Plugin for .net program

geoffd99 · 09-02-2010, 06:38 AM

Hi all
I am thinking of making a new text editor for fiction, creation of books, with various features.

It can make pdf, htm, rtf.

Is there a way to use some of the conversion routines (from Calibre OS) inside the program (ie in the save as or export routines)? It is using the standard MS rtf editor.

To quote
"for the Kindle, you really only need to worry about Mobipocket (MOBI), and for the Sony Reader line (PRS) you only need to worry about EPUB (same for the Nook)."

How to get that inside a C# .NET program?

Any tips welcome.

Thanks
Geoff

Iain · 09-03-2010, 04:39 AM

I wouldn't bother if you are a programmer.

epub is simply a zip file with some (x) html files, a stylesheet and some management files. It's terribly easy to write (though there are one or two gotchas - mainly that one file must appear at the start at a fixed location which means you must write this ('mimetype') first and esnure that the zip has no added attributes on the files.

I've attached a .cs file which will do this. Mainly you will need to add something which generates html files (IDCDoc parses Word2007 and generates html snippets).

Disclaimer. The usual applies. This code produces legal perfect epub files (according to epubchecker), but they still don't always work in all devices! I'm looking into that...

09-02-2010, 06:38 AM	#1
geoffd99 Junior Member Posts: 4 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jun 2009 Device: None	Plugin for .net program Hi all I am thinking of making a new text editor for fiction, creation of books, with various features. It can make pdf, htm, rtf. Is there a way to use some of the conversion routines (from Calibre OS) inside the program (ie in the save as or export routines)? It is using the standard MS rtf editor. To quote "for the Kindle, you really only need to worry about Mobipocket (MOBI), and for the Sony Reader line (PRS) you only need to worry about EPUB (same for the Nook)." How to get that inside a C# .NET program? Any tips welcome. Thanks Geoff

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09-03-2010, 04:39 AM	#2
Iain Enthusiast Posts: 49 Karma: 14 Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Harrogate, England Device: iPad	I wouldn't bother if you are a programmer. epub is simply a zip file with some (x) html files, a stylesheet and some management files. It's terribly easy to write (though there are one or two gotchas - mainly that one file must appear at the start at a fixed location which means you must write this ('mimetype') first and esnure that the zip has no added attributes on the files. I've attached a .cs file which will do this. Mainly you will need to add something which generates html files (IDCDoc parses Word2007 and generates html snippets). Disclaimer. The usual applies. This code produces legal perfect epub files (according to epubchecker), but they still don't always work in all devices! I'm looking into that...

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