RTF Editor Kits

[sunde887]

I am working on a more complex word processor, and I am only in the beginning stages(saving, opening, deleting), I have got it to work on saves, opens and deletes, my problem stems from trying to open word documents.

I get the following error when trying to open a microsoft word document

C:\Javacode\TextEditor>java TextEditor
java.io.IOException: Too many close-groups in RTF text

I can post the code if necessary, but it works fine when saving and opening files written with the text editor itself, do I need to do something special to open word documents?

[DarrylBurke]

I presume, although you haven't stated it, that the document you refer to was saved from Word in RTF format. (If you're trying to open a .doc file, well ...). I've experienced that Word sometimes saves malformed RTF, and the generated file is always exceedingly verbose, often containing font and color table entries that aren't used anywhere in the document.

Try saving a very small file -- just a couple of words -- from Word, and if you still get the same error the RTF may be small enough to post here for review (in code tags of course, and with line breaks added if necessary).

db

[sunde887]

Alright, I believe I solved it, the old file I was trying to open was a docx file. Im wondering, is there any way to open up .docx files in my editor?

[r035198x]

Alright, I believe I solved it, the old file I was trying to open was a docx file. Im wondering, is there any way to open up .docx files in my editor?

You do realize that those could contain images, tables e.t.c?

[DarrylBurke]

is there any way to open up .docx files in my editor?

I've never used it nor even looked at it, but I believe the OpenOffice API is capable of this.

db