Re: Announcing boo2pdf for IBM BookManager files

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From: Kevin Bowling
Date: Fri, 23 Oct 2009 03:17

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On Oct 20, 2:28 am, Kevin Bowling <kevin.bowl...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Please take this for a spin and let me know the results.http://ps-2.kev009.com:8081/boo2pdf/
>
> About:
> This is a beta of boo2pdf, an IBM BookManager to PDF conversion app &
> web service.  I'm currently experimenting with the HTML to PDF
> backends and would like feedback with book files I haven't tried.
> Once the code is cleaned up, I will dump it on my site.

> Known Limitations:

> - The Linux SoftCopy Reader does not convert some of the older
> embedded image formats.  Possible formats are:  GIF, PNG. JPG, MET,
> GDF, WMF.  I'm guessing it is one of the later that does not have a
> Linux filter.  You will know an image did not convert by red text
> indicating such in your PDF.  I've seen this in a few .boo files from
> the early to mid '90s.

If you have a Windows box and run these old books through the IBM Book
Graphics Conversion Utility (TransMogrifier):
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?doc=4000230&org=SW&rs=4 you
should be able to throw anything through my web service.

I tried running this through Wine and was able to get it to work, so I
may be able to add it to the web service as well with an optional
checkbox.

I will post the source and a doc this weekend.

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