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Automatically creating a tiff image from a Word document

Updated February 25, 2014

asked on January 30, 2014

We are developing an application that will automatically send Word documents into a Laserfiche folder to be stored. Rather than store the Word document, I would prefer to generate a TIFF image and store that instead. Is there an automated way to do this? Can the tiff image be created prior to the document being put in Laserfiche...i.e. is there a way to 'snapshot' it into LF? Can I possibly use a workflow to convert the Word doc once it is placed in a folder?

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replied on January 30, 2014

There is nothing in Workflow or the SDK that generates images from Word documents. Import Agent only imports documents, it does not generate pages.

Automating Snapshot through the Client Automation Tools that come in the Laserfiche SDK will be possible in version 9.1 of the SDK that is due for release in a few weeks. So you could have your application call into that to generate images and upload those instead of the electronic document.

Alternatively, you could try to find a 3rd party library that converts Word documents to images and call into it directly from your application.

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replied on January 30, 2014

Interesting. I like the sound of this new SDK for 9.1

Very excited

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replied on February 25, 2014

Wouldn't we look to do achieve this using quickfields since it would need to be achieved prior to the new SDK release.

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replied on February 25, 2014

Quick Fields does not generate images for Word documents.

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replied on January 30, 2014

Yes, yes, yes....

So, you can do most of these things.

Workflow? Yes- using the SDK Script activity or Script activity, then you can remove the electronic file from a Laserfiche document. You would also be able to use .NET Framework resources to handle the word document as you please. You can also invoke a call to generate pages and then delete the electronic document for the LF entry.

This sounds like something Import Agent really was meant for.

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