[SOLVED] Utf-16

[Nicholas Jordan]

I give up, I was trying to write RTF from a servlet - client insists on using some formats generally accepted in office settings,.... I want to tightly control all aspects of the activity. I gave up when I hit:

Code:

public abstract class Charsetextends Object

I'm giving up for the evening due to obscure and sparse data. Last item of any use was Encodings in Java by a doctorate.

I need to get something done tomorrow, any help is welcome.....I read the proprietary description ~ it is clearly and inexorably on a Death March.

[fishtoprecords]

what's the problem? RTF is fullly specified by Microsoft. I'm pretty sure it does not use anything more complex than UTF-8, but I haven't dug into the internals of RTF this century.

Since open source packages can read and write it, there has to be code out there to do the hard work.

[Nicholas Jordan]

Quote:

Originally Posted by fishtoprecords

what's the problem? RTF is fullly specified by Microsoft. I'm pretty sure it does not use anything more complex than UTF-8, but I haven't dug into the internals of RTF this century.

I think trying to read the spec turned my head around, I realized later that Java String Class understands all the ( stuff I was trying to do ) and all I need to is write(String.getBytes()); at any point and that should retire the UTF-8 issue completely. Client only uses tools at least a Century Old, so I thought I might start off with Old Bookman typeface / typefont. I took a short training course in client's work that lasted about ten hours, but Cuttham, Burnham and Runn insists on something they are familiar with. You know, keep it all in the family sort of client.

Quote:

Originally Posted by fishtoprecords

Since open source packages can read and write it, there has to be code out there to do the hard work.

I need assistance in finding those packages, I spent good part of an hour looking for useful information. Search was of limited utility, I will glady search on five or six engines if I can get some search terminology that will getter better scatter/gather rates.

[fishtoprecords]

So you are having problems with precision and recall in your searches, duh.

From wikipedia:

"The free and open-source word processors AbiWord, OpenOffice.org, and KWord can view and edit RTF files."

[Nicholas Jordan]

Quote:

Originally Posted by fishtoprecords

...AbiWord,...

Code:

// AbiWord
const UT_UCSChar * m_InitialBuffer;

doesn't look like Java to me, anyway const keyword binds to the left.

Quote:

Originally Posted by fishtoprecords

OpenOffice.org

Upon finding: Standard ECMA-376 Office Open XML File Formats:

Code:

Dll: C:\PROGRA~1\WinZip\wz32.dll - 09/26/97 07:30
Operation ceased at first binary zero.

Quote:

Originally Posted by fishtoprecords

...KWord,...

Code:

http://kdesvn-build.kde.org/other/svn-checkout-tarballs.php

Where's Tarball Class in 1.5 api docs?

Anyway, back to the point. So far I have had better luck digging for rtf info. I thought an hour ago of writing xml to the browser since all the browsers seem to understand it, but it would probaly parse it and

Code:

DocumentBuilderFactory.newDocumentBuilder()

is a parser, not a generator. I think for the moment I am going to re-read Marty Hall's advice on writing csv to the browser, I have a clear memory of that exporting to what CB&R uses for their document system.

[fishtoprecords]

For excel, writing CSV is the trivial solution.

Tons easier than RTF, which is really intended for Word documents. It has all this formatting, font, style, and other stuff that spreadsheets don't need.

CSV is near trivial.