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Exporting data to MS Word.
Hi all,
I am trying to generate a MS Word document through WordML. The report contains some special (accentuated) French characters (e.g. é).
In my java code, I am using "XMLOutputter" to generate the document.
In the action class, I set the "response.setContentType("application/msword; charset=UTF-8");"
Still, in the resulting MS Word document that is generated, those special characters are getting deformed.
(Note that, I do not use any JSP here. From the action class, directly the Word doc is generated.)
Any idea what can be the problem?
Thanks for your time.
With best regards,
Anjishnu.
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Re: Exporting data to MS Word.
Posted by Max Cooper <ma...@maxcooper.com>.
I understand now that the output is not a binary Word file, but rather
an XML file that Word can read.
Rather than setting the encoding on the HTTP response, you might need to
set it in the XML. The first line of this page gave me the idea:
http://www.simonstl.com/articles/officeXML/wordML.html
-Max
On Wed, 2006-03-01 at 13:46 +0000, Gareth Evans wrote:
> You might want to try IS0-8859-1 rather than UTF-8, i find this works better for me
>
> Gareth
>
> Max Cooper wrote:
>
> > Maybe take the generated one and just fix the bad chars, then compare
> > the binaries to see what changed. (Word might change all kinds of stuff
> > when you save it that isn't related to your edit, though.)
> >
> > -Max
> >
> > On Tue, 2006-02-28 at 17:51 -0800, Max Cooper wrote:
> >
> >>Your HTTP response is a binary Word file, right? If so, it doesn't seem
> >>like you should specify that the HTTP response has a charset (since it
> >>is binary).
> >>
> >>Can you create a Word doc with the char you want (by typing in Word)?
> >>Maybe you can compare the binary content of your hand-edited Word doc
> >>with the one your web app creates to see what is different.
> >>
> >>-Max
> >>
> >>On Tue, 2006-02-28 at 14:04 +0530, Anjishnu Bandyopadhyay wrote:
> >>
> >>>Hi all,
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>I am trying to generate a MS Word document through WordML. The report contains some special (accentuated) French characters (e.g. é).
> >>>
> >>>In my java code, I am using "XMLOutputter" to generate the document.
> >>>
> >>>In the action class, I set the "response.setContentType("application/msword; charset=UTF-8");"
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>Still, in the resulting MS Word document that is generated, those special characters are getting deformed.
> >>>
> >>>(Note that, I do not use any JSP here. From the action class, directly the Word doc is generated.)
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>Any idea what can be the problem?
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>Thanks for your time.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>With best regards,
> >>>
> >>>Anjishnu.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
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Re: Exporting data to MS Word.
Posted by Gareth Evans <ga...@msoft.co.uk>.
You might want to try IS0-8859-1 rather than UTF-8, i find this works better for me
Gareth
Max Cooper wrote:
> Maybe take the generated one and just fix the bad chars, then compare
> the binaries to see what changed. (Word might change all kinds of stuff
> when you save it that isn't related to your edit, though.)
>
> -Max
>
> On Tue, 2006-02-28 at 17:51 -0800, Max Cooper wrote:
>
>>Your HTTP response is a binary Word file, right? If so, it doesn't seem
>>like you should specify that the HTTP response has a charset (since it
>>is binary).
>>
>>Can you create a Word doc with the char you want (by typing in Word)?
>>Maybe you can compare the binary content of your hand-edited Word doc
>>with the one your web app creates to see what is different.
>>
>>-Max
>>
>>On Tue, 2006-02-28 at 14:04 +0530, Anjishnu Bandyopadhyay wrote:
>>
>>>Hi all,
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>I am trying to generate a MS Word document through WordML. The report contains some special (accentuated) French characters (e.g. é).
>>>
>>>In my java code, I am using "XMLOutputter" to generate the document.
>>>
>>>In the action class, I set the "response.setContentType("application/msword; charset=UTF-8");"
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>Still, in the resulting MS Word document that is generated, those special characters are getting deformed.
>>>
>>>(Note that, I do not use any JSP here. From the action class, directly the Word doc is generated.)
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>Any idea what can be the problem?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>Thanks for your time.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>With best regards,
>>>
>>>Anjishnu.
>>>
>>>
>>>
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Re: Exporting data to MS Word.
Posted by Max Cooper <ma...@maxcooper.com>.
Maybe take the generated one and just fix the bad chars, then compare
the binaries to see what changed. (Word might change all kinds of stuff
when you save it that isn't related to your edit, though.)
-Max
On Tue, 2006-02-28 at 17:51 -0800, Max Cooper wrote:
> Your HTTP response is a binary Word file, right? If so, it doesn't seem
> like you should specify that the HTTP response has a charset (since it
> is binary).
>
> Can you create a Word doc with the char you want (by typing in Word)?
> Maybe you can compare the binary content of your hand-edited Word doc
> with the one your web app creates to see what is different.
>
> -Max
>
> On Tue, 2006-02-28 at 14:04 +0530, Anjishnu Bandyopadhyay wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >
> >
> >
> > I am trying to generate a MS Word document through WordML. The report contains some special (accentuated) French characters (e.g. é).
> >
> > In my java code, I am using "XMLOutputter" to generate the document.
> >
> > In the action class, I set the "response.setContentType("application/msword; charset=UTF-8");"
> >
> >
> >
> > Still, in the resulting MS Word document that is generated, those special characters are getting deformed.
> >
> > (Note that, I do not use any JSP here. From the action class, directly the Word doc is generated.)
> >
> >
> >
> > Any idea what can be the problem?
> >
> >
> >
> > Thanks for your time.
> >
> >
> >
> > With best regards,
> >
> > Anjishnu.
> >
> >
> >
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Re: Exporting data to MS Word.
Posted by Max Cooper <ma...@maxcooper.com>.
Your HTTP response is a binary Word file, right? If so, it doesn't seem
like you should specify that the HTTP response has a charset (since it
is binary).
Can you create a Word doc with the char you want (by typing in Word)?
Maybe you can compare the binary content of your hand-edited Word doc
with the one your web app creates to see what is different.
-Max
On Tue, 2006-02-28 at 14:04 +0530, Anjishnu Bandyopadhyay wrote:
> Hi all,
>
>
>
> I am trying to generate a MS Word document through WordML. The report contains some special (accentuated) French characters (e.g. é).
>
> In my java code, I am using "XMLOutputter" to generate the document.
>
> In the action class, I set the "response.setContentType("application/msword; charset=UTF-8");"
>
>
>
> Still, in the resulting MS Word document that is generated, those special characters are getting deformed.
>
> (Note that, I do not use any JSP here. From the action class, directly the Word doc is generated.)
>
>
>
> Any idea what can be the problem?
>
>
>
> Thanks for your time.
>
>
>
> With best regards,
>
> Anjishnu.
>
>
>
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