Ms Office Attachments As HTML Plugin
This is a plugin to convert attached MS Office files into HTML such that they appear inline in the topic text.
It means your users can edit in Word and publish on the Wiki.
Later we'd want to implement
PageType There is nothing specific that would make this only work with MS files. For example it could help with
OpenOfficeIntegration This plugin is looking for a new owner Dakar Compatibility Information
This plugin does not currently work with Dakar (tested November 2005). Users experiencing the following errors in Apache should disable this plugin:
[error] upload: binmode() on closed filehandle F at /twiki/lib/TWiki/Store.pm line 863., referer: http://twiki/bin/attach/Main/WebHome upload: syswrite() on closed filehandle F at /twiki/lib/TWiki/Store.pm line 866., referer: http://twiki/bin/attach/Main/WebHome [error] upload: binmode() on closed filehandle fh00001H%3A\\test.test at /twiki/lib/TWiki/Store.pm line 872., referer: http://twiki/bin/attach/Main/WebHome [error] upload: read() on closed filehandle fh00001H%3A\\test.test at /twiki/lib/TWiki/Store/RcsFile.pm line 692., referer: http://twiki/bin/attach/Main/WebHome [error] upload: binmode() on closed filehandle F at /twiki/lib/TWiki/Store.pm line 863., referer: http://twiki/bin/attach/Main/WebHome [error] upload: syswrite() on closed filehandle F at /twiki/lib/TWiki/Store.pm line 866., referer: http://twiki/bin/attach/Main/WebHome
Syntax Rules
MsOfficeAttachmentsAsHTMLPlugin Global Settings
Plugin settings are stored as preferences variables. To reference a plugin setting write
%<plugin>_<setting>%, for example,
%EMPTYPLUGIN_SHORTDESCRIPTION% - One line description, shown in the TextFormattingRules topic:
- Set SHORTDESCRIPTION = This plugin converts MS Office files into HTML files, preserving the original and creating a HTML version which is then referenced from the topic text.
Plugin Installation Instructions
Note: You do not need to install anything on the browser to use this plugin. The following instructions are for the administrator who installs the plugin on the server where TWiki is running.
- Download the ZIP file from the Plugin web (see below)
- Unzip
MsOfficeAttachmentsAsHTMLPlugin.zip in your twiki installation directory. Content: | File: | Description: |
data/TWiki/MsOfficeAttachmentsAsHTMLPlugin.txt | Plugin topic |
data/TWiki/MsOfficeAttachmentsAsHTMLPlugin.txt,v | Plugin topic repository |
lib/TWiki/Plugins/MsOfficeAttachmentsAsHTMLPlugin.pm | Plugin Perl module |
- Test if the plugin is correctly installed:
Plugin Info
Related Topics: TWikiPreferences,
TWikiPlugins,
DefaultPlugin --
MartinCleaver - 11 Apr 2004