Oh, Sorry for misinterpretation. I'm still trying to handle reading a Word Document fully. After that only I'll focus on involved in writing back. May be your case will help me by then.
Yours, Shamal On Mon, May 17, 2010 at 3:27 PM, MSB <[email protected]> wrote: > > Thanks, yes, we now that you can do that but the quesion was 'how can I > modify existing footers and insert new footers into a document' not how can > I read the contents of same. > > Yours > > Mark B > > > Shamal Karunarathne wrote: > > > > There's HeaderStories in HWPF. You can extract headers and footers using > > that. It's clean and clear. Tell me if you can't retrieve. > > > > On Mon, May 17, 2010 at 3:06 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >> HI Mark, > >> > >> Thanks for your help. I'm also trying to run your program but I'm unable > >> to > >> find the jars. I used POI-3.6 jar but I didn't find the required > classes. > >> Can you please provide the jar for below program? So that I can do some > R > >> & > >> D on this issue. > >> > >> Thanks & Regards, > >> Madhusudan Reddy > >> JAVA | HDC | Accenture > >> M. No: 9966601155 > >> > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: MSB [mailto:[email protected]] > >> Sent: Sunday, May 16, 2010 8:54 PM > >> To: [email protected] > >> Subject: Re: Need help in updating footer of Word Document > >> > >> > >> Only just begun to have a play with XWPF but it already seems much more > >> 'solid' that HWPF as the latter is sorely in need of talented developers > >> to > >> help move it on (not too subtle hint there in case you missed it). > >> > >> However, the news on footers - and on headers for that matter - is still > >> not > >> too good. The XWPFDocument class defines a method that allows you to > >> recover > >> the documents associated XWPFHeaderFooterPolicy object. That object is > >> responsibile for managing the documents headers and footers and it > >> contains > >> method that allow you to create a new footer, recover a reference to a > >> footer and to then modify that. The only problem I have run in to yet is > >> that I cannot get at this object the XWPFHeaderFooterPolicy that is. So > >> far, > >> I have tried to call the gerHeaderFooterPolicy() on an XWPFDocument that > >> I > >> had previously created in the code and a null value was returned. > >> Thinking > >> about HWPF and the typical idion we use there when getting cells, I > >> though > >> that I should test the returned value and if it was null, then reate a > >> new > >> instance of the XWPFHeaderFooterPolicy class. This still did not work > and > >> the code still threw a NullPointerException. Finally, I though I would > >> create a blank document using Word and insert a footer into that, > >> planning > >> to open it using POI and then get the header/footer policy and so on > from > >> there. However, now an exception was thrown when I tried to create an > >> instance of the XWPFDocument class, this time the message concerned a > >> null > >> XWPFHeaderFooterPolicy object - surprise! > >> > >> So, the next thing I am going to try is to download the very latest > >> release > >> of the software and try that. As always, I will keep you updated if I > >> make > >> any progress. If you want to follow in my footsteps so to speak, this is > >> the > >> scruffy test code I have been playing around with; > >> > >> import org.apache.poi.xwpf.usermodel.*; > >> import org.apache.poi.xwpf.model.*; > >> > >> import java.io.File; > >> import java.io.FileInputStream; > >> import java.io.FileOutputStream; > >> import java.io.IOException; > >> > >> /** > >> * > >> * @author win user > >> */ > >> public class Main { > >> > >> public void createDocument(String documentName, String > documentFolder) > >> { > >> File file = null; > >> FileInputStream fis = null; > >> FileOutputStream fos = null; > >> XWPFDocument document = null; > >> XWPFHeaderFooterPolicy hfPolicy = null; > >> XWPFFooter footer = null; > >> XWPFParagraph[] footerParas = null; > >> XWPFParagraph para = null; > >> XWPFRun run = null; > >> > >> try { > >> document = new XWPFDocument(); > >> > >> para = document.createParagraph(); > >> run = para.createRun(); > >> run.setText("This should contain the text for the first > >> XWPFRun > >> " + > >> "in the newly created Paragraph."); > >> run.setBold(true); > >> run = para.createRun(); > >> run.setText("It is my hope that this XWPFRun will contain the > >> " > >> + > >> "text for the second paragraph that I have just added > >> - > >> " + > >> "with luck - to the newly created document."); > >> > >> hfPolicy = document.getHeaderFooterPolicy(); > >> > >> if(hfPolicy == null) { > >> hfPolicy = new XWPFHeaderFooterPolicy(document); > >> } > >> > >> hfPolicy.createFooter( > >> > >> > >> > rg.openxmlformats.schemas.wordprocessingml.x2006.main.STHdrFtr.Enum.forString("Footer.")); > >> > >> file = new File(documentFolder, documentName); > >> fos = new FileOutputStream(file); > >> document.write(fos); > >> } > >> catch(Exception ex) { > >> System.out.println("Caught an: " + ex.getClass().getName()); > >> System.out.println("Message: " + ex.getMessage()); > >> System.out.println("Stacktrace follows:....."); > >> ex.printStackTrace(System.out); > >> } > >> finally { > >> if(fos != null) { > >> try { > >> fos.close(); > >> } > >> catch(IOException ioEx) { > >> // I G N O R E > >> } > >> } > >> } > >> > >> } > >> > >> /** > >> * @param args the command line arguments > >> */ > >> public static void main(String[] args) { > >> new Main().createDocument("New XWPF Document.docx", "C:/temp"); > >> } > >> } > >> > >> What it does show is how easy it is to use XWPF to create documents. > >> > >> Yours > >> > >> Mark B > >> > >> > >> madhusudan.reddy wrote: > >> > > >> > Hi, > >> > > >> > We are using ApachePOI for creating word documents dynamically using > >> java > >> > in our application. We are wondering if we have a better way to handle > >> the > >> > header and footers in the word document dynamically. > >> > > >> > Need information or pointers to implement any of hte following things: > >> > 1) Addition of new footer/header dynamically in the word document. > >> > 2) Updating an existing footer/header dynamically in the word > document. > >> > > >> > Any pointers would be very helpful. > >> > > >> > Thanks & Regards, > >> > Madhusudan Reddy > >> > JAVA | HDC | Accenture > >> > M. No: 9966601155 > >> > > >> > > >> > This message is for the designated recipient only and may contain > >> > privileged, proprietary, or otherwise private information. If you > have > >> > received it in error, please notify the sender immediately and delete > >> the > >> > original. Any other use of the email by you is prohibited. > >> > > >> > > >> > >> -- > >> View this message in context: > >> > http://old.nabble.com/Need-help-in-updating-footer-of-Word-Document-tp28566396p28575351.html > >> Sent from the POI - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > >> > >> > >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- > >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > >> For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> This message is for the designated recipient only and may contain > >> privileged, proprietary, or otherwise private information. If you have > >> received it in error, please notify the sender immediately and delete > the > >> original. Any other use of the email by you is prohibited. > >> > >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- > >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > >> For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > >> > >> > > > > > > -- > View this message in context: > http://old.nabble.com/Need-help-in-updating-footer-of-Word-Document-tp28566396p28580194.html > Sent from the POI - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > >
