Ask HN: What (do you think) Scribd / DocStoc uses to convert pdf/docs into swf?
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I found in a job posting:
iPaper is an unusually complex Flash application with many highly technical components.
http://www.scribd.com/jobs/7
So it looks proprietary.
iPaper is an unusually complex Flash application with many highly technical components.
http://www.scribd.com/jobs/7
So it looks proprietary.
Looks like they started with something like http://www.swftools.org/ and developed a custom viewer for the swf files.
For doc and other formats, one can use openoffice commandline tools to convert them all to pdf.
edit: Some history - http://news.cnet.com/8301-17939_109-9874527-2.html Scribd initially used the now discontinued flash paper.
For doc and other formats, one can use openoffice commandline tools to convert them all to pdf.
edit: Some history - http://news.cnet.com/8301-17939_109-9874527-2.html Scribd initially used the now discontinued flash paper.
edit: some variant of swftools ? others have more info?
We're setting up something private for sharing documents.
Thanks!