For some reason I need open office as service on my server. Currently i'm using open office with docmosis in my webapplication.
Docmosis starts open office with some specific startup parameters, one of them is the "-accept" parameter, as follow: "-accept=pipe,name=pipe_6973752705093844935;urp;"
Is it possible to change (or remove) this parameter in "-accept="socket,host=127.0.0.1,port=8100;urp;"" ?
I know it is possible to add some startup parameters in the docmosis.properties file, but these parameters are only added.
When I add docmosis.converter.launch.args=-accept="socket,host=127.0.0.1,port=8100;urp;" to the properties file, I have two -accept parameters, but I can't reach open office as service.
So my question is, is it possible to startup open office as service and using it for docmosis?
Thanks for any help!
I really appreciate your time and help.
Docmosis has "converters" which are suitable to be run as a service. These converters will start and manage OpenOffice on your behalf, which is important to avoid some of the memory leaks and crashes OpenOffice can occasionally do.
Is there a reason you wouldn't run a Docmosis converter as a service, rather than OpenOffice itself? The only reason I can think that you would want to run OpenOffice directly is if you want to connect to it with something else as well as Docmosis which is probably a bad idea. Can you explain a little more about the reasons?
My main goal is to create a thumbnail image from a doc(x) or xls(x) file.
So in first place I should make a PDF from the document with JODConverter, but JODConverter needs open office as service. (when I have a PDF, i can convert it to a thumbnail)
So for this reason I should try to start open office as service.
Unless there is another way with docmosis to create a thumbnail or PDF from a doc(x) or xls(x) file?
- TemplateIdentifier myTemplateId = new TemplateIdentifier("my template.doc");
- File thumbnail = TemplateStoreFactory.getStore().getTemplate(myTemplateId).getDetails().getThumbnail();
Hello Paulj,
I don't asking about JODConverter, i explained you the reason for my question, like you asked ...
I'm not able to produce a valid thumbail with the "getDetails().getThumbnail();".
I also used this in a webapplication, so I can't force my clients tu rename their xls(x) files to doc(x) files before they upload them, so I need something for both files.
Back to my main question, is it possible to run open office as service for docmosis, can I change the "-accept" parameter at the startup of open office by docmosis?
Or is it possible to create a PDF file from xls(x) and doc(x) files with docmosis so i don't need the JODConverter?
Thanks for your help so far.
Hello gdb.
It sounds like you need two different tools:
1) JODConverter + OpenOffice as a service for thumbnailing doc(x) and xls(x).
2) Docmosis for reporting (if you need Docmosis at all)
If your requirement is only to produce the thumbnails, then Docmosis is not the tool you need. No, you can not currently configure Docmosis to talk to an OpenOffice process on a socket and Docmosis does not process xls(x) files currently. Docmosis has been carefully tested for stability and performance under heavy load which is why it manages OpenOffice on your behalf.
Ok Paul,
I'm also thinking I need the two tools.
The only thing is, I need two soffice processes when i need both tools.
That's something i'm not very happy with and something what I want to avoid if possible.
But thanks for the confirmation I can't change the startup parameters.
Thanks for your help Paul.