Convert openxml document to xps, pdf,images and html format

[mojtabakaviani]

please add capability to openxml document that allow convert pages to other format such as xps, pdf, png, jpg, and html. maybe not convert to pdf but I think images, xps and html format not limitation.

[pugwonk]

This is out of scope for the SDK - the easiest way to do it will be automating the Office client. There is some code at http://code.officeshots.org/trac/officeshots/browser/trunk/OfficeConvert that you may be able to modify (it already does PDF).

[mojtabakaviani]

Ok but for your reason "automating the Office client" not use office Interop.

[EricWhiteDev]

Actually, they are one and the same thing - automating the Office client is the same as using office interop.

[softboy99]

we need it also without using automating the Office client

[Vijay-Nirmal]

Using office interop in server environment is very bad idea since it create new word instance for every request. Depend upon load this will become costly operation.

[softboy99]

Using office interop in server environment is very bad idea since it create new word instance for every request. Depend upon load this will become costly operation.

agree,+1

[softboy99]

Hi,
Microsoft also doesn't suggest using office interop in server side but doesn't give solution.
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/topic/considerations-for-server-side-automation-of-office-48bcfe93-8a89-47f1-0bce-017433ad79e2.
In the above link, It said:

Most server-side Automation tasks involve document creation or editing. Office 2007 supports new Open XML file formats that let developers create, edit, read, and transform file content on the server side. These file formats use the System.IO.Package.IO namespace in the Microsoft .NET 3.x Framework to edit Office files without using the Office client applications themselves. This is the recommended and supported method for handling changes to Office files from a service.

There is "transform file content" in the above article. The Open XML file formats are a public standard. The PDF file format is also a public standard. There're also iText library to read/write PDF. So it is so strange, Why this feature is missing?

[tomjebo]

@softboy99, thanks for posting here. PDF conversion as well as others is a much heavier feature and as was stated at the beginning of this thread, considered out of scope. The "transform file content" mentioned in the article is a broad phrase that covers a lot of ground. A server side implementation that consumes the Open XML SDK can also consume additional libraries to accomplish this.

Additionally: this would be a better fit for the Open-XML-PowerTools.

[softboy99]

Hi，@EricWhiteDev， it‘s turn out to your Powerbility of Open-XML-PowerTools.

[Snailya]

Same needs for converting a openxml document into pdf, images or html

[pugwonk]

Folks, this is like going onto an Unreal Engine forum and saying a good feature for the platform would be Fortnite...