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How to convert a rtf,doc,xls file on the fly to a pdf with Coldfusion

What I have here is a folder stored on a shared drive. In this folder are Word and Excel files that I want to display on my Coldfusion site but in PDF form.

I would like to somehow convert these Word and Excel files to PDF on the fly when the end-user uploads them to my shared server folder. Is that possible.

I am trying to avoid having to go in and convert the files to PDF with Adobe by hand. And, I don't want to display anything in Excel and Word on the site.

Any ideas?

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Can one of you please write up some code that would convert every document under the sun into a PDF on the fly and display it onto the web. Thanks for that.


Just kiddin'.

I guess I'll do some research in the commercial sector.

Thanks folks.
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