V1.16 - Excel Multisheet and Disabled Macros

[tobya]

Docto 1.16

What's Changed

• Many more tests by @tobya in tests #226
• Bump laravel/framework from 10.43.0 to 10.48.23 in /companion by @dependabot[bot] in Bump laravel/framework from 10.43.0 to 10.48.23 in /companion #230
• Bump league/commonmark from 2.5.3 to 2.6.0 in /companion by @dependabot[bot] in Bump league/commonmark from 2.5.3 to 2.6.0 in /companion #231
• apply copy edits to help text by @mojavelinux in apply copy edits to help text #233
• Set correct fileext for PP file conversions by @tobya in Set correct fileext for PP file conversions #235
• [1.16] Move Documentation generation to Companion by @tobya in [1.16] Move Documentation generation to Companion  #236
• [1.16]Excel multi sheet by @tobya in [1.16]Excel multi sheet #239
• [1.16] Disable Excel Macros Disable Excel Auto Macros #241

New Contributors

• @dependabot[bot] made their first contribution in Bump laravel/framework from 10.43.0 to 10.48.23 in /companion #230
• @mojavelinux made their first contribution in apply copy edits to help text #233

Full Changelog: v1.15...v1.16

Announcing Docto.Works

I have put up a conversion website Docto.Works that uses DocTo.exe in the backend to convert documents to pdf, html, txt.

Currently version of the website only allows basic conversion of Word Documents to pdf, html or txt however I am working on adding Excel conversion and adding in parameters to allow for most of the conversions you would do with DocTo.

Once you have signed up for an account on https://Docto.Works you can create an API key and convert from command line like this

Windows

curl.exe -f "http://docto.works/api/v1/{apikey}/docto/pdf" -F "file=@C:\Folder\salad.docx" -o "c:\output\Salad.pdf"

As long as apikey is valid, this request should download a pdf to c:\output\Salad.pdf

Mac and Linux

The real interest comes with Mac and Linux where DocTo.exe doesnt work.

curl -f "http://docto.works/api/v1/{apikey}/docto/pdf" -F "file=@/Folder/salad.docx" -o "/output/Salad.pdf"

There is also a .sh script you can download to make it even easier to convert.

Sign up and check it out.

When you sign up to docto.works you get 250 tokens for free. I would love feedback about the site and whether you find it useful. You can provide feedback to this repo or to info@docto.works

Extra Tokens to get started.

Send me an email to info@docto.works with the email address you registered with and i will add 1000 tokens to your account.

Breaking Changes

Excel Macros

Previously I switched off autorun of Word Macros #205 . This release now also switches off Excel Macros by Default. As with word macros it is possible to switch on if you wish

  --enable-macroautorun
  --enable-wordvbaauto
  --enable-xlvbaauto
      By Default any autorun vba will not run, use this parameter if you wish vba to Autorun. Word / Excel Only.

This is a Breaking Change. If you were relying on a macro running in an excel spreadsheet on opening you will need to update your command line to include --enable-xlvbaauto

Virus False Positive

The whole point of Docto is that it manipulates Word and Excel using OLE Components on windows. Additionally since 1.14 it has switched off Auto run of macros when loading Word Documents and with this release the same for Excel Workbooks. Unfortunately heuristics in the various Virus Scanners see these various aspects of DocTo as possibly being a virus. DocTo is not a virus, but it is marked as such by many of the Virus Scanners.

I will try to submit updates to the various scanners, but at the end of the day you need to decide if you are happy to run the executable.

Thanks for using DocTo and check out Docto.Works

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