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Java Forum / General / January 2008I need to convert MSWord ".doc" files to plain data ".rtf" ones . . .
~ I need to convert MSWord ".doc" files to plain data ".rtf" ones using java ~ I know how to do this using MS Word's VBA, but I don't know how to load the VBA libraries and run VBA programs from within java. ~ I tried searching on in but couldn't really find anything ~ How could you do this? ~ Thanks lbrtchx > ~ > I need to convert MSWord ".doc" files to plain data ".rtf" ones using [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > How could you do this? > ~ <http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=java+com+bridge> > On Dec 30, 9:54 am, "Jeff Higgins" <oohigg...@yahoo.com> wrote: > <http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=java+com+bridge> ~ I did a google search on: "import java" AccessBridge Word Windows and got nothing ~ lbrtchx lbrtchx wrote >> <http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=java+com+bridge> > ~ > I did a google search on: "import java" AccessBridge Word Windows and > got nothing > ~ I tried a web search using the terms: "import java" "AccessBridge" "Word" "Windows" and would have been dissatisfied with the results had I been looking for Java-COM Bridge functionality. Did you follow the link I provided or otherwise use the search terms: "java" "com" "bridge"? If so, were the results helpful? JH I did follow your links first but realized they were more about accessibility and "philosophical" issues. I couldn't find some starting code examples to do what I need. ~ I just need to access Word Documents and run their internal macros. The part about using VBA to convert a ".doc" file to an RTF one I got right already ~ It might be very easy maybe, something like: ~ String[] aSAr = new String[]{"<>/WinWord", "WordDoc.doc", ...}; System.exec(aSAr) ~ might work. I don't have a Windows Box to test this it right now, but this code I am working on needs such a feature ~ lbrtchx lbrtchx wrote > I did follow your links first but realized they were more about > accessibility and "philosophical" issues. Impedance mismatch in the google-fu, sorry. :| lbrtchx wrote > I just need to access Word Documents and run their internal macros. Will you provide a link to the documentation for Word Document internal macros? Thanks, JH > > I just need to access Word Documents and run their internal macros. > > Will you provide a link to the documentation > for Word Document internal macros? I meant Word's internal VBA macro language. You can code inside a Word Document to do some things like the one I describe. ~ You just use a Word Doc as an automation engine to open another Word Doc and save it as an RTF one ~ the apache poi projec look promising but they, (http:// poi.apache.org/) , say "Soon, you'll be able to read and write Word files using Java." and I need my thing right now ;-) ~ lbrtchx On Dec 30, 3:52 pm, lbrt...@gmail.com wrote: > ~ > I need to convert MSWord ".doc" files to plain data ".rtf" ones using [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > Thanks > lbrtchx Apache POI (poi.apache.org) is supposed to handle this sort of task. I haven't got personal experience in it though, so I can't provide any more than the pointer and a wish of good luck! T On Dec 30, 9:52 am, lbrt...@gmail.com wrote: > ~ > I need to convert MSWord ".doc" files to plain data ".rtf" ones using [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > Thanks > lbrtchx What you need is OpenOffice. The regular installation already includes the Java classes, etc. to develop applications. There is an SDK but it is only required for the fancier stuff. http://development.openoffice.org/index.html http://www.oooforum.org/ The Eclipse plugin for OO needs some work (in fact, they may have stopped working on it) so you are well advised to develop with NetBeans because has an excellent OO plugin. -Ramon > On Dec 30, 9:52 am, lbrt...@gmail.com wrote: > [quoted text clipped - 23 lines] > > -Ramon The SDK comes with several examples in the java/DocumentHandling folder: - DocumentConverter.java - DocumentLoader.java - DocumentPrinter.java - DocumentSaver.java -Ramon > I need to convert MSWord ".doc" files to plain data ".rtf" ones using >java see http://mindprod.com/jgloss/poi.html  SignatureRoedy Green Canadian Mind Products The Java Glossary http://mindprod.com On Dec 31, 7:04 pm, Roedy Green <see_webs...@mindprod.com.invalid> wrote: > On Sun, 30 Dec 2007 05:52:30 -0800 (PST), lbrt...@gmail.com wrote, > quoted or indirectly quoted someone who said : [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > Roedy Green Canadian Mind Products > The Java Glossaryhttp://mindprod.com [Roedy's site says:] > POI is not what I would call developer friendly. As someone who I went down that path, I concur with Roedy. Like the OP I was looking for a quick and dirty library to read/convert/write MS Office docs. I figured that OpenOffice would be an overkill, but then I realized that OOo already *is* installed in my computers and it has all the functionality to be remote controlled from Java and many other languages. -Ramon Thank you very much Ramon! ~ it is nice getting help from someone that had been there before ~ However I tried to find "DocumentConverter.jar" so I could go ~ java -jar DocumentConverter.jar ~ and start tinkering with it, but I couldn't find this library and/or documentation anywhere ~ http://lxr.go-oo.org/source/api/odk/examples/java/DocumentHandling/DocumentConve rter.java ~ there is what seems to be a good example, but it needs other packages I don't see anywhere ~ Could you point me to some comprehensive examples of using the doc converter? ~ Also I see all examples are from MS Word 97, I hope OO can hande Windows XP office ones as well ~ Thanks lbrtchx Free MagazinesGet these publications absolutely FREE for up to 12 months. There are no hidden fees and no obligation. 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