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DocTo

Simple command line utility for converting .doc & .xls files to any supported format such as Text, RTF, CSV or PDF

DocTo & XLSTo

DocTo

Simple utility for converting a Microsoft Word Document ‘.doc’ and Microsoft Excel ‘.xls’ files to any other supported format such as .txt .csv .rtf .pdf.

Can also be used to convert .txt, .rtf, .csv to .doc, .xls or .pdf format.

Can be used to convert older word documents to latest format.

Must have Microsoft Word or Excel installed on host machine.

Download Release From Github Releases - https://github.com/tobya/DocTo/releases/ Further Information available at https://tobya.github.io/DocTo/ Further Examples available at https://docto.toflidium.com

Features

  1. Convert Doc/RTF/Text file to any Word SaveAs Type Doc/Text/RTF/PDF
  2. Convert XLS/XLSX/CSV file to any Excel SaveAs Type CSV/Text/PDF
  3. Convert Text/CSV file to full fledged Word or Excel format.
  4. Single File Conversion
  5. Multiple / Directory File Conversion.
  6. Delete after conversion
  7. Fire https Webhook on each conversion.

Examples

More Examples available at

Installation

Download .exe from Release https://github.com/tobya/docTo/releases

Package Managers

Choco

Also Available for installation via Chocolatey

choco install docto

to upgrade to latest version before generally available (replace with current version)

choco upgrade docto –version=1.5

Node

Node Wrappers has been created by @KerimG & @brrd

https://www.npmjs.com/package/node-docto

https://github.com/brrd/msoconvert

Bugs and Features

Please log an issue for any bugs, features or suggestions.

Examples

Single

Convert Microsoft Word Document to text

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

Convert Microsoft Excel Document to csv text

docto -XL -f C:\Directory\MyFile.xls -O "C:\Output Directory\MyTextFile.csv" -T xlCSV

Convert Microsoft Word 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

Multiple Files and Folders

Convert All Microsoft Word Documents in Directory and its Sub Directories to PDF

docto -f "C:\Dir with Spaces\FilesToConvert\" -O "C:\DirToOutput" -T wdFormatPDF  -OX .pdf

Delete Original File after Conversion

Delete Original Files after conversion (-R) .

docto -f "C:\Dir with Spaces\FilesToConvert\" -O "C:\DirToOutput" -T wdFormatPDF  -OX .pdf -R true

Webhooks

Add a Webhook to fire on each conversion (-W)

docto -f "C:\Dir with Spaces\FilesToConvert\" -O "C:\DirToOutput" -T wdFormatPDF  -OX .pdf  -W https://toflidium.com/webhooks/docto/webhook_test.php

A Webhook is a url that can be called on each converstion to give you the ability to repond externally whenever a file is converted. Currently https address is experimental so log an issue if you have any issues.

Use in the Wild

If you are using DocTo in the wild somewhere, please add details to this wiki page

OneDrive Conversion

If you need to upgrade a bunch of files to work without conversion on OneDrive /Office365 / Word 20XX then you can use DocTo. See this StackExchange question

https://webapps.stackexchange.com/questions/74859/what-format-does-word-online-use

Command Line Help

Help
Version:
Source: https://github.com/tobya/DocTo/
Description: DocTo converts Word Documents and Excel Spreadsheets to other formats.

Command Line Parameters:
Each Parameter should be followed by its value eg
        -f "c:\Docs\MyDoc.doc" -O "C:\MyDir\MyFile"
Parameters markers are case insensitive. Short and Long can be used mixed. All
parameters and values need to be seperated by a ' ' space.

  -H  This message
      --HELP -?
  -WD Use Word for Conversion (Default)
      --word
  -XL Use Excel for Conversion
      --excel
  -PP Use Powerpoint for Conversion
      --powerpoint
  -F  Input File or Directory
      --inputfile
  -FX Input Extension to search for if directory.
      Default "*.doc*" (will find ".docx" also)
      --inputextension
  -O  Output File or Directory to place converted Docs
      --outputfile
  -OX Output Extension if -F is Directory. Please include '.' eg. '.pdf' .
      If not provided, pulled from standard list.
      --outputextension
  -T  Format(Type) to convert file to, either integer or wdSaveFormat constant.
      Available from
      https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/api/microsoft.office.interop.word.wdsaveformat
      or https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/api/microsoft.office.interop.excel.xlfileformat
      See current List Below.
      --format
  -TF Force Format. -T value if an integer, is checked against current list
      compiled in. It is not passed if unavailable.  -TF will pass through value
      without checking. Word will return an "EOleException  Value out of range"
      error if invalid.
      Use instead of -T.
      --forceformat
  -L  Log Level Integer: 1 ERRORS Only, 2 STANDARD, 5 CHATTY, 9 DEBUG,
      10 VERBOSE.  Default: 2=STANDARD
      --loglevel
  -C  Compatibility Mode Integer. Set to an INTEGER value from
      https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/office/ff192388.aspx.
      Set the compatibility mode when you want to convert documents to a later
      version of word. See help for further info.
      --compatibility
  -E  Encoding Integer: Sets codepage Encoding.  See
      https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/office/ff860880.aspx
      for more details and values.
      --encoding
  -M  Ignore all files in __MACOSX\ subdirectory if it exists.  Default True.
      --ignoremacos
  -N  Make list of files that take over n seconds to complete.
      Use number of seconds over that conversion takes and add to list.
      Outputs to filename 'docto.ignore.txt'
      --listlongrunning
  -NX Ignore any file listed in docto.ignore.txt, created by -N
      --ignorelongrunninglist
  -G  Write Log to file in directory
      --writelogfile
  -GL Log File Name to Use. Default 'DocTo.Log';
      --logfilename
  -Q  Quiet Mode: Nothing will be output to console.  To see any errors you must
      set -G or -GL. Equivalent to setting -L 0
      --quiet
  -R  Remove Files after successful conversion: Default false; To use specify
      value eg -R true
      --deletefiles
  -W  Webhook: Url to call on events. See -HW for more details.
      --webhook
  -HW Webhook Help.
  -X  Halt on COM Error: Default True;  If you have trouble with some files
      not converting, set this to false to ignore errors and continue with
      batch job.
      --halterror
  -V  Show Versions.  DocTo and Word/Excel

Long Parameters:
  --BookmarkSource
      PDF conversions can take their bookmarks from
      WordBookmarks, WordHeadings (default) or None
  --PDF-OpenAfterExport
      If you wish for a converted PDF to be opened after creation. No value req.
  --PDF-FromPage
      Save a range of pages to pdf. Integer/String. If integer --PDF-ToPage must also be set.
      Other values wdExportCurrentPage, wdExportSelection
  --PDF-ToPage
      Save a range of pages to pdf. Integer. --PDF-FromPage must also be set.
  --DoNotOverwrite
      Existing files are overridden by default, if you do not wish a file to be
      skipped if its output exists, use this.
  --ExportMarkup Value for wdExportItem - default wdExportDocumentContent.
      use wdExportDocumentWithMarkup to export all word comments with pdf
      
Experimental:      
  --skipdocswithtoc
      EXPERIMENTAL.  Will skip any docs that contain a TOC to prevent hanging.
      Currently matches some false positives.  Default False.
  --stdout
      Send file to Stdout after conversion. ( Does not work correctly for binary files)          

ERROR CODES:
200 : Invalid File Format specified
201 : Insufficient Inputs.  Minimum of Input File, Output File & Type
202 : Incorrect switches.  Switch requires value
203 : Unknown switch in command
204 : Input File does not exist
205 : Invalid Parameter Value
220 : Word or COM Error
221 : Word not Installed
400 : Unknown Error

Compiling

The project compiles with Delphi (I use 10.3 but it should compile with most versions including XE4 & 7). The project will not compile on Linux as it uses several Windows only components such as COM and Word and Excel do not have Linux versions anyway so there would be no point.

XLSTo

XLSTo is now incorporated into DocTo. Previously XLSTo was a seperate EXE that was used to convert xls files to csv or pdf. This can now be done with the main DocTo.exe by simply adding the -XL flag.

Get Involved.

I am happy to accept any PR anyone might like to submit. If a large amount of work involved, please open an issue first to ensure the effort wont be wasted.

The main branch name in the repo is DocTo