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Not able run custom transformer(pdf_to_doc) through soffice

hiten_rastogi1 — Mon, 27 Nov 2017 11:45:50 GMT

Hi All,Here is the link to my project GitHub - rastoh/ev-pdf-to-doc Please look for service-context_bak.xml for the beans related to soffice at the path ev-pdf-to-doc/ev-repo-pdftodoc/src/main/resources/alfresco/module/ev-repo-pdftodoc/contextI am trying to convert pdf to doc using a custom transfor

Re: Not able run custom transformer(pdf_to_doc) through soffice

afaust — Wed, 29 Nov 2017 21:44:49 GMT

There is no way around it, the transformed file must be located at the path specified via the API. If the transformer is not generating the result at the correct path, you need to implement a thin wrapper that correctly moves / renames the result to the expected file path. Since you already have a custom implementation class (PDFToDOCContentTransformer) it should be trivial to add the necessary logic.

Re: Not able run custom transformer(pdf_to_doc) through soffice

hiten_rastogi1 — Thu, 30 Nov 2017 08:40:17 GMT

Thanks Axel for your input. I would like to know two things, if possible

1. Why the soffice is copying the file after generating to a different location because while running the command manually I can see the file generated at the same location. Is there something in Alfresco that is forcing the generation to a different directory ??

2. As I have just started playing around transformers I can't fully grasp how I can create the wrapper you are talking about in the suggestion. Any pointer or example would be much appreciated.

Thanks

Hiten Rastogi

Re: Not able run custom transformer(pdf_to_doc) through soffice

afaust — Thu, 30 Nov 2017 08:54:41 GMT

Alfresco does not use command-line soffice - it talks to the headless soffice process via a local socket connection, and the source/result document are streamed through that. Alfresco itself stores the result in the correct file path.
You already have a custom class "PDFToDOCContentTransformer". Simply put any file moving / renaming logic there. That class essentially is your "wrapper" around the soffice conversion process.