How to read cell content from '*.rtf' file?

Hello.

I need to read cell content from '*.rtf' file.
How can i get it in java?

Thanks in advanced.

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Thanks, but it's not difficult to read '*.rtf' file - difficult to parse it.
I need to get cell content.

Welcome to JavaRanch.

I can think of two approaches. Either use OpenOffice in server mode to open the file, and get at the cell contents using its Java API.

Or write an RTF grammar for a lexer or parser. It wouldn't need to cover all of RTF, just the parts you're interested in. (The JavaCC parser actually has two RTF grammars available already, so that may be a good start.)

Thanks a lot.
I'll write a small rtf parser.
So strange that pure java have no libraries for reading '.rtf'.

hmmm... but there is a small work-around available.

You can convert your RTF to XML, and then do your parsing. Check out this link for more details.

http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=21582

Too difficult a question for us "beginners." Moving thread.

I wrote my small parser of ".rtf" file for my small task.
May be it will be bigger.