convert doc to pdf in command line

yumener · 04-27-2006, 02:13 PM

some people may ask me to refer to this link

http://www.oooforum.org/forum/viewtopic.phtml?t=3772

I followed it in Linux (FC5), but I got a problem when the
code run to

oDoc.storeToURL( cURL, Array(_
MakePropertyValue( "FilterName", "writer_pdf_Export" ),_
)

I have made sure cURL is correct, this line always threw up an error message. Seems nobody have given a solution.

anybody know how can I solve this problem?

thanks.

mrcheeks · 04-27-2006, 02:29 PM

try looking again at the API(is it python or qbasic?). I think you are in the right way though.

jlinkels · 04-27-2006, 04:44 PM

Are you sure you don't have any spaces anywhere in the file name when you call from the command line?

What is the error message you get?

This is my code:

Code:

Sub SaveDocAsPDF( cFile )
	Dim oDoc as object
   	   	
   	cURL = ConvertToURL( cFile )
   	' Open the document. Just blindly assume that the document 
   	' is of a type that OOo will correctly recognize and open 
   	' without specifying an import filter.
   	oDoc = StarDesktop.loadComponentFromURL( cURL, "_blank", 0, _
    	Array(MakePropertyValue( "Hidden", True ),))
            
   cFile = Left( cFile, Len( cFile ) - 4 )
   cURL = ConvertToURL( cFile + ".pdf" )
   
   ' Save the document using a filter.   
	oDoc.storeToURL( cURL, Array( MakePropertyValue( "FilterName", "writer_pdf_Export" ) ) )
   
   oDoc.close( True )
End Sub

And:

Code:

Function MakePropertyValue( Optional cName As String, Optional uValue ) _
   As com.sun.star.beans.PropertyValue
   Dim oPropertyValue As New com.sun.star.beans.PropertyValue
   If Not IsMissing( cName ) Then
      oPropertyValue.Name = cName
   EndIf
   If Not IsMissing( uValue ) Then
      oPropertyValue.Value = uValue
   EndIf
   MakePropertyValue() = oPropertyValue
End Function

This is the command line I use (from a script)

Code:

$OOFFICE -invisible "macro:///Standard.Conversions.SaveDocAsPDF($local_dir$fname.doc)"

The should be NO spaces between the parenthesis, like
SaveDocAsPDF( wrong ) because the the macro will try to open " wrong "
Note the spaces.

jlinkels

yumener · 04-28-2006, 04:38 AM

I am sure there is no space like what you said.
actually I have two problem

the first is if I copy your code or the one in my first post,
I always got a wrong cURL when run to

Sub SaveDocAsPDF( cFile )
Dim oDoc as object

cURL = ConvertToURL( cFile )
oDoc = StarDesktop.loadComponentFromURL( cURL, "_blank", 0,
.... //error here because cURL is wrong

To remove this error, I hardcoded cURL of BOTH of doc file
and pdf file like
cURL = "file:///home/me/test.doc"
cURL = "file:///home/me/test.pdf"

so now the cURL should be alright but it always threw out error message at this line of code

oDoc.storeToURL( cURL, Array( MakePropertyValue( "FilterName", "writer_pdf_Export" ) ) )

###error message####
BASIC runtime error
an exception occurred
Type: com.sun.star.task.ErrorCodeIOException
Message:.
###end of message###

i.e, message is a dot. I do not know what is happening here.

Quote:

Originally Posted by jlinkels

Are you sure you don't have any spaces anywhere in the file name when you call from the command line?

What is the error message you get?

This is my code:

Code:

Sub SaveDocAsPDF( cFile )
	Dim oDoc as object
   	   	
   	cURL = ConvertToURL( cFile )
   	' Open the document. Just blindly assume that the document 
   	' is of a type that OOo will correctly recognize and open 
   	' without specifying an import filter.
   	oDoc = StarDesktop.loadComponentFromURL( cURL, "_blank", 0, _
    	Array(MakePropertyValue( "Hidden", True ),))
            
   cFile = Left( cFile, Len( cFile ) - 4 )
   cURL = ConvertToURL( cFile + ".pdf" )
   
   ' Save the document using a filter.   
	oDoc.storeToURL( cURL, Array( MakePropertyValue( "FilterName", "writer_pdf_Export" ) ) )
   
   oDoc.close( True )
End Sub

And:

Code:

Function MakePropertyValue( Optional cName As String, Optional uValue ) _
   As com.sun.star.beans.PropertyValue
   Dim oPropertyValue As New com.sun.star.beans.PropertyValue
   If Not IsMissing( cName ) Then
      oPropertyValue.Name = cName
   EndIf
   If Not IsMissing( uValue ) Then
      oPropertyValue.Value = uValue
   EndIf
   MakePropertyValue() = oPropertyValue
End Function

This is the command line I use (from a script)

Code:

$OOFFICE -invisible "macro:///Standard.Conversions.SaveDocAsPDF($local_dir$fname.doc)"

The should be NO spaces between the parenthesis, like
SaveDocAsPDF( wrong ) because the the macro will try to open " wrong "
Note the spaces.

jlinkels

jlinkels · 04-28-2006, 09:23 AM

This is gonna be a tough one, isn't it? When the code runs on one machine and is supposedly correct, it is difficult to change it into something else which is correct as well.

There might be a few things to narrow down where the error is.

1. Don't open the document as "hidden". Now you can see if the document is opened correctly. Use this call:

Code:

oDoc = StarDesktop.loadComponentFromURL( cURL, "_blank", 0, Array()

2. If the document opens correctly, try to do another operation on oDoc. I don't know which one for a writer document, but you should be able to find something in the forum you referred to before. If you do that, you know for sure oDoc has a value and can be used.
3. In any way, single step thru your code and inspect all objects if possible. There is a tool available which you can use to inspect objects, X-ray or so. You'll find pointers on that same forum.
4. Single step thru the MakePropertyValue function to see if everything is set and returned as expected.

Almost all problems I had with these kind of macros is that I tried to use something which was not there, like to open a non-existent file, or to select a non existent sheet in a workbook, or to store something in a non-existent directory.

The cURL you specified looks good. Did you try to get cURL from

Code:

cURL=ConvertToURL

as well? Is it the same?

jlinkels