By bradleyg on

Anyone know the best way to convert HTML to Word / PDF /Excel ? I wrote a module to use Stellent in Drupal to mass convert all my Microsoft Word / Excel / PDF docs into HTML (while retaining images, storing them on the server.) Works like a charm!

HOWEVER, converting HTML (with images) to Microsoft Word / Excel / PDF is proving to be much more difficult.

I can't just do a 'Save As Doc' from HTML because the image links become broken. Doesn't Word embed images as bitmaps?

Is there any utility out there that does this?

thanks!
-bg

⋅ Categories: Drupal 4.7.x

Comments

bradleyg’s picture

bradleyg commented

found a great php class on the PHP Classes site HTMLtoWord.

works great!

TSE’s picture

TSE commented

Hi,
i know this thread is old but since i've found no module to convert Drupals output to word, i wonder how i can use the above mentioned class to do this ?

i think the link to this class might be http://memory-page.net/blueshoes/documentation/phpdocu/blueshoes-4.5/cor...

Can anyone tell me how to use it ?

TSE

Anonymous’s picture

Anonymous (not verified) commented

I'm just not getting it working in drupal.
Can You please please say how you did this step by step?

Anonymous’s picture

Anonymous (not verified) commented

I found a little bit more information about it:

HttpContext.Current.Response.Clear();
HttpContext.Current.Response.Charset = "";
HttpContext.Current.Response.ContentType = "application/msword";
string strFileName = "GenerateDocumentfgfgfg" + ".doc";
HttpContext.Current.Response.AddHeader("Content-Disposition", "inline;filename=" + strFileName);
StringBuilder strHTMLContent = new StringBuilder();
strHTMLContent.Append(RadEditor1.Content);
-- RadEditor1.Content is HTML Text I m taking it from editor.

HttpContext.Current.Response.Write(strHTMLContent);
HttpContext.Current.Response.End();
HttpContext.Current.Response.Flush();

If I can figure out how to implement this I will also public it.

Timna’s picture

Timna commented

Hi bradleyg,

I note your comment that you "wrote a module to use Stellent in Drupal to mass convert all my Microsoft Word / Excel / PDF docs into HTML (while retaining images, storing them on the server.) Works like a charm!"

I am interested in finding out more about this. Please note I am not an IT person, but someone who is involved in managing the upload of a large amount of Word documents (and a few excel and pdf) (all within inter-document hyperlinks, figures/images and specific styles/formatting that must be preserved). I say this so that any responses will be 'dumbed down' for a layperson like me!

Is there an add-on to the Drupal system that is able to be used for this?

Thanks
Timna