Re: Jakarta POI - HWPF for word files

On 8/10/06, Scott Klement <rpg400-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> are the Linux alternatives as programmable as Word? if not, then the
> ability to automate Word and Excel are big pluses to me.

Huh?  What does this have to do with Linux?  What do you mean by
"programmable"?  What the heck are you talking about?

When the user types in a name in an email or word document you enable
them to right click the name and get a popup menu containing
information retrieved from a server.  This is really neat in Excel
where you can program/automate - whatever word you understand - things
so the customer number in a cell is always validated against the as400
database, etc   That would be automating out so to speak.  Another way
to automate is if you are in a desktop application and the you want to
startup a new word document from the information on their screen.
Instead of creating a document file the programmer uses the COM or
.NET interfaces to Word to startup the word processor, open a new
document, then insert paragraphs, etc for the initial values of the
document.   Understand Mr Friendly?

-Steve