how to read word file using java

[sang]

How to read the .doc file into the printable format(ie without ascii code).

It's urgent pls anyone help me


Thanks
Sang

[evilchia]

.doc files are part binary, part text files. The easiest way to "read" in a microsoft document is by using the OpenOffice api's (http://www.openoffice.org) if you want a formattable/printable document or if you want just the raw bytes then use a ByteArrayInputStream. The OpenOffice api's are _not_ the easiest things to use, but it is a whole lot better than trying to parse through all the crap yourself.

How to read the .doc file into the printable format(ie without ascii code).

It's urgent pls anyone help me


Thanks
Sang

[sang]

Thank you for your replay,

But i am not able to understand your answer please give the java code.
Once again thanks for your replay,
I am waiting for your answer.

Thanks,
Sang.

[r035198x]

Thank you for your replay,

But i am not able to understand your answer please give the java code.
Once again thanks for your replay,
I am waiting for your answer.

Thanks,
Sang.

What he/she meant is that it's easier to use a third party package to read the .doc files. If you do not have one that reads .doc files then you visit the site he has given or google POI.

[sang]

The below code is used to read the document file. But at output it will give the special characters and ascii values. So i want only the readable characters (ie a-z and 0-9) how is possible pls give the solution.

Example code:

import java.io.*;
class fileinput
{
public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException
{
FileInputStream Fin=new FileInputStream("file.doc");
int j;
while((j=Fin.read())!=-1)
System.out.print((char)j);
}
}

Thanks
Sang.

[dipakpatil26]

Hi friend,
I have used Jakarta POI library to read the doc file.
This program simply reads the doc file and prints each line on the console, I think this program will help you to read the doc file.

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import java.io.File;
import java.io.FileInputStream;

import org.apache.poi.hwpf.HWPFDocument;
import org.apache.poi.hwpf.extractor.WordExtractor;

public class DocReader {

public void readDocFile() {
File docFile = null;
WordExtractor docExtractor = null ;
WordExtractor exprExtractor = null ;
try {
docFile = new File("c:\\Resume.doc");
//A FileInputStream obtains input bytes from a file.
FileInputStream fis=new FileInputStream(docFile.getAbsolutePath());

//A HWPFDocument used to read document file from FileInputStream
HWPFDocument doc=new HWPFDocument(fis);

docExtractor = new WordExtractor(doc);
}
catch(Exception exep)
{
System.out.println(exep.getMessage());
}

//This Array stores each line from the document file.
String [] docArray = docExtractor.getParagraphText();

for(int i=0;i<docArray.length;i++)
{
if(docArray[i] != null)
System.out.println("Line "+ i +" : " + docArray[i]);
}
}

public static void main(String[] args) {
DocReader reader = new DocReader();
reader.readDocFile();
}
}
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