DocTo

Simple utility for converting a .doc file to any other supported format.

Must have Microsoft Word installed on host machine.

Examples

Convert Document to text

docto -f C:\Directory\MyFile.doc -O "C:\Output Directory\MyTextFile.txt" -T wdFormatText

Convert Document to PDF (requires version of Microsoft Word that supports this).

 docto -f C:\Directory\MyFile.doc -O "C:\Output Directory\MyTextFile.pdf" -T wdFormatPDF

Command Line Help

 docto -h


    Help
    Version:0.1ALPHA
    Command Line Params
    Each Parameter should be followed by its value  -f "c:\Docs\MyDoc.doc" -O "C:\MyDir\MyFile"
      -H This message
      -F Input File or Directory
      -O Output File or Directory to place converted Docs
      -T Format(Type) to convert file to, either integer or wdSaveFormat constant.
         Available from http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/microsoft.office.interop.word.wdsaveformat.aspx
         See current List Below.
      -TF Force Format.  -T values are checked against current list compiled in and not passed if unavailable.
          To future proof, -TF will pass through value without checking.  Word will return
          an "EOleException  Value out of range" error if invalid.
         Use instead of -T not as well as.
      -L Log Level 0 Silent, 1 Standard, 10 VERBOSE
         Default: 1 Standard
      -G Write Log to file in directory

    FILE FORMATS
    wdFormatDOSTextLineBreaks=5
    wdFormatEncodedText=7
    wdFormatFilteredHTML=10
    wdFormatFlatXML=19
    wdFormatFlatXML=19
    wdFormatFlatXMLTemplate=21
    wdFormatFlatXMLTemplateMacroEnabled=22
    wdFormatOpenDocumentText=23
    wdFormatHTML=8
    wdFormatRTF=6
    wdFormatStrictOpenXMLDocument=24
    wdFormatTemplate=1
    wdFormatText=2
    wdFormatTextLineBreaks=3
    wdFormatUnicodeText=7
    wdFormatWebArchive=9
    wdFormatXML=11
    wdFormatDocument97=0
    wdFormatDocumentDefault=16
    wdFormatPDF=17
    wdFormatTemplate97=1
    wdFormatXMLDocument=12
    wdFormatXMLDocumentMacroEnabled=13
    wdFormatXMLTemplate=14
    wdFormatXMLTemplateMacroEnabled=15
    wdFormatXPS=18
    ERROR CODES:
    200 : Invalid File Format specified
    201 : Insufficient Inputs.  Minimum of Input File, Output File & Type
    203 : Unknown switch in command