how to read rtf file and display in console?

[nuur alif]

Hello there..

can any of these family guide me in how to read RTF file content?
i want to manipulate the string content(example get the length) and display it in console.

it is possible? from my 'homework' it can be done using awt.huhu..i just want to display it in console.no need GUI? :roll:

thanks in advanced for your concern!

[Gamini Sirisena]

Looks like RTF is a format developed by Microsoft. I believe you may be able to read these formats using a library called Apache POI. That's as much as I can help.

May be if you explain a bit more about your problem others may chip in..

[Ulf Dittmer]

No, POI has no provisions for reading RTF. But the basic structure of RTF isn't complicated. If you spend some time with the specification (such as there is) and study a few simple RTF files, you should be able to write code that parses the file contents and extracts the actual text.

[nuur alif]

Originally posted by Ulf Dittmer:
No, POI has no provisions for reading RTF. But the basic structure of RTF isn't complicated. If you spend some time with the specification (such as there is) and study a few simple RTF files, you should be able to write code that parses the file contents and extracts the actual text.

thanks! you do help much and i am trying to study about RTF and java..

hmm.. it is possible?

for example, i want to write an arabic text and save it as .RTF file.
then i want to read the .RTF file as a unicode. without using GUI ( in this case RTF Editor KIT)

I just want to read the arabic character which is in .RTF file.Then i want to manipulate each arabic charater. Hmm..

is it relate about encodings?
how to set to arabic encodings?

[Ulf Dittmer]

RTF is just plain text. I'd suggest to create a simple file containing Arabic characters, save it as RTF, and then use a text editor to look at what got created. Armed with that, it shouldn't be hard to figure out how to create RTF files; the RTF documentation can help fill in the blanks after that.

[nuur alif]

hmm.. i had done that way...where i write and save it as RTF file with UTF-8 encodings..but they display ???

i need to get the character because i want to sort the character..hmm..?

[Ulf Dittmer]

Where are the characters displayed as question marks? In the console? In the editor? If the former, most consoles can't display Unicode. If the latter, make sure the editor can handle Unicode (and Arabic) in general (meaning it has fonts and selects those properly).

[nuur alif]

Originally posted by Ulf Dittmer:
Where are the characters displayed as question marks? In the console? In the editor? If the former, most consoles can't display Unicode. If the latter, make sure the editor can handle Unicode (and Arabic) in general (meaning it has fonts and selects those properly).

hmm.. i am trying learn from example..

 
 
import java.awt.*;
import java.io.*;
import javax.swing.*;
import javax.swing.text.*;
import javax.swing.text.rtf.*;
 
class RTFView
extends JFrame
{
public RTFView()
{
setTitle( "RTF Text Application" );
setSize( 400, 240 );
setBackground( Color.gray );
getContentPane().setLayout( new BorderLayout() );
 
JPanel topPanel = new JPanel();
topPanel.setLayout( new BorderLayout() );
getContentPane().add( topPanel, BorderLayout.CENTER );
 
// 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( "C:\\source\\caa.rtf" );
rtf.read( fi, editor.getDocument(), 0 );
}
catch( FileNotFoundException e )
{
System.out.println( "File not found" );
}
catch( IOException e )
{
System.out.println( "I/O error" );
}
catch( BadLocationException e )
{
}
}
 
public static void main( String args[] )
{
// Create an instance of the test application
RTFView mainFrame= new RTFView();
mainFrame.setVisible( true );
}   

i am using awt ..java applet to display ..the output is ���������