Am 15.02.2010 09:23, schrieb Fred Janon: > That's what I thought initially, but then I tried to use the iReport > editor and it cannot handle more than real basic editing. > iReport is not Word, that's for sure, but iReport has lots of support for creating templates and filling them with charts, text etc. It is certainly possible to create very nice-looking documents with charts and graphics using iReports.
> Convert to what? iReport uses a proprietary format based on XML if I > recall correctly. How would I convert a word document into an iReport > template format? > My point is that if you only have a few relatively simple Word documents you can manually create replacements for them in another format which suits the purpose. However, if you want to work directly off the Word documents provided (e.g. if you have lots of documents or if the user insists on using Word to create further templates), you should simply use Word for your task. > I looked also at using COM/OLE from Java, but the documentation for > driving Word and Excel with COM is scarce, big risks involved. > This is not true. Microsoft Office comes with extensive documentation regarding their automation interfaces (just see the VBA documentation). Also you have things like the macro recorder where you can see how certain tasks are automated by just recording a macro and then looking into the generated source code. In the past I automated different Microsoft applications from different programming languages and it is very straightforward and reasonably well documented. Markus ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ SOLARIS 10 is the OS for Data Centers - provides features such as DTrace, Predictive Self Healing and Award Winning ZFS. Get Solaris 10 NOW http://p.sf.net/sfu/solaris-dev2dev _______________________________________________ iText-questions mailing list iText-questions@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/itext-questions Buy the iText book: http://www.1t3xt.com/docs/book.php Check the site with examples before you ask questions: http://www.1t3xt.info/examples/ You can also search the keywords list: http://1t3xt.info/tutorials/keywords/
