Convert .docx to .pdf from the command line, headlessly?

[drdocument]

Are there any ways to run TextMaker headlessly to convert .docx files to PDF? I've been using LibreOffice for this and it's quite slow. (I _think_) LibreOffice can also only convert one doc at a time per process. I'm looking to use this to create a micro-service for conversion, for a bit more context. Currently using https://github.com/unoconv/unoconv to do this with LibreOffice.

Thanks!

[miguel-c]

Hi, it's possible to convert to PDF using the commands below:
TextMaker:textmaker.exe /pdf:"myinifile.ini"
PlanMaker:planmaker.exe /pdf:"myinifile.ini"
SoftMaker Presentations: presentations.exe /pdf:"myinifile.ini"

See attached PDF with more details.

[drdocument]

Wow, this is fantastic! Thank you for sharing the document.

I tried this on Linux just now and realized I need to turn the forward slashes in to dashes, e.g.

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textmaker18free -pdf:pdfexport.ini

I noticed that this isn't really headless as TextMaker does open a window momentarily to do the conversion. Is it possible to turn that off as well? If not, I think I can work around this with a framebuffer, but I thought I'd ask.

Thanks again!

[miguel-c]

Wow, this is fantastic! Thank you for sharing the document.

I tried this on Linux just now and realized I need to turn the forward slashes in to dashes, e.g.

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textmaker18free -pdf:pdfexport.ini

I noticed that this isn't really headless as TextMaker does open a window momentarily to do the conversion. Is it possible to turn that off as well? If not, I think I can work around this with a framebuffer, but I thought I'd ask.

Thanks again!

Unfortunately it's not possible to turn it off.

[drdocument]

Got it - thanks for getting back to me on that point!

[mix7eart]

Hello,

I can't make it work on MacOS or Linux.

I have tried with many options:

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/Applications/SoftMaker\ FreeOffice\ 2018/TextMaker\ Free\ 2018.app/Contents/MacOS/textmaker -pdf:"test.ini"
opens textmaker but it does nothing

/Applications/SoftMaker\ FreeOffice\ 2018/TextMaker\ Free\ 2018.app/Contents/MacOS/textmaker /pdf:"test.ini"
gives the error "Impossible to open the file /pdf:text.ini" 

Here is my ini file (UTF-8, three first byte are EFBBBF):

test.ini

(89 Bytes) Downloaded 496 times

I have discovered in the german forum that there are over command line options such as `-disableopengl`.
Could you please give us the complete documentation of these options?

Thank you

[martin-k]

This feature is available only in SoftMaker Office, not FreeOffice.

[mix7eart]

Thank you for your fast reply. I will try.

is there a special license available of SoftMaker Office to allow a commercial usage of document conversion on many servers?

[martin-k]

You need to contact sales (at) softmaker.com to discuss your requirements.