AppletTalk.com Java discussions newsgroups   Archives   FAQ   Search   Memberlist   Usergroups   Register   Profile   Log in to check your private messages   Log in  Printing MS Word from a JAVA application in a UNIX server          AppletTalk.com Forum Index -> Java Help View previous topic :: View next topic   Author Message Oz Guest Posted: Tue Apr 18, 2006 3:12 pm    Post subject: Printing MS Word from a JAVA application in a UNIX server Hi, I have the following issue: I am migrating a java application in a Unix server that used to use a commercial product to connect with a Windows server to print and process ms word files (from a .doc template and an xml file containing data the process birngs back a .prn file to print in a print server and a .doc itself). Now we are getting rid of the commercial product, what means that I'm doing everything in the Unix server. The process is quite easy to code because I just saved the templates as .xml documents (thanks to office 2003), but I'm stuck with the printing problem. How can I print a word document (without loosing format) in a Unix server from a java application? How can I get a printing document (as I used to get a .prn)? Thanks in advance. Back to top Rhino Guest Posted: Tue Apr 18, 2006 4:12 pm    Post subject: Re: Printing MS Word from a JAVA application in a UNIX serve "Oz" <oz123456 (AT) hotmail (DOT) co.uk> wrote in message news:1145371018.072005.234430 (AT) z34g2000cwc (DOT) googlegroups.com... Quote: Hi, I have the following issue: I am migrating a java application in a Unix server that used to use a commercial product to connect with a Windows server to print and process ms word files (from a .doc template and an xml file containing data the process birngs back a .prn file to print in a print server and a .doc itself). Now we are getting rid of the commercial product, what means that I'm doing everything in the Unix server. The process is quite easy to code because I just saved the templates as .xml documents (thanks to office 2003), but I'm stuck with the printing problem. How can I print a word document (without loosing format) in a Unix server from a java application? How can I get a printing document (as I used to get a .prn)? Please don't multipost. If you're not sure which newsgroup to use, it is possibly acceptable to crosspost to the newsgroups that look like the right ones if you only do it once or twice. But you should then learn the intended purpose of each newsgroup and choose the right newsgroup each time. It is better still to find the FAQ that describes the intended use of each newsgroup. Multiposting has the potential to waste a lot of time for the people that independently answer your question without knowing that you've asked it elsewhere; you might have already received an answer on those other newsgroups. -- Rhino Back to top Lothar Kimmeringer Guest Posted: Tue Apr 18, 2006 8:12 pm    Post subject: Re: Printing MS Word from a JAVA application in a UNIX serve Oz wrote: Quote: Now we are getting rid of the commercial product, what means that I'm doing everything in the Unix server. The process is quite easy to code because I just saved the templates as .xml documents (thanks to office 2003), but I'm stuck with the printing problem. How can I print a word document (without loosing format) in a Unix server from a java application? How can I get a printing document (as I used to get a .prn)? Save the DOCs to the OpenOffice- or OpenDocument-format and use the Java-API of OpenOffice to load and print the document. Regards, Lothar -- Lothar Kimmeringer E-Mail: spamfang (AT) kimmeringer (DOT) de PGP-encrypted mails preferred (Key-ID: 0x8BC3CD81) Always remember: The answer is forty-two, there can only be wrong questions! Back to top Oz Guest Posted: Wed Apr 19, 2006 9:12 am    Post subject: Re: Printing MS Word from a JAVA application in a UNIX serve I apologize for any inconvinient caused. I'll take your complain in account for future posts. Back to top Oz Guest Posted: Wed Apr 19, 2006 9:12 am    Post subject: Re: Printing MS Word from a JAVA application in a UNIX serve Hi Lothar, Thanks so much for the answer. The only problem is that OpenOffice is not a validated product in the company and the systems people refuse to install it. Do you know any other alternative? Once again, thank you so much. Back to top Lothar Kimmeringer Guest Posted: Wed Apr 19, 2006 11:12 pm    Post subject: Re: Printing MS Word from a JAVA application in a UNIX serve Oz wrote: Quote: Thanks so much for the answer. The only problem is that OpenOffice is not a validated product in the company and the systems people refuse to install it. Do you know any other alternative? Use WINE to run Word and the OLE-API shipped with SWT to connect to it. Regards, Lothar -- Lothar Kimmeringer E-Mail: spamfang (AT) kimmeringer (DOT) de PGP-encrypted mails preferred (Key-ID: 0x8BC3CD81) Always remember: The answer is forty-two, there can only be wrong questions! 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