Re: Printing Open Document Without OOo?

Hi,

i am not aware of such a Java class. Printing of ODF
documents is a 
little bit more complex and you need a lot more stuff to
render the 
document first and print it later on. It's a perfect example
that 
manipulation of ODF is much more than simply dealing with
plain xml.

Juergen


Hal Vaughan wrote:
> I look into this every now and then.  I've been
searching Google for a 
> Java class that will print ODF files without using
OpenOffice.  While 
> this isn't a "must have" it would make some
of my software I have for 
> my clients a little easier to deal with.
> 
> Has anyone seen a Java class or jar that will read an
OOo file, 
> like .odt, and print it to a printer?  I've seen
JODConverter, but that 
> requires OOo.  I want to reduce my footprint on
clients' computers and 
> it would be great if, one day, my program could run on
computers 
> without a need for X or any GUI.
> 
> Thanks for any info on this, positive or negative.
> 
> Hal
> 
>
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On Tuesday 29 May 2007, Juergen Schmidt wrote:
> Hi,
>
> i am not aware of such a Java class. Printing of ODF
documents is a
> little bit more complex and you need a lot more stuff
to render the
> document first and print it later on. It's a perfect
example that
> manipulation of ODF is much more than simply dealing
with plain xml.
>
> Juergen

Thanks.  As I said, it's more about reducing the footprint
of my app.  
Most of my clients install it by downloading it and if I
could have 
just one or two Java classes that printed ODF files, it
would make it 
easier to install my system.  It would also make maintaining
the 
package easier since OOo has moved to the newer install
formats 
since .msi files are a pain to work with on Linux (in
regards to 
opening or editing them).  It was much easier to manage the
install 
when it was essentially the same for Windows and Linux (and
I could 
control it with simple command line arguments!).

I take it that the printing issues are the same if I want to
just 
convert it to, say, some PDF files?

Hal

> Hal Vaughan wrote:
> > I look into this every now and then.  I've been
searching Google
> > for a Java class that will print ODF files without
using
> > OpenOffice.  While this isn't a "must
have" it would make some of
> > my software I have for my clients a little easier
to deal with.
> >
> > Has anyone seen a Java class or jar that will read
an OOo file,
> > like .odt, and print it to a printer?  I've seen
JODConverter, but
> > that requires OOo.  I want to reduce my footprint
on clients'
> > computers and it would be great if, one day, my
program could run
> > on computers without a need for X or any GUI.
> >
> > Thanks for any info on this, positive or
negative.
> >
> > Hal

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