I'm joining Mark in his comments. > No apology is necessary but I do need to warn you that HWPF is still an > immature API that is very much in need of support from developers - that is > a less than subtle hint by the way.
Anyone with the HWPF "itch", please, please, please step up and show us your "stuff". If your bosses really want full HWPF then tell them about the benefits of joining an open source project - the opportunity to influence development of a well known and widely used library making it even better. > The problem is that pretty soon after completing the first iteration of the > API, the lead developer accepted a new job that involved him signing a > non-disclosure agreement with Microsoft. As a result, he is prevented from > even discussing the work he completed on the API and it has unfortunately > languished somewhat. If you do want to get involved in developing the API > futher, take a look at this page - http://poi.apache.org/hwpf/index.html > where you can find a link to the document Microsoft published detailing the > binary file format which would be a very good place to start. On the page Mark refers to it talks about nagging a particular person. Instead an interested developer who has created patches for HWPF will need to get on the POI Dev list and start telling us what they have done. Repeatedly. Regards, Dave > > Yours > > Mark B > > > Shamal Karunarathne wrote: >> >> 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 <markbrd...@tiscali.co.uk> 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, <madhusudan.re...@accenture.com> >>> 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:markbrd...@tiscali.co.uk] >>>>> Sent: Sunday, May 16, 2010 8:54 PM >>>>> To: user@poi.apache.org >>>>> 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. 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