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how to open a generated docx file
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Wed Apr 24, 2013 3:06 pmby lazywednesday
I am currently doing a program that generates docx files. and with docx4j i can successfully save it without any problems. but now i need to make an option where the user can view the docx file instead of saving it. how do i do this using java? here's my sample program
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ObjectFactory factory = null;
factory = Context.getWmlObjectFactory();
WordprocessingMLPackage wordMLPackage;
wordMLPackage = WordprocessingMLPackage.createPackage();
String fileName = "Sample.docx";
String filePath = SettingsConfig.getTempFolderPath(fileName);
P pSample = factory.createP();
R rSample = factory.createR();
Text txtSample = factory.createText();
txtSample .setValue("SAMPLE TEXT");
rSample .getContent().add(txtSample );
pSample .getContent().add(rSample );
wordMLPackage.getMainDocumentPart().addObject(pSample );
wordMLPackage.save(new java.io.File(filePath));
this code saves my generated docx file in my workspace. how do i open the generated docx file via java?
Re: how to open a generated docx file
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Wed Apr 24, 2013 5:42 pmby jason
view it / open it, with what application?
Re: how to open a generated docx file
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Wed Apr 24, 2013 5:54 pmby lazywednesday
with Microsoft office Word.
Re: how to open a generated docx file
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Wed Apr 24, 2013 7:13 pmby jason
Will your code be running on a web server, with users interacting with it via their web browser, or is it a desktop application?
Re: how to open a generated docx file
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Wed Apr 24, 2013 7:24 pmby lazywednesday
yes it will be running on a server with users on their web browser particularly internet explorer 7
Re: how to open a generated docx file
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Wed Apr 24, 2013 7:43 pmby jason
See
docx-java-f6/urgent-output-stream-rendering-to-browser-t320.htmlor, if using JAX-RS, something like:
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// Now stream the docx
final SaveToZipFile saver
= new SaveToZipFile
(output
);
ResponseBuilder builder
= Response.
ok(
new StreamingOutput
() {
public void write
(OutputStream output
) throws IOException, WebApplicationException
{
try {
saver.
save(output
);
} catch (Docx4JException e
) {
throw new WebApplicationException
(e
);
}
}
}
);
builder.
header("Content-Disposition",
"attachment; filename=foo.docx");
builder.
type("application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document");
return builder.
build();
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Whether the user is prompted to save the docx or it opens within their browser is a client side config thing. There is a Microsoft KB article somewhere which describes what to do for Internet Explorer.
hope this helps .. Jason
Re: how to open a generated docx file
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Thu Apr 25, 2013 8:43 pmby lazywednesday
ok i tried to copy and paste your code but i got lots of errors including some with no available imports. so i looked at the thread that you posted and pasted your code that was written there. the problem is how do i make the "res"? the httpservlet. i tried making a HttpServletResponse res = new HttpServletResponse. But then lots of handlers poped out. how do i declare the res?
Re: how to open a generated docx file
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Thu Apr 25, 2013 11:28 pmby jason
In a plain old servlet you typically implement method:
public void doPost(HttpServletRequest req, HttpServletResponse res )
or
public void doGet(HttpServletRequest req, HttpServletResponse res )
Notice res is HttpServletResponse in the method signature.