[sword-devel] Converting documents with OpenOffice

[Manfred Bergmann]

Hi Daniel.

That works for XML based document formats like ODT and the new XML  
based Formats from Microsoft.
But might not work for older .doc documents which some Bible sources  
are based on still.


Regards,
Manfred



Am 23.09.2008 um 08:05 schrieb Daniel Holmlund:

> Hi Manfred,
>
> I work full time on the conversion of various document types to and  
> from OpenDocument format.  The best way I've found to approach this  
> is simply to use your favorite programming language to unzip the ODF  
> document and launch an XSLT stylesheet to do the transformation.  I  
> think this was much simpler than trying to rap my head around UNO.
>
> - Daniel Holmlund
>
>
>
>
> On Mon, Sep 22, 2008 at 11:52 AM, Manfred Bergmann  
> <bergmannmd at web.de> wrote:
> Hi.
>
> I was searching for a way to convert source documents to XHTML or
> other formats automated.
> OpenOffice offers a way to do this using your prefered language using
> UNO (Universal Network Objects).
>
> For Java I found the easiest way is to install the OpenOffice NetBeans
> plugin and create a OpenOffice Client project.
> Everything will be automatically setup and once you know how the
> plugin does it, it can be done in any IDE.
> http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/OpenOffice_NetBeans_Integration
>
> On the wiki is also some more general information about the OOo SDK
> and how the UNO bridge works.
>
>
> Regards,
> Manfred
>
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