Skype: wikibc
Twitter: glerouge
http://guillaumelerouge.com/
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Thanks.
- Asiri
PS: It would take about 2-3 days to fully implement and test the
application.
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