parsing .rtf file to a string

[Aaron McKrevice]

Short version: I need to read an rtf file, Put the contents into a String and display as (nicely) formatted text just as in the rtf file.

Long Version: I'm using Jasper Reports and IReport. In a report I need to display rtf formatted text from documents created by users. I'm able to read the file (duh) but I'm unable to display the formatted text.

I can display plain/unformatted text with this code:

  
        FileInputStream stream = new FileInputStream("c:\\myfile.rtf");
        RTFEditorKit kit = new RTFEditorKit();
        Document doc = kit.createDefaultDocument();
        kit.read(stream, doc, 0);
 
        String plainText = doc.getText(0, doc.getLength());
        System.out.println("text" + plainText);
        return plainText;

How can I display the text with bolds, italics, font changes etc?

Thanks

[Norm Radder]

Here's something I copied from: Source: http://www.cs.cf.ac.uk/Dave/HCI/HCI_Handout_CALLER/node123.html

 
// Create an RTF editor window
RTFEditorKit rtf = new RTFEditorKit();
JEditorPane editor = new JEditorPane();
editor.setEditorKit( rtf );
editor.setBackground( Color.white );
 
// This text could be big so add a scroll pane
JScrollPane scroller = new JScrollPane();
scroller.getViewport().add( editor );
topPanel.add( scroller, BorderLayout.CENTER );
 
// Load an RTF file into the editor
try {
FileInputStream fi = new FileInputStream(RTF_fn);
rtf.read( fi, editor.getDocument(), 0 );