Converting a file to PDF

[jray-tfuvI7]

Thank you in advance for the help and Paul had been helpful with my other task. I have one more that I want to see if there is a solution using CFMX 7.

I know how to do the following. Create a PDF file from a query and how to combines PDF files together, but is it possible to convert any type of file to PDF within CFMX 7.

Example.

DOC to PDF
PPT to PDF
JPG to PDF

I am not sure this is even possible because I am new using CFMX 7 and have a lot to learn yet.

Thank you and thank you for patience with me.

Jim

[BKBK]

Since cfdocument can render HTML, you may easily convert JPG to PDF, using

<cfdocument format="PDF">
<img src="myphoto.jpg" alt="my photo">
</cfdocument>

However, converting DOC to PDF or PPT to PDF with Coldfusion is not currently possible. DOC and PPT have proprietary MS Office formatting that is foreign to Coldfusion.

[jray-tfuvI7]

Thank you for the information and I thought that was going to be the answer but needed another source to comfirm it. Do you think it is possible to convert the DOC to XML and then create a PDF?

Thanks again,

Jim

[BKBK]

If you really must, search for a DOC to PDF API on the web. There might even be one for PPT to PDF, too.

[jray-tfuvI7]

This be true and if I find one I will post the results here.

Thanks again!