Transfom doc to pdf

[robertoroberto]

Hi, how I can transform all doc files in "user homes" to pdf files?
I read something, but I don't read a clear procedure to follow.
Can you explain me step by step this procedure?
I would to do this both programmatically and by web client.
Regards
(sorry for my english)

[dhalupa]

I am not sure that you will find step by step instructions, but you can get a general idea of how the transformation is performed by checking the source of org.alfresco.repo.action.executer.TransformActionExecuter class. It can be found in Repository project.

Kind regards,

Denis

[tommorris]

Using the web-client:
Go to the folder where you want the transformations to happen.
Then go to 'more actions' -> 'manage content rules'.
Create a new "all items" rule here to
"transform and copy content to a specific space", and specify PDF as the transformation type.
You choose if this executes on update, inbound, or outbound.

If there are files already present in this space that need transforming, then select 'reapply rule' in 'more actions'

[robertoroberto]

Thanks, Can I manage rules via web service?
regards

[tommorris]

I think you can - sort of.
I noticed this issue in JIRA: http://issues.alfresco.com/browse/AWC-1633
It looks like you can create rules using the webservice, but then you cannot edit that rule using the web-user-interface…