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Format Converters

A format converter is a component able to transform a file of a given format into another, different format.

In the Associations section, you can choose what converter to use for an exact combination of formats. The drop-down list shows the converters currently registered for that specific combination.

Extension Aliases

In case you have different extensions that refer to the same file type, click on the gears icon to define your own extension aliases. All the files that match an alias, will be treated as if they had the real extension.

Configure the Format Converters

The section Converters shows the list of all the installed converters, and some of them may require some configuration parameters. To configure a converter, just expand its row and open the configuration table. To change a specific parameter, just double-click in the value cell, apply your modifications and confirm by pressing Enter. Each converter can also be enabled or disabled by right-clicking on it.

ConverterDescriptionConfiguration
LibreOfficeConverterUses the Libre Office application installed in the server machine

path: absolute installation path of the Libre Office in the

serverrunAsDaemon: if you want the LibreOffice to be used as daemon(always resident)

ports: comma separated list of ports used to launch Libre Office as daemon. The number of ports specifies the number of active conversion

daemonstasks: number of conversion tasks after which the daemon is restarted

ZamZarConverterUses the remote conversion service ZamZar

apiKey: the key given by ZamZar when you purchase their service

ConvertioConverterUses the remote conversion service ZamZar

apiKey: the key given by Convertio when you purchase their service

DocToAnyConverterUses the application doc2any.exe

path: absolute path of the doc2any.exe executable (make sure to put this path in the allowed commands)

licenseKey: the code given by Doc2Any when you purchase their license

useOffice: put true if you want Doc2Any to try to use the Office installed in the server

usePrinter: put true if you want Doc2Any to try to use it's virtual printer

runViaService: put true if you want Doc2Any to execute as a service

AcmeCadConverterUses the application AcmeCADConverter.exe to convert DWG into PDF

path: absolute path of the AcmeCADConverter.exe executable (make sure to put this path in the allowed commands)

licenseKey: the code given by AcmeCADConverter when you purchase their license

AutoCADToVectorConverterUses the application VeryDOC DWG to Vector Converter to convert DWG to PDF

path: absolute path of the dwg2vec.exe executable (make sure to put this path in the allowed commands)

licenseKey: the code given by VeryDOC when you purchase their license

HtmlConverterConverts a HTML documents into PDF

serverLocalUrl: base url to be used to rewrite the references to LogicalDOC resources (eg: http://localhost:8080)

CoolUtilsConverterUses the Cool Utils applications installed in the server machine

imageConverter: absolute path of the ImageConverter32.exe executable (make sure to put this path in the allowed commands)

GhostscriptConverterUses the Ghostscript interpreter for PostScript

path: absolute path of the gs executable (make sure to put this path in the allowed commands)arguments: optional arguments to pass to the gs executable

timeout: maximum execution time expressed in seconds

ImageConverterUses the ImageMagick image manipulation tool

path: absolute path of the convert executable (make sure to put this path in the allowed commands)

timeout: maximum execution time expressed in seconds

OnlyOfficeConverterUses the OnlyOffice editing application

url:  the address to communicate with your OnlyOffice (eg: http://onlyoffice_server:8084)

security.key: connection secret token, (eg: my_jwt_secret)

callback: the address that OnlyOffice will use to call your LogicalDOC (eg: http://ldoc_server:8080)

 See also: Convert to different formats