"Brand, Thomas R." <TRBrand@xxxxxxx> writes: > I'm trying to come up with a way to automatically convert MS Word documents > to PDF files for display in a web browser. > > * Some users MUST access documents on external sites; these docs are in MS > Word format. :-p > * We have no control/influence over the external sites. > > * User platform is a Linux based thin client running Firefox/Acrobat Reader. > * The thin clients cannot be modified. > > * Squid 2.6-2 is running on a server in transparent proxy mode. > * Only the thin client users are routed thru this Squid server. > > Question: Could I use Squid to detect a URL whose target is an MS Word > document (eg, filename.doc), download the document, hand it off to an > external script (which will convert the document to pdf) and then pass the > resulting stream back to Squid to pass on to the browser? A redirector may help: http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/SquidRedirectors > Thoughts/ideas/suggestions/alterntives appreciated! > > Tom
