You could check out the apache POI project. Not sure how much support they'll have for this sort of thing. You still might have to insert markers to look for (i.e. replace $$VAR1$$ with the contents of your first variable or something like that).
Here's the link: http://poi.apache.org/ -Jake On Thu, Feb 4, 2010 at 9:09 AM, Gerald Guido <gerald.gu...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I have done this in the past using RTF format. About 1/2 way into it I wish > I hadn't. It can be very tedious for large forms. You can try saving the > document in .xml format but Word's XML parser is VERY picky and I never got > it to work right. Hence the RTF approach. > > Basically I saved the document as RTF with markers where the variables > would > go and filled it in with CF variables and forced it to be downloaded as a > .doc file > > <cfsavecontent variable="MyDoc"> > <cfinclude template="../GoalsObjectivesPrint.txt"> > </cfsavecontent> > > <cfheader name="Content-Disposition" value="attachment; > filename=grothplan.doc"> > <cfcontent > type="application/unknown"><cfoutput>#Trim(MyDoc)#</cfoutput><cfsetting > showdebugoutput="false"> > > HTH, > G! > > On Thu, Feb 4, 2010 at 2:36 AM, Arsalan Tariq Keen <arsalk...@hotmail.com > >wrote: > > > > > Dear Experts, > > > > I want to know is there any way I can auto-fill my word documents with > > specific data at specific locations using ColdFusion. I have done this > using > > PDF Forms, where I used to add texfields and then later populate them > using > > CF. Is there anyway to achieve this using CF + MS-Word???? > > > > > > Regards, > > Arsalan > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:330402 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
