Java - Microsoft Office communication

[Stovio]

Hi,

Does anyone know if there is some simple to use library for communication between Java applications and MS Office products?
If so, where can I find information about it?
if not, which is the way to go? To use JNI to via a DLL access the office COM-objects or to use some Java-COM bridge?

Thanks!

/S

 

[jstreich]

I've not seen a simple method for communicating between Office and Java, and would doubt that there is a good way to do it since the lawsuits. I think your easiest route is to use native method invocation or some other work arround... What exsactly are you trying to "communicate" between them?

 

[sedj]

This may be what you are after :

http://jakarta.apache.org/poi/

Failing that, a good Java-COM bridge is :

http://danadler.com/jacob/

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[Stovio]

jstreich -> I am simply trying to create, change and save documents.

sedj -> Thanks.