Re: MS Word / Excel File Viewer API

From: Howard Kaikow (kaikow_at_standards.com)
Date: 03/21/04


Date: Sun, 21 Mar 2004 00:01:43 -0500

Does Java allow you to create a Word object thru which you can automate
Word?
If so, you can access the Word doc via Automation.

I've never tried to automate the viewer, so I dunno if it can be done.

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"David" <dave_shattuck@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:8968b4bb.0403201850.17d20a87@posting.google.com...
> I am hoping that someone might be able to provide me with a link to an
> API which can read MS Word (or even Excel) formats.  Microsoft offers
> a free downloadable viewer and this is what I want IF it were also an
> API which could be interfaced in Java.  I need to be able to 'grab'
> the page previews of Word documents.  I don't care about manipulating
> the document - only being able to see the document and taking that
> image for use in my own program.
>
> Any ideas of tools out there or ways of doing this in Java?
>
> Thanks in advance!


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