Mark Tucker wrote:

>How far along is the HDF project?
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We have just gotten a large chunk of code donated to us; Andy's working 
with the contributor to refactor it into our system.

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>Is there any code to read the properties and text of Word documents?
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We have HPSF code, which reads properties, but I'm not sure that's what 
you're looking for. The HDF code we have is not quite ready for prime 
time (Andy, feel free to call me a liar).

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>Could I easily get this information calling POIFS directly?
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Nope. POIFS just reads the filesystem that makes up, for example, 
most/all modern M$ office documents. The contents of the files that make 
up a document are handled by the HSSF/HDF/HSFP packages.

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>Does HPSF support Word, Excel, Powerpoint?
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Word, not yet. Excel, a lot of it, not all. Powerpoint, zilch.

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>Thanks,
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>Mark
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