alfresco - convert docx to pdf and create a new version

Question

I' m trying to convert a docx document to pdf and store the newly created pdf file as a new version. This is the test code:

var document = search.findNode("workspace://SpacesStore/30f334f3-d357-4ea6-a09f-09eab2da7488");
var folder = document.parent

var pdf = document.transformDocument('application/pdf');
pdf.name = "tranformed-" + pdf.name;
pdf.save();

document.name = "new-" + document.name + ".pdf";
document.mimetype = "application/pdf";
document.content = pdf.content;
document.save();

The document ends up empty. Is this type of conversion possible with javaScript?

Do you have a converter active for DOCX to PDF, eg JODConverter of the paid-for transformation service add-in? — Gagravarr, Feb 07 '17 at 16:53
@Gagravarr am I wrong or there must be also an open office server or instance running ? — Leonardo, Feb 07 '17 at 22:01
Yes, you must have LibreOffice running, but if you installed with the binary installer, the Alfresco startup script should launch LibreOffice for you. Do a ps -ef|grep soffice to see if it is running. — Jeff Potts, Feb 13 '17 at 17:01

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Feb 08 '17 at 06:18

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This Code create new pdf from docx and created pdf stored as version 1.0

var document = search.findNode("workspace://SpacesStore/30f334f3-d357-4ea6-a09f-09eab2da7488");
var folder = document.parent

var pdf = document.transformDocument('application/pdf');
pdf.name = "tranformed-" + pdf.name;
pdf.save();

answered Feb 08 '17 at 06:18

Sanjay

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Thanks for the comment, but I need to override the initial docx with the newly created pdf. – Spyridon Xanthopoulos Feb 08 '17 at 07:08
Thanks for the comment, but I need to override the initial docx document with the newly created pdf. – Spyridon Xanthopoulos Feb 08 '17 at 07:08
I need something like document.content = pdf.content; document.save(); – Spyridon Xanthopoulos Feb 08 '17 at 07:10
what is the purpose of this? – Sanjay Feb 08 '17 at 07:39
We need to watermark pdf documents. So if the user uploads a non pdf file, such as a docx file, we need to convert the docx file to pdf and then watermark the file. We do not want to create a new document (transformDocument creates a new document), we want to convert the initial docx to pdf. – Spyridon Xanthopoulos Feb 08 '17 at 08:05
check this add-on.may be helpful to you. https://addons.alfresco.com/addons/alfresco-pdf-toolkit – Sanjay Feb 08 '17 at 08:23

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Feb 16 '17 at 11:26

Thanks for your support.

The problem was assigning the pdf content.

The following code seems to work only with plain text content:

document.content = pdf.content;

Paradoxically, the following is needed when assigning pdf content to a document.

document.properties.content.write(pdf.properties.content);

Thanks.

alfresco - convert docx to pdf and create a new version

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