Version 4.3
In C# I am trying to use the headless option to convert a XLSX to a PDF but nothing happens when I run this from ASP.NET or a simple Command prompt.
var pdfProcess = new Process();
pdfProcess.StartInfo.FileName = exe;
pdfProcess.StartInfo.Arguments = param + " \"" + fullDocPath +"\"";
pdfProcess.Start();
Where the exe and params are:
C:\Program Files (x86)\LibreOffice 4\program\soffice.exe
-norestore -nofirststartwizard -nologo -headless -convert-to pdf "c:\UDS_Docs\temp\Teller Roster National.xlsx"
I used the GUI to test that LibreOffice can convert the file and it worked fine.
Here is how to convert Excel, Word etc to PDF on an ASP.NET MVC web site at no cost:
Install LibreOffice, free
Set the current directory to the same folder as the existing XLS. This seems to be the missing piece.
Run this:
"C:\Program Files (x86)\LibreOffice 4\program\soffice.exe" -norestore -nofirststartwizard -headless -convert-to pdf "TheFile.xlsx"
In C#:
var pdfProcess = new Process();
pdfProcess.StartInfo.FileName = exePdf;
pdfProcess.StartInfo.Arguments = "-norestore -nofirststartwizard -headless -convert-to pdf \"TheFile.xlsx\"";
pdfProcess.StartInfo.WorkingDirectory = docPath; //This is really important
pdfProcess.Start();
Make sure your WorkerProcess has access to the exe, by default it does not.
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