can you give me some idea on how automate a simple functuin to export indd into pub.Do i need to have indesign server? thanks!
how about quark to epub conversion automation? Thanks!
regards,
jerome
You might be able to use VBScript to control InDesign desktop, but the best way would be to control InDesign Server via the SOAP interface, sending it VBScript or JavaScript to execute.
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I need help running this python code in a windows flutter app
import win32com.client
outlook = win32com.client.Dispatch("Outlook.Application").GetNamespace("MAPI")
msg = outlook.OpenSharedItem(r"C:\test_msg.msg")
using the win32 package, as I can't understand how to use it... I'm quite sure it's doable since this is available in the package and seems to be what is needed...
The most easiest way is to automate Outlook for that like the Python code does. Be aware, the code mentioned make sense only for Windows machines. The COM technology doesn't exists on other platforms.
Also you can find the MSG file format described in depth in MSDN. So, you may search for existing parsers over the internet or create your own.
I've written an ePub generator by using ZipArchive in .NET and looking at the spec (in Wikipedia) & a example.
It doesn't work! But I only get a generic error so I'm unable to fix anything from here.
Where could I go to upload my ePub and be told what is wrong with it? Or is there a tool that is better for it? I'm currently using Adobe ePub reader...
I realize this is an old question, but in case others come across this I wanted to contribute. The IDPF which is responsible for the ePub standard has a tool for checking ePubs called epubcheck. It can be found at https://github.com/IDPF/epubcheck.
In addition, they have their own online validator that uses epubcheck. It is located at http://validator.idpf.org/
I found an online validator tool at http://www.epubconversion.com/ePub-validator-iBook.jsp.
There are two basic black box approaches.
First: Generate a file and put it into a validator.
Second: Take a set of in- and output without using your code (other generator, example, do it manual). Then use a file comparison tool (maybe extract zip first).
Here is a good offline checking tool for Windows, Mac or Linux OS:
http://www.pagina-online.de/produkte/epub-checker/
It's a great tool which even i used to validate and generate epub files also clearly give errors if any.
I have a Delphi VCL application which I'm using to show some pictures and I would like to know if there is any possibility to transform it into a browser plugin (like firefox, google chrome etc ) in order to load it remotely, like a java applet.
for all of them the answer is NO. even for IE it is sometimes difficult...VCL applications means win32/64 development in general, browsers are more 'related' to web development. you can reconsider and try to resolve this by using an already existing platform which can be easily integrated into web browsers like Shockwave (yeah, I don't like to give links to wikipedia...) or another similar tool.
You can use VirtualUI from CybeleSoft to run your Windows app in a browser. You still need to set up your backend server with database etc, and make sure that some operations are blocked - you don't want someone to browse through your server files ;-)
There are options:
ActiveX plugin (you might need to enable ActiveX support in browser or use a special plugin to enable it)
NPAPI plugin (will be deprecated in Chrome in late 2014). See question: How to embed Delphi VCL form into HTML page using NPAPI?
Take a look at the samples on Raudus. It might be what you are looking for. It will be interesting for you to read this about VCL compatible component set for the web.
How can I execute an external script in Delphi (like wsh, vbs, bat...) and get back the result? I want to launch them as task within a thread do other things and when the result is ready the scripts itself will inform the application which will receive it in main thread. How to achieve that?
Use Microsoft's Windows Script COM interfaces, in particular the IActiveScript interface.
You mention a lot of different script languages and engines in your question. They have all different possibilities. If you are free to choose your script language i would suggest two approaches:
Have a look at http://www.scalabium.com/smscript.htm they have a nice component to execute a script (VBScript, JavaScipt) and get the return value.
Have a look at http://www.remobjects.com/ps.aspx RemObjects Pascal Script, this is a very powerfull script language and there are plenty of examples around.
I suggest Delphi Web Script (DWS). This is excellent and aggressively updated by Eric - see his blog.
Fast Report have Fast Script used in their famous reporting Fast Report
TMS software also have TMS Scriptor studio and TMS Scriptor studio pro
I'm wanting to build an ActiveX control to upload files from a user's machine on a web page.
Where can I fnd a good example or tutorial for this - I guess C++ would be my preferred language, but VB would be OK too.
ActiveX is a dead technology. I can't think of a good reason to use it instead of Silverlight.
I've actually written one in Silverlight myself. You can see it on my website if you want to take a look.