JACOB's Unicode Compatibility

Question

I tried to insert or replace text with a Unicode character, say, "\u0111", into Word using JACOB (http://danadler.com/jacob ), but it would only show "?" for that; as a matter of fact, it displays "?" for all characters beyond the ANSI range \u0000-\u00FF. It seems that something is missing when JACOB communicates with COM. Word itself can handle Unicode characters without problem.
How can I make JACOB Unicode compatible? Is there a workaround this shortcoming? Thanks.
import com.jacob.activeX.ActiveXComponent;
import com.jacob.com.*;
import java.io.*;
public class Word
     private ActiveXComponent wordApp;
     private Object aDoc;
     private Object selectionObj;
     private Object findObj;
     public Word()
          wordApp = new ActiveXComponent("Word.Application");
          wordApp.setProperty("Visible", new Variant(true));
     public void open(String docName)
          Object documents = wordApp.getProperty("Documents").toDispatch();
          aDoc = Dispatch.call(documents, "Open", docName).toDispatch();
          selectionObj = wordApp.getProperty("Selection").toDispatch();
          findObj = Dispatch.call(selectionObj, "Find").toDispatch();
     public void replaceAll(String source, String target) throws java.lang.InterruptedException
          Variant True = new Variant(true);
          Variant False = new Variant(false);
          Dispatch.call(findObj, "ClearFormatting");
          Object replacementObj = Dispatch.call(findObj, "Replacement").toDispatch();
          Dispatch.call(replacementObj, "ClearFormatting");
          Variant FindText = new Variant(source);
          Variant ReplaceWith = new Variant(target);
          Variant Format = False;
          Variant MatchCase = True;
          Variant MatchWholeWord = False;
          Variant MatchWildcards = False;
          Variant MatchSoundsLike = False;
          Variant MatchAllWordForms = False;
          Variant Forward = True;
          final int WdFindWrap_wdFindContinue = 1;
          Variant Wrap = new Variant(WdFindWrap_wdFindContinue);
          final int WdReplace_wdReplaceAll = 2;
          Variant Replace = new Variant(WdReplace_wdReplaceAll);
//          Find.Execute(ref FindText, ref MatchCase, ref MatchWholeWord, ref MatchWildcards,
//                         ref MatchSoundsLike, ref MatchAllWordForms, ref Forward, ref Wrap,
//                         ref Format, ref ReplaceWith, ref Replace);     
          Dispatch.callN(findObj, "Execute", new Variant[] {
                         FindText, MatchCase, MatchWholeWord, MatchWildcards,
                         MatchSoundsLike, MatchAllWordForms, Forward, Wrap,
                         Format, ReplaceWith, Replace} );
          Dispatch.call(selectionObj, "WholeStory");
          Object font = Dispatch.call(selectionObj, "Font").toDispatch();
          Dispatch.put(font, "Name", "Arial");
     public void close()
          File outdir = new File("c:\\temp_Unicode");
          if (!outdir.exists())
               outdir.mkdir();
          Dispatch.call(wordApp, "ChangeFileOpenDirectory", outdir.getAbsolutePath());
          Dispatch.call(aDoc, "SaveAs", "out.doc");
          Dispatch.call(aDoc, "Close", new Variant(false));
          wordApp.invoke("Quit", new Variant[] {});
     public static void main(String[] args) throws java.lang.InterruptedException
          Word test = new Word();
          test.open("c:\\temp\\test.doc");
          Thread.sleep(1500);
          test.replaceAll("a", "\u0111");
          Thread.sleep(1500);
          test.close();
}

Answer 1

hi can any one tell me how the change the size of the window,I use resize it works but for the first time when the window is in Maximum its gives me Window is Maximum error.but after manually when i resize it it works fine.
I am pasting my code Plz help me
import com.jacob.activeX.ActiveXComponent;
import com.jacob.com.*;
import java.io.*;
public class Word1 implements Serializable
     public ActiveXComponent wordApp;
     private Object aDoc;
     private Object selectionObj;
     private Object findObj;
     private Object closeObj;
     private Object font;
     private String docContect;
     public Word1()
     public ActiveXComponent open(String docName) throws java.lang.InterruptedException
     wordApp = new ActiveXComponent("Word.Application");
          wordApp.setProperty("Visible", new Variant(true));
          final int a = 0;
          Variant ReplaceWindow = new Variant(a);
          //Dispatch.call(wordApp,"WindowState",a);
          Dispatch.callN(wordApp,"WindowState",new Variant[] {ReplaceWindow});
          Variant va = Dispatch.call(wordApp,"WindowState");
          System.out.println(" VAlue :"+ va.toInt());
          //Dispatch.call(testdocuments,"wdWindowStateNormal");
          try {
          Dispatch.call(wordApp,"Resize",new Integer(450),new Integer(300));
          catch( com.jacob.com.ComFailException ce) {
          System.out.println(ce);
          //int a =1;
          //Object testdocuments = Dispatch.call(wordApp,a,"wdWindowStateNormal").toDispatch();
          //Dispatch.call(wordApp,"NormalTemplate");
          //System.out.println("testdocuments :" +testdocuments);
          //Dispatch.call(testdocuments,"wdWindowStateNormal");
          ////Object documents = wordApp.getProperty("Documents").toDispatch();
          ////aDoc = Dispatch.call(documents, "Open", docName).toDispatch();
          return wordApp;
     public String findString(String source) throws java.lang.InterruptedException
     // Initialize the starting position to zero
          int position = 0;
          int position1 = 0;
          int arrayCount = 0;
          String firstSource;
          String middleSource;
          String lastSource;
          String findPosition = "";
          firstSource = source + " ";
          middleSource = " " + source + " ";
          lastSource = " " + source;
          Object activeDoc = wordApp.getProperty("ActiveDocument").toDispatch();
          docContect = Dispatch.call(activeDoc, "Content").toString();
          selectionObj = wordApp.getProperty("Selection").toDispatch();
          findObj = Dispatch.call(selectionObj, "Find").toDispatch();
          Variant True = new Variant(true);
          Variant False = new Variant(false);
          Dispatch.call(findObj, "ClearFormatting");
          Object replacementObj = Dispatch.call(findObj, "Replacement").toDispatch();
          Dispatch.call(replacementObj, "ClearFormatting");
          String target = "to";
          Variant FindText = new Variant(source);
          Variant ReplaceWith = new Variant(target);
          Variant Format = False;
          Variant MatchCase = True;
          Variant MatchWholeWord = True;
          Variant MatchWildcards = False;
          Variant MatchSoundsLike = False;
          Variant MatchAllWordForms = False;
          Variant Forward = True;
          final int WdFindWrap_wdFindContinue = 1;
          Variant Wrap = new Variant(WdFindWrap_wdFindContinue);
          final int WdReplace_wdReplaceAll = 2;
          Variant Replace = new Variant(WdReplace_wdReplaceAll);
          Object content = Dispatch.call(activeDoc,"Content").toDispatch();
          Object char1 = Dispatch.call(content,"Characters").toDispatch();
          Variant vwordcount = Dispatch.call(char1,"Count");
          int wordcount = vwordcount.toInt();
          String[] strArray = docContect.split(" ");
          //System.out.println("docContect :" + docContect);
          for(int i=0;i<wordcount;i++) {                 
          position = docContect.indexOf(firstSource,position1);
          if(position == 0 || position == -1)
          position = docContect.indexOf(middleSource,position1);
          if(position == 0 || position == -1) {
          position = docContect.indexOf(lastSource,position1);
          if(position == 0 || position == -1) {
          position = docContect.indexOf(source,position1);
          if(position == 0 || position == -1) {
          //System.out.println("position :" + position);
          break;
          //findPosition = position+"#";
          position1 = position + 1;
          i = position;
          //System.out.println("String Location :" + position1);
          Object item = Dispatch.call(char1,"Item",new Integer(position1)).toDispatch();
          Dispatch.call(item,"Select");
          Thread.sleep(1000);
     return findPosition;                                             
     public void gotoPosition(int num) {
     Object activeDoc = wordApp.getProperty("ActiveDocument").toDispatch();
Object content = Dispatch.call(activeDoc,"Content").toDispatch();
     Object char1 = Dispatch.call(content,"Characters").toDispatch();
Object item = Dispatch.call(char1,"Item",new Integer(num)).toDispatch();
     Dispatch.call(item,"Select");
     public void close() {
wordApp.setProperty("Visible", new Variant(false));