Open Office 2.4 converting .doc to .pdf

[setori88]

Hi guys

this script i downloaded from here, http://win32com.goermezer.de/index.p...193&Itemid=274

I copied this script and setup and instance of open office writer.
created a .doc file and a copied it making a change to that file.

here is the code

#This script compares two Word documents with OpenOffice via the PyUNO Bridge and shows the differents in PDF file.
#The PDF result is the original Word document with highlighted diffs. This script came from
#http://mithrandr.moria.org/blog/447.html.
 
#Before you run this script in the OpenOffice program directory with the python.bat you should start OpenOffice in server
#mode like:
 
#soffice -headless -invisible '-accept=socket,host=localhost,port=2002;urp;
 
#!/usr/bin/env python
 
 
 
import uno
import socket
 
from com.sun.star.beans import PropertyValue
from com.sun.star.task import ErrorCodeIOException
 
url = uno.systemPathToFileUrl('c:\\OpenOffice_24\\program\\kn2.doc')
url_original = uno.systemPathToFileUrl('c:\\OpenOffice_24\\program\\kn.doc')
url_save = uno.systemPathToFileUrl('c:\\OpenOffice_24\\program\\kn_diff.pdf')
 
### Get Service Manager
context = uno.getComponentContext()
resolver = context.ServiceManager.createInstanceWithContext("com.sun.star.bridge.UnoUrlResolver", context)
ctx = resolver.resolve("uno:socket,host=localhost,port=2002;urp;StarOffice.ComponentContext")
smgr = ctx.ServiceManager
 
### Load document
properties = []
p = PropertyValue()
p.Name = "Hidden"
p.Value = True
properties.append(p)
properties = tuple(properties)
desktop = smgr.createInstanceWithContext("com.sun.star.frame.Desktop", ctx)
doc = desktop.loadComponentFromURL(url, "_blank", 0, properties)
 
### Compare with original document
properties = []
p = PropertyValue()
p.Name = "URL"
p.Value = url_original
properties.append(p)
properties = tuple(properties)
dispatch_helper = smgr.createInstanceWithContext("com.sun.star.frame.DispatchHelper", ctx)
dispatch_helper.executeDispatch(doc.getCurrentController().getFrame(), ".uno:CompareDocuments", "", 0, properties)
 
### Save File
properties = []
p = PropertyValue()
p.Name = "Overwrite"
p.Value = True
properties.append(p)
p = PropertyValue()
p.Name = "FilterName"
p.Value = 'writer_pdf_Export'
properties.append(p)
properties = tuple(properties)
try:
  doc.storeAsURL(url_save, properties)
except ErrorCodeIOException, e:
  import sys
  import traceback
  import cStringIO
  (exc_type, exc_value, tb) = sys.exc_info()
  error_file = cStringIO.StringIO()
  traceback.print_exception(exc_type, exc_value, tb,
                            file=error_file)
  stacktrace=error_file.getvalue()
  print "Failed while writing: '%s'" % url_save
  print stacktrace
doc.dispose()
 

why does it fail while writing pdf? on :

doc.storeAsURL(url_save, properties)

Thank you so much

[setori88]

okay found out.

This line

  doc.storeAsURL(url_save, properties)
 

needs to be changed to:

  doc.storeToURL(url_save, properties)
 

All the best