[Wvware-users] MSWord to Java Document

[Roy A. <roy...@pa...>]

I have searched around for a way to read an MSWord file into a=20
javax.swing.text.Document and there seems to be no better way than=20
transforming WvWare into Java! The work looks fairly formidable but=20
better than learning German to decode the StarOffices C++.

Of course, I would put the Java code under the GPL with reference to=20
the WvWare authors.

But before I launch into this, does anyone have a better way of=20
achieving a (Java) platform independent way of reading Word files, or=20
relevant suggestions?

My application would be satisfied by a=20
Word->HTML->javax.swing.text.Document, but I will head towards a =20
Word->javax.swing.text.Document reader.

Roy