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[EP-tech] Re: 3.3 docPDF antiword convert

Yes, you're right, it doesn't show for .doc files either.
I'm not sure if this is a regression or a "feature" but by default that Convert plugin isn't advertised so it doesn't show on the UI.
One work-around is to add the following line in archives/<id>/cfg/cfg.d/plugins.pl: 

$c->{plugins}->{"Convert::DocPDF"}->{params}->{advertise} = 1;
.. and restart Apache - if antiword is available, the plugin should now show-up (tested). 

Seb.

On 21/03/13 14:48, David Whitehead wrote:

Hi Seb,

thanks for getting back to me, I do apologies I did actually mean .doc, I do see the exact same code in the docPDF. but for some reason when uploading a .doc file the convert menu does not even appear, do you have any ideas where the problem could be located?

Kind regards,

David Whitehead.


-----Original Message-----
From: eprints-tech-bounces@ecs.soton.ac.uk on behalf of Sebastien Francois
Sent: Thu 21/03/2013 14:03
To: eprints-tech@ecs.soton.ac.uk
Subject: [EP-tech] Re: 3.3 docPDF antiword convert
Hi David, 

If you look in DocPDF.pm::can_convert()

...
          if( $fn =~ /\.doc$/ )
          {
                  if( $plugin->get_repository->can_execute( "antiword" ) )
                  {
                          return @type;
                  }
          }
...

That seems hard-coded to convert .doc files only, not .docx. I don't
know if antiword supports docx or not. If it does, it should be quite
easy to change that plugin to convert docx too.

Seb.

On 21/03/13 13:24, David Whitehead wrote:

Hi All,

real quick question, I have recently upgrade from 3.1 to 3.3, everything is now working like it should but on the workflow -> upload process, when I upload a .docx file it only gives me the option to convert it to plainText. In the 3.1 version I had the option of converting it to a PDF or plainText. I have looked through the files from what I can see in eprints3/perl_lib/plugins/convert and I can see the docPDF file I just don't know why its not showing up in the upload process convert menu.

I have also installed antiword, xpdf just to make sure and still no result,

Any information anyone could give would be of great help,

Kind regards,

David Whitehead.

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