Converter

Convert documents from InterSystems Cache easily using:

Install

Download and import code
In OS:
- Linux: apt-get install libreoffice-core libreoffice-writer
- Windows: install libreoffice
Add soffice to PATH

Call from the terminal:

set sc = ##class(Converter.LibreOffice).convert(source, target, format)
write $System.Status.GetErrorText(sc)

Where:

source - file to convert
target - result file
format - specification for target file. Possible values: docx,html,mediawiki,csv,pptx,ppt,wmf,emf,svg,xlsx,xls. More possible values here.

Libreoffice errors
- Instal latest stable Libreoffice (5.2.5 atm). Minimally supported version is 4.2
- Don’t run more than one process of LibreOffice

Add footer to MS office documents from InterSystems Caché.

Download and import code
In OS:
- Windows: zip, unzip, libxml2, git, TortoiseGit
- Linux: apt-get install zip unzip libxml2 libxml2-utils git
Add binaries to path

Call from the terminal:

do ##class(Converter.Footer).modifyFooter(source, target, text)

Where:

Make sure you have git and Docker desktop installed.

Clone/git pull the repo into any local directory

$ git clone https://github.com/rcemper/PR_Converter.git

$ docker compose up -d && docker compose logs -f

Container start
creates appropriate directory “/home/irisowner/dev/Unit Tests”
sets ^UnitTestRoot = “/home/irisowner/dev/”

To open IRIS Terminal do:

$ docker-compose exec iris iris session iris
USER>