Create word with PT

cute_guy

Hi all,

My client has a strange requirement.

Use the templating feature of TS to create a PDF file.

Possible solution I can think of is to create a word document from a presentation template by changing the extension allowed for the template as ' '.doc' in the templating.cfg file.

Then use the 3rd party Content Transformation services to transform the word document to PDF format.

I have few doubts like

1) How will the pagination, header,footer be implemented in created word document.
2) Can the visual format editior be used to capture data for the word document.
3) Use some perl module to create a word document. Luckly I found one perl module in cpan "win32::word::writer". But will this module work in solaris evironment.

Any other option is highly appreciated.

TIA
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TS 6.5 sp2, Solaris 8

Adam Stoller

Hi all, My client has a strange requirement. Use the templating feature of TS to create a PDF file. Possible solution I can think of is to create a word document from a presentation template by changing the extension allowed for the template as ' '.doc' in the templating.cfg file. Then use the 3rd party Content Transformation services to transform the word document to PDF format. I have few doubts like 1) How will the pagination, header,footer be implemented in created word document. 2) Can the visual format editior be used to capture data for the word document. 3) Use some perl module to create a word document. Luckly I found one perl module in cpan "win32::word::writer". But will this module work in solaris evironment. Any other option is highly appreciated. TIA __________________ TS 6.5 sp2, Solaris 8

I haven't used it myself, but you might look into fop - I believe a number of folks have managed to use it successfully with TST / FormsPublisher to produce PDFs