API for Handing Word Document

[Dips]

Can anyone tell me what are the API's used for handling unstructured
data i.e data in word or excel files

 

[Roland]

Can anyone tell me what are the API's used for handling unstructured
data i.e data in word or excel files

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[Matt Humphrey]

Can anyone tell me what are the API's used for handling unstructured
data i.e data in word or excel files

Data in word and excel files is highly structured. There are some tools for
getting at it, but it's generally not easy to get to from Java.
http://groups-beta.google.com/group/comp.programming/browse_thread/thread/17
286030326ea233/b19148f6eefa25d2?q=%22microsoft+word%22+java&rnum=1#b19148f6e
efa25d2

also http://www.ezjcom.com/google.html

There is more on Google.

Cheers,
Matt Humphrey (e-mail address removed) http://www.iviz.com/

 

[Rivky]

There is an open source API for handling excel files:

http://www.andykhan.com/jexcelapi/

 

[Christopher Baldwin]

SoftArtisans OfficeWriter does Word and Excel in a Java API:

http://officewriter.softartisans.com/officewriter-240.aspx

Best regards,
Chris

 

[Matt Humphrey]

There is an open source API for handling excel files:

http://www.andykhan.com/jexcelapi/

Great! Thanks,

 

[Bruce Lee]

Can't JDBC get into Excel spreadsheets?

 

[alan]

Can't JDBC get into Excel spreadsheets?

I think the MS Jet database engine has a driver for text files, which
would make it possible if you export to CSV.

I always get to Excel by saving as CSV, then parsing the CSV. I've got the
parse algorithm, with quote escaping and CRLF considerations, if anyone
wants it.