Function to convert document to pdf?

Jelle Geertsma

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Jun 20, 2015, 1:45:21 AM6/20/15

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Hi David,

I use ReporteRs in an automated workflow, but at the end I need pdf docs as the output. Now I have to this by hand. Are there any plans about adding a function to your package that converts the documents in pdf ones?

Kind regards,
Jelle

Frans Marcelissen

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Jun 21, 2015, 8:06:55 AM6/21/15

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Hi,

In the workflow it is simple to use libreoffice for that:

docfile<-'boe.docx'

doc<-docx()

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writeDoc( doc, file = docfile)

system(paste("libreoffice --headless --convert-to pdf ", docfile), intern = TRUE)

now boe.pdf is created

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David Gohel

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Jun 22, 2015, 4:37:13 AM6/22/15

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Hi Frans,

Thanks for the tip!

David

Jelle Geertsma

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Jul 1, 2015, 6:55:47 AM7/1/15

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Hi Frans,

This is indeed a very nice solution. Thanks!

@David, any future plans for integrating this into the package?

Kind regards,

Jelle

David Gohel

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Jul 1, 2015, 2:04:08 PM7/1/15

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OK

As it does not take too much time, it could be a function in the next release.

David

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Jelle Geertsma

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Jul 1, 2015, 2:41:11 PM7/1/15

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I am looking forward to it! I think it will make me an even bigger fan of ReporteRs than I already am :-)
Kind regards,
Jelle

John Vida

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Jul 5, 2015, 6:31:38 PM7/5/15

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Hi David,

I use this technique explained here to convert docx to pdf. May be you can use it and create a function based on it.