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Peter, you can just use the above concept also to covert from HTML to PDF. I have no idea where the limits are though.

Just use perl to open the HTML file in OpenOffice and then make OpenOffice print it to PDF. I just tried it with a google page, and as long as the images are local, no problems should arise.

If you want another way you might try the following:

/oliver/

Hans: Not ze problem!

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Re: Re: Re: Re: Converting M$ Word --> PDF
by peterr (Scribe) on Jan 24, 2004 at 01:12 UTC
    Hi neuroball,

    you can just use the above concept also to covert from HTML to PDF. I have no idea where the limits are though.

    Yes, I think I saw a module on Cpan to do it. Now, if there was also a Perl module to do HTML --> Word, that would be great.

    Just use Perl to open the HTML file in OpenOffice and then make OpenOffice print it to PDF. I just tried it with a google page, and as long as the images are local, no problems should arise.

    Okay, I will try that, seeing I have just d/loaded OpenOffice, all 52 Mb. Hope it handles tables, word templates, images,etc, okay

    If you want another way you might try the following:

    • Download HTMLdoc, which is GPL'ed, and install it.
    • Download HTML::HTMLdoc from CPAN and install it.
      1. Do some perl magic to get what you want...
      2. ...Unknown step...
      3. Profit!

    Okay, I will try that also. Wow, I sure have enough things to try now, thanks everyone for your help. :)

    Peter

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