Author: Simon Capstick Date: To: Hampshire LUG Discussion List Subject: Re: [Hampshire] Web based pdf file creation
David Ramsden wrote: > On Mon, Jun 16, 2008 at 06:16:41PM +0100, Damian Brasher wrote:
>> Brian Chivers wrote:
>>> I'm looking for a nice simple way for users to create pdf's from any type
>>> of file via nice simple
>>> web interface.
>>> machine which is doable but a web front end would make it so much easier
>> I second that question, sorry can't give you an answer however the best
>> desktop tool I use regularly is the OpenOffice.org 'Export directly as
>> pdf' button.
>>
>
> The problem you'd have is interpreting the file types. Say someone
> uploaded a Microsoft Visio file, how would the web interface understand
> that?
> ...
On Linux just use the 'file' command, it works quite well.
