Ok. Thanks for the tip. I downloaded and compiled Antiword, and would like to now add it to my indexing class. However, I'm not sure how the application would be called, and from where it would be called.
How will I have the class parse the document through Antiword to create the keyword index, but leaving the DOC intact, as Mr. Litchfield did with PDFBox? Your assistance is greatly appreciated. Eric Anderson 815-505-6132 Quoting David Spencer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > FYI I tried the textmining.org/poi combo and on a collection of 350 word > docs people have developed here over the years, and it failed on 33% of > them > with exceptions being thrown about the formats being invalid. > > I tried "antiword" ( http://www.winfield.demon.nl/ ), a native & free > *.exe, and > it worked great ( well it seemed to process all the files fine). > > I've had similar experiences with PDF - I tried the 3 or so > freeware/java PDF > text extractors and they were not as good as the exe, pdftotext, > from foolabs (http://www.foolabs.com/xpdf/). > > Not satisfying to a java developer but these work better than anything > else I can find. > > You get source and I use them on windows & linux, no prob. > > > > Eric Anderson wrote: > > >I'm interested in using the textmining/textextraction utilities using Apache > > >POI, that Ryan was discussing. However, I'm having some difficulty > determining > >what the insertion point would be to replace the default parser with the > word > >parser. > > > >Any assistance would be appreciated. > > > > > > > > > > > >LanRx Network Solutions, Inc. > >Providing Enterprise Level Solutions...On A Small Business Budget > > > >--------------------------------------------------------------------- > >To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > LanRx Network Solutions, Inc. Providing Enterprise Level Solutions...On A Small Business Budget --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
