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    Posted by garyhillerson  · 23-07-2012 - 20:22

    New user. I'm creating Word docx files from simple HTML -- with a bullet list, a table, and a number list -- just fine.

    However, when I try to generate a PDF from the same HTML, the bullet list shows up with no bullets, the table doesn't look like a table, and the number list isn't numbered. I must be missing a step?

    I'm using this PHP code ($htmlDoc is the source HTML):
    $tmpFileName = 'gtemp1';
    $docx = new CreateDocx();
    $docx->embedHTML($htmlDoc);
    $docx->createDocx($tmpFileName); // Automatically appends .docx to the file name
    $document = new TransformDoc();
    $document->setStrFile($tmpFileName . '.docx');
    $document->setStrOutputFile($fileName . '.pdf');
    $document->generatePDF();

    And the PDF has paragraph breaks, but no list/table formatting

    Any suggestions appreciated

    gary

    Posted by admin  · 11-04-2013 - 12:13

    Hello,

    We recommend you to use PRO v2.5 + conversion plugin, that has several improvements.

    Regards.

    Posted by garyhillerson  · 11-04-2013 - 12:13

    I am using the latest Pro+Converter. Just bought and installed it last week.

    Posted by garyhillerson  · 11-04-2013 - 12:13

    Unfortunately, the plugin is not generating any output.

    I changed the code to:
    $docx = new CreateDocx();
    $docx->enableCompatibilityMode();
    $text = "Here's some text to put into the file";
    $paramsText = array( 'b' => 'single', 'font' => 'Arial' );
    $docx->addText($text, $paramsText);
    $docx->createDocx('gTemp1');
    $docx->transformDocx('gTemp1.docx', 'gTemp1.pdf');
    echo("JUST GENERATED PDF FILE gTemp1.pdf");

    The file gtemp1.docx gets created, but no .pdf document is created anywhere on my server.

    SAME THING happens when i run the phpdocx/examples/advanced/Transform.php example program. It generates the docx file, but no pdf file is generated anywhere.

    Please help.

    Posted by admin  · 11-04-2013 - 12:13

    Hello,

    First you must start OpenOffice using this command:

    soffice -headless -accept="socket,host=127.0.0.1,port=8100;urp;" -nofirststartwizard

    and then you can transform documents using TransformDocAdv.

    Regards.