Of course, download PyODConverter and adjust the pathnames to match the version of you have installed. On Windows, convert documents as follows. # Kill any existing virtual framebuffers. # Set DISPLAY to something besides :1 (because :1 is the standard display). If you use an older version, you will need Xvfb to simulate an X server where one is not available: !/bin/bash To use the -headless command line parameter, you must use 2.3.0 or later with the RPM package -headless-2.3. Killall -u `whoami` soffice Xvfb vs -headless $OOOPYTHON DocumentConverter.py sample.ppt sample.pdf $OOOPYTHON DocumentConverter.py sample.ppt sample.swf # Substitute whichever documents you wish. # Convert as many documents as you want serially (but not concurrently). # Wait a few seconds to be sure it has started. $OOFFICE '-accept=socket,host=localhost,port=8100 urp StarOffice.ServiceManager' -norestore -nofirststartwizard -nologo -headless & # Start in listening mode on TCP port 8100. # Download the converter script if necessary.

# If you want to simulate for testing that there is no X server, uncomment the next line.

# If you use the that comes with Fedora or Ubuntu, uncomment the following line: OOOPYTHON=`ls /opt/*/program/python /usr/bin/python | head -n 1`Įcho 'Could not auto-detect binary'Įcho 'Could not auto-detect Python'Įcho 'Detected binary: $OOFFICE'Įcho 'Detected python: $OOOPYTHON' OOFFICE=`ls /usr/bin/2.4 /usr/bin/ooffice /usr/lib/openoffice/program/soffice | head -n 1` # Try to autodetect OOFFICE and OOOPYTHON. This shell script demonstrates the full use of PyODConverter for Linux: #!/bin/bash For the vanilla 2.4, it has the name -headless-2.4. Make sure you have the headless package installed. swf conversion through cron, a sysvinit service, or a remote web server? Online conversion services such as and not working for you? Whichever formats you need to batch convert, PyODConverter is a simple Python script for just this purpose. pdf using the command line on a server without a GUI? Or you need automated.

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