Convert pdf to html

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niamh

Hello,

I am trying to add the functionality so that documents can be converted from pdf to html on Alfresco.
I have followed the steps at the following link;
http://wiki.alfresco.com/wiki/Content_Transformations
I downloaded an exe called pdftohtml from sourceforge and am trying to add this as a content transformer. I added the following lines to the file content-services-context.xml;

<bean id="transformer.pdftohtml"
        class="org.alfresco.repo.content.transform.pdftohtmlContentTransformer"
        parent="baseContentTransformer"
        init-method="init">
      <property name="transformer">
         <bean name="transformer.pdftohtml.Command" class="org.alfresco.util.exec.RuntimeExec">
            <property name="commandMap">
                <map>
                    <entry key="Windows.*">
                        <value>pdftohtml "${source}" "${target}"</value>
                    </entry>
                </map>
            </property>
         </bean>
      </property>
  
<property name="explicitTransformations">
   <list>
  <bean class="org.alfresco.repo.content.transform.ContentTransformerRegistry$TransformationKey">
<constructor-arg><value>pdf/html</value></constructor-arg>
            </bean>
         </list>
</property>
</bean>

However it is throwing errors and Alfresco is not starting up when I add this in.
I was wondering if there is a more straightforward list of steps, including a recommended conversion product that I could use to achieve this.

derek

Hi,

I'm afraid that that's as straightforward as it is going to get.  There are several errors in the config.

Your class name must be the RuntimeExecutableContentTransformer as per the example.  It's the class that does the work; you can't make it up.You're missing a constructor argument for the TransformationKey.  Look at the example, there are two constructor arguments and both are valid mimetypes.  pdf/html isn't a valid mimetype but the idea is there.

I would highly recommend that you read the Javadoc for the classes that you are attempting to configure: http://dev.alfresco.com/resource/docs/java/

Apart from the command to execute and the mimetypes of the transformation key, the config should be the same as the Wiki sample.  If you continue to struggle, then post the relevant exceptions as well.

Regards