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]

solution

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

Example:

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.

[rextyler]

I was looking especially for convertion to pdf, but replacing is really great, I did not know it was possible. Good stuff. Thx for sharing.