Conversion from document to string

Question

I want to perform conversion from document to string for tht purpose i m doing sax parser but in the end i m getting null.The same thing if i do with DOM parser its working fine but some problem with sax parser.
I am attaching the code if anyone can find the problem it would be gr8.
Thanks in advance.
public String DocumentToString(Document doc) {
          StreamResult result = null;
          try {
          SAXParserFactory SAXpf = SAXParserFactory.newInstance();     
SAXParser SAXparser = SAXpf.newSAXParser();
          XMLr = SAXparser.getXMLReader();
     Source sXML = new SAXSource((InputSource) doc);
result = new StreamResult(new StringWriter());
Transformer transformer = TransformerFactory.newInstance().newTransformer();
transformer.setOutputProperty(OutputKeys.INDENT, "yes");
transformer.transform(sXML, result);
catch (TransformerConfigurationException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
catch (TransformerException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
catch(Exception e)
     System.out.println(e);
return result.getWriter().toString();
}

Answer 1

Paddy,
There are a couple of ways to create a Word file.  One is to use the Report Generation Toolkit which includes vi's to create and edit Word documents.  Since you are associated with a university you may already have the toolkit.  The other way is to use ActiveX.  You should be able to find examples of both in the forums.  There may also be an example that shipped with LV. 
Here is one example to get you going http://zone.ni.com/devzone/cda/epd/p/id/992