ViCHMethod
ViCHMethod is a method of converting CHM files to PDF or any OpenOffice.org supported format. It is written for Linux platforms, but could easily be run on any other platform if alternative tools were to be found (Suggestions from other users would be helpful).
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[edit] Necessary tools
- extract_chmLib
- KRename
- g++
- OpenOffice.org
- My C++ Source Code (Updated 2011-05-11)
[edit] CHM to HTML
Using extract_chmLib in terminal, whose syntax is "extract_chmLib chm_file output_directory", decompile chm to html files. Now you have several folders and a lot of files in output_directory. Find the folder that holds many .html files and maybe images folder.
[edit] Filtering HTML
Open all those .html files with KRename and open Files tab. Sort files in order that you want them to appear in PDF ( You can check what those files contain by opening them in internet browser ). Then open Filename tab and change Template to ### in first input line and html in second line. Then press Finish.
[edit] Uniting all HTMLs
Now it's time to use my source code. Put in the same folder that holds all of those HTML files and run terminal from that folder with command "g++ uniter.cpp -o unite". This should have created a program called "unite" which you can now run from the same terminal with "./unite". If everything went well, then you should have another new file called "book.html" in your folder.
[edit] Creating PDF
Open that "book.html" file with OpenOffice.org Word Processor and use "File -> Export as PDF...", change nothing and press "Export". Then choose the destination for your PDF and press "Save". Wait until Word Processor finishes saving and you're done! You have a PDF from CHM file that you can easily transfer to your e-reader.
Method created by Vinillum, 2010; Contact: vinillum at micro dot lt
