Reading doc file

[siva_vs_siva]

i could not read the content of the doc file...
here is my coding..

BufferedReader br=new BufferedReader(new FileReader("E:\\ss.doc"));
String a;
while((a=br.readLine())!=null)
{
System.out.print(a);
}

the output is unreadable form.
is there any mistake in code. or what is procedure do read the doc file

[JosAH]

A .doc file isn't an ordinary text file; there is a lot of (complicated) structure in those files. The Apache foundation has an API that enables you to handle those files properly; just BufferedReaders as you were trying to use can't handle those files.

kind regards,

Jos