file-conversion

MS Paint command line switches

I have been looking for documentation related to interacting with MSPaint from the command line. I have only found references to /p, /pt and /wia, but no guidance as to how to use them and their limitations. I am trying to send some graphics files to the printer and when I drop the file on my printer driver I get a different print outpu...

.dbc --> .csv

I have a little utility that converts .dbc files to .csv files, trouble is, somewhere in the conversion some data is lost/destroyed/whatever. I input a.dbc into converter, it produces a.csv. I delete a.dbc,and then run a.csv back through the converter, and I come back with a "slightly" different .dbc file then I had started with. Does a...

Converting OOo macros to Excel macros

I have an OpenDocument spreadsheet with macros in StarBasic/OOoBasic that I want to convert into an Excel spreadsheet, with the StarBasic macros translated to VBA. While OpenOffice.org claims to have the ability to translate VBA macros to StarBasic and back, my attempts to have OOo convert these original StarBasic macros to VBA have all ...

OpenOffice spreadsheet import into HSQLDB

OpenOffice ships with HSQLDB. Is it possible to easily import the contents of an OO spreadsheet into the built in database? An added nice to have would be to include the formatting of the cell contents. ie. colors, line feeds, etc. This question has gone unanswered so I'm offering a bounty. Please provide the code to the solution. ...

Convert XHTML to Word ML

What is the best way to convert word HTML to word XML? I cannot buy a tool so need something preferably XSLT which is free and works suitably with basic formatting like paragraphs, lists, bold and italic. ...

Any good tool or library for recursive convert ANY files to tiff / images?

We have to convert EVERYTHING to images for archiving purpose. DOC, HTML, email, ZIP, PDF, TXT and any document you can read/view on computer. In addition, it must recursive convent on all embed attachment and files in zip. I know ImgMaker only. Is it the best or I can have something better? My boss ask me to search that are there any ...

Which is the best import / export LaTeX tool?

Working in academia publishing CS/math, you sooner or later find yourself trying to publish in a journal that will only accept .doc/.rtf. This means tedious, boring hours of translating line after line, especially equations, from LaTeX to an inferior format. Over the years I have tried a number of export tools for LaTeX, but none, at lea...

sox question

how do you convert a mp3wav (a compressed wav in mp3 form) to uncompressed wav (PCM) using sox? mp3wav sample files can be downloaded here: http://www.clayloomis.com/simsong.html ...

Download and change the extension of a file generated with JSP

I am generating a csv (comma separated value) file with Java Server Pages (JSP). The URL shows "my_generated_csv.jsp". What I want to do is simple: The user clicks "Generate" which downloads the generated CSV file. I'd like to generate it with the JSP. Do I need to rethink my approach? Edit: The following code works to make the file d...

WAV / MP3 Conversion On Web Server

I'm looking to convert uploaded WAV files to MP3 on my shared hosting server (ASP.NET / C#) and am curious if anyone else has tackled this before. I've seen a few open source C# libraries for performing audio conversion (AumpLib, for example), but in most cases it looks like people are using them on desktop applications. Are there any ...

Are there any decent resources to learn how to work with video files and/or file conversion?

I've been digging around for a good conversion utility to rip some .mkv files I have to other formats (specifically .avi so I can burn to a DVD). I figure this would be a good opportunity for me to get hands-on experience doing this kind of thing. I'm a .NET developer (C#), so I'm keen on finding resources focused on that technology st...

Quickly Convert (.rtf|.doc) Files to Markdown Syntax with PHP

I've been manually converting articles into Markdown syntax for a few days now, and it's getting rather tedious. Some of these are 3 or 4 pages, italics and other emphasized text throughout. Is there a faster way to convert (.rtf|.doc) files to clean Markdown Syntax that I can take advantage of? ...

How do you use any2mobi command line tool (part of Calibre) to make mobi files from HTML?

I am on MAC OS X 10.5.5. I installed Calibre, a tool for converting e-book files from one format to another. It has a GUI as well as command line tools. I am trying to run the command line tool "any2mobi" to convert HTML files to MOBI pocket format or Kindle AZW format, with a TOC. I get the error "-bash: any2mobi: command not found". C...

.OBN Format: Edit and Reconvert Back

I have OBN formatted binary files. To convert it to a text based file, I use a command in unix like- dd if=FileName.OBN of=Output.txt ibs=1169 obs=1169 cbs=1169 conv=ascii Where - if : is input file of : is output file ibs: input block size obs: output block size cbs: new line insert at block size conv: convert to ...

Convert Line ESRI Shape SHP file into nodes and links

Is there a way to convert a linear shape file into a csv file of the following format: Node_1, Node_2, attribute_1, ...., attribute_x 1 2 "hello" 567845.334 I have looked at GDAL/OGR2OGR and PostGIS and i don't think either converts the data to the format I want. I don't mind writing a script to do it, if i'm ...

There is any free DBF file converter?

I have only found trial versions of these converters. Does anyone know a free one? Any of the following target formats will do: CSV, MDB, SQL, XLS ...

Converting PDF to images?

I need to import PDF documents into Microsoft OneNote, which means converting the PDF file to an image. Is there a descent free library I can use from .NET to convert the PDF file to a BMP/PNG/JPEG file? Maybe an open source project? ...

How can I read/convert SAS Gov't Data files on a MAC?

There are gov't data files: http://www.cdc.gov/EpiInfo/ Available in this weird SAS format. How can I convert them into XML/CSV, something much simpler that can be read by scripts/etc.??? ...

Convert .odt .doc .ods files to .txt files

Hello I want to convert all the .odt .doc. .xls .pdf files to .txt files I want to convert these files to text files using shell script or perl script ...

How to select a file automatically?

Using VB6 Now I am using a Browse button in my software to select the text file, then it is converted in to mdb (access). I don’t want to select the text file. Once I installed my software in any system, the text file should automatically select in a specified path. Then the text file automatically converts into mdb. Once converted in...