Hi.
We are currently working with an online service where downloadable docx files (these are generated without using Office tools) are offered to users.
We would also like to offer downloadable PDF-files (converted from the existing docx files). However, we are unable to to find robust tools for the conversion. Of course, the Word itself is able to does this nicely (and we could use e.g. PowerShell-script to do this programmatically).
We have tried to interpret the license to see if this would possible, but based on"Considerations for server-side Automation of Office" -page (I would add link here, but the forum informs we ironically that "Body text cannot contain images or links until we are able to verify your account") it does not seem allowed: "Current licensing guidelines prevent Office applications from being used on a server to service client requests, unless those clients themselves have licensed copies of Office."
So, I would love to hear if there were some license / tool that would make this feasible? Are we missing something?
P.S. We are aware of "Word Automation Services" based on Sharepoint, but this feels like a complete overkill for a simple use-case of converting docx-files to PDF.
We are currently working with an online service where downloadable docx files (these are generated without using Office tools) are offered to users.
We would also like to offer downloadable PDF-files (converted from the existing docx files). However, we are unable to to find robust tools for the conversion. Of course, the Word itself is able to does this nicely (and we could use e.g. PowerShell-script to do this programmatically).
We have tried to interpret the license to see if this would possible, but based on"Considerations for server-side Automation of Office" -page (I would add link here, but the forum informs we ironically that "Body text cannot contain images or links until we are able to verify your account") it does not seem allowed: "Current licensing guidelines prevent Office applications from being used on a server to service client requests, unless those clients themselves have licensed copies of Office."
So, I would love to hear if there were some license / tool that would make this feasible? Are we missing something?
P.S. We are aware of "Word Automation Services" based on Sharepoint, but this feels like a complete overkill for a simple use-case of converting docx-files to PDF.
