Convert RTF to PDF

[Mike Keys]

Has anyone had any luck using Tcl or something else to convert RTF to a PDF file?

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[Jim Kosloskey]

Just curious…

Are you considering converting the files outside of Cloverleaf then processing the converted files inside Cloverleaf or were you think to convert the records as they pass through Cloverleaf?

Is this a Windows or *nix platform?

If Windows, there are a number of tools available which are designed to convert RTF to PDF – I imagine with some level of accuracy. A Internet search will reveal those.

I suspect there may also be some *nix based tools for such a conversion.

So if such a tool was located, one could use exec or system Tcl commands to fire off a script invoking the tools I would suspect.

Part of the answer would depend on where in the Cloverleaf architecture you would see the execution happening I think.

I unfortunately have no specific suggestions just some questions and some thoughts.

email: jim.kosloskey@jim-kosloskey.com 29+ years Cloverleaf, 59 years IT - old fart.

[David Barr]

There are some good tools listed in this article:

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/6866376/linux-command-line-utility-convert-rtf-to-pdf

[Mike Keys]

Yes, I am trying out one called PDFCreator, but there are some issues…namely truncating of the filename, which has resulted in a rather complex setup.

We are also exploring getting encapsulated PDFs out of our EHR so we can decode into a filename for processing by a homegrown app which makes API calls to an ancillary EMR. I would prefer us to go this route.

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