converting a doc,docx files to pdf using open source library

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i want to convert docx,doc files uploading to pdf files for creating thumbnails . I m using ghost script to convert a pdf file to image and it work properly.My server does not contain office package ,so when i use

Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word.dll

i got error and cant able to convert to pdf. whether MS Office is required to work with interop.word ?. Is there any other open sourse to do the same work?. Interop.word work very well in my local machine . Is there any to solve this problem .Many post says that MS word is required in Server to work with interop.word.dll. I want to know this is correct ,if so is there any open sourse to do the job.or os there any other way to create a image from doc/docx files
PLZ help

Posted 10-Jun-14 2:25am

rajin kp

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Sunasara Imdadhusen 11-Jun-14 2:21am

I think you have to search on Google instead of asking to the community. because it will take time to get correct answer here. :(

rajin kp 12-Jun-14 8:28am

i search a lot and could not find a proper answer :(. tks 4 replay

Prasad Khandekar 11-Jun-14 6:14am

Hello Rajin,

You may want to look at
1. Aspose.Words for .NET (http://www.aspose.com/.net/word-component.aspx) - Commercial component
2. Spire.Doc for .NET (http://www.e-iceblue.com/Introduce/word-for-net-introduce.html#.U5gn21Ddfod) - Commercial component
3. DocImage SDK for .NET (http://www.rasteredge.com/how-to/vb-net-imaging/word-convert-pdf/) - Commercial Component
4. GemBox.Document (http://www.gemboxsoftware.com/document/overview) - Commercial Component
5. DynamicPDF Converter for .NET (http://www.dynamicpdf.com/PDF-Conversion-.NET.aspx) - Commercial Component
6. MyMorph (http://docmorph.nlm.nih.gov/docmorph/files.htm) - Command Line Tool

Regards,

rajin kp 12-Jun-14 8:25am

thanks for replay . i m looking for an open source . Is there any open source

Prasad Khandekar 12-Jun-14 8:40am

MyMorph is not open source but free. However being a command line tool may not be suitable for use in ASP.NET.

rajin kp 13-Jun-14 0:43am

so only way to solve my problem is purchase office for my server ?

Prasad Khandekar 13-Jun-14 5:36am

Yes if that's cheaper, else you can look at other mentioned options as well.

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ziad imad · Answer 1 · 2014-06-14T05:47:00

Solution 1

Try to use pdfsharp it has a lot of capabilities

Posted 14-Jun-14 5:47am

ziad imad

Xiao Ling · Answer 2 · 2014-06-24T20:55:00

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You can select docx4j as the alternative if you would like to use Java instead of .NET. Here is the sample code: https://github.com/plutext/docx4j/blob/master/src/samples/docx4j/org/docx4j/samples/ConvertOutPDF.java[^]

Posted 24-Jun-14 20:55pm

Xiao Ling

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rajin kp 26-Jun-14 3:17am

@Xiao Ling
i got a n exception "org.docx4j.openpackaging.exceptions.Docx4JException: Exception exporting package "