Re: Creating new word document

srigattugari@gmail.com wrote:
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<sscce>
import javax.swing.*;
import javax.swing.filechooser.FileFilter;
import java.io.*;

class SaveDocType {
   public static void main(String[] args) {
      String fileType =
         (args.length==0 ?
         "doc" :
         args[0] );
      fileType = JOptionPane.showInputDialog(
         "enter desired file type", fileType );
      if (fileType==null) {
         System.out.println("Action cancelled by user");
         System.exit(0);
      }
      fileType = (fileType.startsWith(".") ?
         fileType.toLowerCase() :
         "." + fileType.toLowerCase() );
      JFileChooser saveFile = new JFileChooser(".");
      saveFile.setFileFilter(new FileTypeFilter(fileType));
      int returnVal = saveFile.showSaveDialog(null);
      if(returnVal == JFileChooser.APPROVE_OPTION) {
         File f = saveFile.getSelectedFile();
         String name = f.getName();
         if (!name.toLowerCase().endsWith( fileType )) {
            name = name + fileType;
            f = new File(f.getParent(), name);
         }
         System.out.println(
            "You chose to create the file: " + f);
         if ( f.exists() ) {
            System.out.println(
               "\n!! File not created !!");
            System.out.println(
               "Should not overwite existing file!: " + f);
         } else {
            try {
               boolean success = f.createNewFile();
               System.out.println(
                  "Successfully created: " + f);
            } catch(IOException ioe) {
               ioe.printStackTrace();
            }
         }
      } else {
         System.out.println("Action cancelled by user");
      }
   }
}

class FileTypeFilter extends FileFilter {
   String type;

   FileTypeFilter(String fileType) {
      type = fileType;
   }

   public String getDescription() {
      return "File Type Filter";
   }

   public boolean accept(File f) {
      return f.getName().toLowerCase().endsWith(type);
   }
}
</sscce>

OTOH, for actually putting *data* into the word
document, you might look to Java POI - or a
more sensible and generic format, such as
HTML, or RTF.

Andrew T.