Is there a way to convert either an Excel file or PDF file into a word file?
Hi,
That is a very generic question, I assume you want to know if this is possible using OutSystems.
If your question is more generic, then there are plenty of websites available to allow convert between file types. Even the tools themselves (Excel, Adobe, Word) allow import of other file types.
Regards,
Daniel
Yes, I'm asking if it is possible in OutSystems or if there is a forge component that will help
You can try this Forge component:
https://www.outsystems.com/forge/component-overview/4775/exceltopdf
and this one to convert XLS to XSLT try:
https://www.outsystems.com/forge/component-overview/7074/excel-xls-to-xlsx
Alternatively, you could consider importing your Excel data into an OutSystems ems entity data model. Then use reporting tools available in the Forge to generate the PDF you need, with Forge components like:
https://www.outsystems.com/forge/component-overview/1414/simple-reports-pdf or
StimulsoftReports https://www.outsystems.com/forge/list?q=stimulsoft&t=&o=&tr=False&oss=False&c=%20&a=&v=&hd=False&tn=&scat=forge
Good day,
Thank you so much for this, however I was looking for converting either a PDF or Excel file to a word file.
Mark
As Kilian already mentioned, no such Forge component exists.
You can follow the approach I already shared:
1. Import excel in OutSystems entities
2. Export OutSystems entities in a Word document
Hi Mark,
There's no native OutSystems functionality to do this. And in fact, I don't know of any program being able to do this. Excel files are totally different from Word, so the best you could do is create a table in Word. And PDFs are different from Word files in a lot of ways, I'm not even sure Word can import PDFs (I just tried, and it failed).
How about an Excel file to word instead?
Like I wrote above, "Excel files are totally different from Word, so the best you could do is create a table in Word". Word, the desktop app, can't even import/open Excel files. They're just fundamentaly incompatible formats.