Hi Ben, Thanks for reminding that I need to get some info on the HDF site ASAP.
> it appears the reading a word document is somewhat supported but > it is not possible to write it back to the disk. There is code that I wrote some time ago to convert a Word document to XSLFO. It has limited functionality and it is not supported by anyone on this list including myself. I am in the process of doing a massive overhaul to this code. So I guess you could say that this code is in the process of becoming HDF. Writing to a Word document isn't supported by this legacy code. > Is it possible to > create a new word document from scratch? Not now, but eventually. >Maybe you could point me to a > location that says what can be done with HDF as it stands today and what > we can expect in the next release. I will try to post an update to the HDF site either today or tomorrow. You can't do much with HDF as it stands today except populate some low level data structures. I wouldn't think this could be much use to you unless you have an understanding of the Word file format. Writing to a word file is a top priority for the next (uh...I mean first) release. If you are interested in following the HDF development, I suggest you subscribe to the poi-dev list if you haven't already. Cheers, Ryan Ackley ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ben Litchfield" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, April 23, 2002 10:32 AM Subject: POI HDF > Ryan, > > I have been playing with some of the POI stuff and it is unclear to me > what is actually implemented on the HDF side. From looking at the > source it appears the reading a word document is somewhat supported but > it is not possible to write it back to the disk. Is it possible to > create a new word document from scratch? Maybe you could point me to a > location that says what can be done with HDF as it stands today and what > we can expect in the next release. > > Ben Litchfield >
