Replace string in ms word file

iComas

Salue,

I need to add a functionality to my Java app by allowing the replacement of strings in ms word files.

Basically I need to use an original MS Word file as template and then populate it with data,
replacing some keywords. And I need to do this with Java.

I know MS Word is binary and not text file, so I was wondering if there is any Java API to let me do this?

Merci, Irene

cmdr

Yes Irene, it is possible to use ms word templates and populate them with data.

Example:

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 import officetools.OfficeFile; // officetools.jar from this website http://www.dancrintea.ro/doc-to-pdf/ 
 
FileInputStream fis = new FileInputStream(new File("irene_template.doc"));

FileOutputStream fos = new FileOutputStream(new File("irene_final_result.doc"));
 
OfficeFile f = new OfficeFile(fis,"localhost","8100", true);
 
f.replaceAll("Hello","Salue Irene");
 
f.write(fos);

Bonne chance :)

sgilberta

Thanks both for these messages, they really helped me and now OfficeTools is my default library when working with ms office files.

A bunch of nice operations are possible:
- replace strings in DOC files as in your example
- convert DOC, XLS or PPT to PDF
- read/write Excel files using simplified API like getCell and setCell
- show/hide Excel sheets(like secondary calculations)

The only downside is that it needs OpenOffice,
but the good part is that I can do all the above stuff on ms office files.

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