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Ask HN: What (do you think) Scribd / DocStoc uses to convert pdf/docs into swf?
(And what are the best open source alternatives).
We're setting up something private for sharing documents.
Thanks!
- buggy_code 17y agoedit: some variant of swftools ? others have more info?
- notaddicted 17y agoI found in a job posting: iPaper is an unusually complex Flash application with many highly technical components. http://www.scribd.com/jobs/7 http://www.scribd.com/jobs/7 So it looks proprietary.
- mindhacker 17y agoLooks like they started with something like http://www.swftools.org/ 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 http://news.cnet.com/8301-17939_109-9874527-2.html Scribd initially used the now discontinued flash paper.