Convert Html/Mxml File to Word Doc Programmatically in Java

Convert HTML/MXML file to Word doc programmatically in Java

I've found that by far the best (free) option to do conversions like this is to use the OpenOffice API. It has a very robust conversion facility. It's a bit of a pain to initially get working because of how abstract the API is, but once you do, it's powerful. This API wrapper helps to simplify it somewhat.

Convert html to doc in java

docx4j 2.8.0 supports converting XHTML documents and fragments to docx content. Disclosure: I wrote some of the code.

Is there a Java API that can create rich Word documents?

In 2007 my project successfully used OpenOffice.org's Universal Network Objects (UNO) interface to programmatically generate MS-Word compatible documents (*.doc), as well as corresponding PDF documents, from a Java Web application (a Struts/JSP framework).

OpenOffice UNO also lets you build MS-Office-compatible charts, spreadsheets, presentations, etc. We were able to dynamically build sophisticated Word documents, including charts and tables.

We simplified the process by using template MS-Word documents with bookmark inserts into which the software inserted content, however, you can build documents completely from scratch. The goal was to have the software generate report documents that could be shared and further tweaked by end-users before converting them to PDF for final delivery and archival.

You can optionally produce documents in OpenOffice formats if you want users to use OpenOffice instead of MS-Office. In our case the users want to use MS-Office tools.

UNO is included within the OpenOffice suite. We simply linked our Java app to UNO-related libraries within the suite. An OpenOffice Software Development Kit (SDK) is available containing example applications and the UNO Developer's Guide.

I have not investigated whether the latest OpenOffice UNO can generate MS-Office 2007 Open XML document formats.

The important things about OpenOffice UNO are:

1. It is freeware
2. It supports multiple languages (e.g. Visual Basic, Java, C++, and others).
3. It is platform-independent (Windows, Linux, Unix, etc.).

Here are some useful web sites:

• Open Office home
• Open Office UNO Developer's Guide
• OpenOffice Developer's Forum (especially the "Macros and API" and "Code Snippets" forums).

How can I use an XSLT to transform XML to HTML in C#?

Here's a simple example of how to use XSLT to transform XML into HTML:

string tmp = "<XML DATA>";
StringBuilder sbXslOutput = new StringBuilder();   

using (XmlWriter xslWriter = XmlWriter.Create(sbXslOutput))  
{  
    XslCompiledTransform transformer = new XslCompiledTransform();  
    transformer.Load("transformer.xsl");  
    XsltArgumentList args = new XsltArgumentList();  

    XmlDataDocument doc = new XmlDataDocument();
    doc.Loadxml(tmp);

    transformer.Transform(doc, args, xslWriter);  
}  

string dataSetHtml = sbXslOutput.ToString();  

Let's say this is your XML:

<RecentMatter>   
  <UserLogin>PSLTP6\RJK</UserLogin>   
  <MatterNumber>99999-2302</MatterNumber>   
  <ClientName>Test Matters</ClientName>   
  <MatterName>DP Test Matter</MatterName>   
  <ClientCode>99999</ClientCode>   
  <OfficeCode/>   
  <OfficeName/>   
  <Billable>true</Billable>   
  <ReferenceId/>   
  <LastUsed>2011-08-23T23:40:24.13+01:00</LastUsed>   
</RecentMatter>   
<RecentMatter>   
  <UserLogin>PSLTP6\RJK</UserLogin>   
  <MatterNumber>999991.0002</MatterNumber>   
  <ClientName>Lathe 1</ClientName>   
  <MatterName>LW Test 2</MatterName>   
  <ClientCode/>   
  <OfficeCode/>   
  <OfficeName/>   
  <Billable>true</Billable>   
  <ReferenceId/>   
  <LastUsed>2011-07-12T16:57:27.173+01:00</LastUsed>   
</RecentMatter>   
<RecentMatter>   
  <UserLogin>PSLTP6\RJK</UserLogin>   
  <MatterNumber>999991-0001</MatterNumber>   
  <ClientName>Lathe 1</ClientName>   
  <MatterName>LW Test 1</MatterName>   
  <ClientCode/>   
  <OfficeCode/>   
  <OfficeName/>   
  <Billable>false</Billable>   
  <ReferenceId/>   
  <LastUsed>2011-07-12T01:59:06.887+01:00</LastUsed>   
</RecentMatter>   
</NewDataSet>   

Here's an XSLT script that transforms the XML to HTML:

<xsl:stylesheet xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform" version="1.0">  
  <xsl:template match="/">  
      <table border="1">  
        <tr>  
          <th>User Login</th>  
          <th>Matter Number</th>  
          ...  
        </tr>  
        <xsl:for-each select="NewDataSet/RecentMatter">  
          <tr>  
            <td>  
              <xsl:value-of select="UserLogin"/>  
            </td>  
            <td>  
              <xsl:value-of select="MatterNumber"/>  
            </td>  
            ...  
          </tr>  
        </xsl:for-each>  
      </table>  
  </xsl:template>  
</xsl:stylesheet> 

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