Manual to support preview of different file format

Manual to support preview of different file format


 

  1. Install OpenOffice in local system to work with LifeRay in order to display the preview of different types of file. LifeRay will interact with OpenOffice to convert

Current file format into pdf format as LifeRay internally supports PDFBox.


 

  1. Run the following command to start OpenOffice:

soffice -headless -accept="socket,host=127.0.0.1,port=8100;urp;"


 

  1. Open portal-ext.properties file and add following line at the end:

openoffice.server.enabled=true

openoffice.server.host=127.0.0.1

openoffice.server.port=8100

openoffice.cache.enabled=true


 

openoffice.conversion.source.extensions[drawing]=odg

openoffice.conversion.source.extensions[presentation]=odp,ppt,pptx,sxi

openoffice.conversion.source.extensions[spreadsheet]=csv,ods,sxc,tsv,xls,xlsx

openoffice.conversion.source.extensions[text]=doc,docx,html,odt,rtf,sxw,txt,wpd


 

openoffice.conversion.target.extensions[drawing]=pdf,svg,swf

openoffice.conversion.target.extensions[presentation]=odp,pdf,ppt,swf,sxi

openoffice.conversion.target.extensions[spreadsheet]=csv,ods,pdf,sxc,tsv,xls

openoffice.conversion.target.extensions[text]=doc,odt,pdf,rtf,sxw,txt


 

  1. Run LifeRay server through eclipse IDE and goto Control Panel of LifeRay.

Server -> Server Administration ->Open External Service Tab -> Enable open office integration -> Tick on Enables check in button -> save