I tried using it for excel, but to was too processor intensive. I would try to create spreadsheets with 20k records and it would time out before completeing. Even if I set the application to run it's course, it would never complete...even housr later. It is a promising set of java classes, but at least the excel version is too cumbersome to use for anything but a small spreadsheet. It is pretty robust in that you can take advantage of many of excel's features...it just takes too long to process. I don;t know if the word version is as slow, but it is definitely worth exploring.
Eric On Thu, 29 Dec 2005 11:48:34 -0400 Robert Munn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have been asked to repair an old CF application that >relies on rtf templates to generate Word docs on the fly. >The document flow is something like this. A person >creates a Word doc and manually inserts a bunch of CF >variables in the document, e.g. #f18#. Another person >takes that document, saves it as rtf, and then copies the >rtf source into a CF template with cfcontent and >cfoutput so that the template spits out an rtf doc with >the variables replaced with their values. > > This method used to work ok, apparently, but when the >group upgraded to Word 2002 (or so I am told), all kinds >of funny stuff started happening with the rtf formatting >and pound signs around the CF variables in the rtf >source. > > I would like to replace the whole rtf thing with a >function that reads the Word document directly, replaces >the CF variables, and spits out an actual Word file. I >have not had to deal with Word in a while and was >wondering if anyone favored a particular method of >reading/writing Word files. I was just poking around on >the Apache Jakarta POI site and that looks like a decent >option. Anyone using that API? > > Thanks for any thoughts. > > Rob > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Logware (www.logware.us): a new and convenient web-based time tracking application. Start tracking and documenting hours spent on a project or with a client with Logware today. Try it for free with a 15 day trial account. http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=67 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:227905 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
