Microsoft Word to Java

Yes I checked Google, yes I checked these forums and so on. Basically, what I'm trying to do is read in a word file, check for certain words (its a code that users will write in the word document) and then check those codes to see if they match a code in a text file (most likely another word document) and then append to that code the description that follows the matching code from the database to the existing word document.
I found the POI project, which seems to be feasible, but I was just wondering if you guys are aware of this (because I need to give an answer to work to see if it's possible soon) and if it is possible, how long is it going to take me to do it.
So what I'm looking for essentially is :
-Read Word file
-search through it for specific words
-run those words through the database to find the corresponding one
-append the description from the database to the code inside the word file
-the database is most likely another word file.
So do you think it would work with POI? J-Integra costs money so that is a no dice.
And it isn't a one time thing, people will be using it later on.
I'm thinking executable jar, but I can take care of that.
Comments/experience/suggestions are welcome, thanks.

Actually I need something that can be distributed to
alot of computers, and right now for POI to work I
need ANT and forrest. Things that I am not too
familiar with and don't have time to either. This has
to be user friendly and editable.
I wrote a Macro that saved the doc file into xml to a
specific location with a specific name. I'm going to
have an executable jar and the user just has to click
it and enter the keyword they are looking for. ( I
made an applet due to userfriendly-ness). Afterwards,
I'm going to make it convert back to doc (I'm still
working on that, probably another macro.). All in
all, this is my solution since the exporting to xml
is clean (the interface, not the code).
And since converting back to doc from xml is almost
flawless (with the type of documents I'm using) it
works perfectly for MY needs.
Anyways, that's all I did. POI looks like a hassle
and a half to go through.Well, it all depends on the circumstances. I've seen this kind of thing come up before, where a circuitous route is taken to convert from one format to the other. If you know it's not going to change in the future, and you can conrol the environment, it may make sense.
The danger is that if there's a lot of users, you now have to support the code itself, the macro, hope that there aren't MS Word version issues, JVM issues with MS vs. Sun, JVM version issues, etc. Personally, I'd either use WebStart or a web app so you can control the environment, and then I'd wire in POI. It's more development up front, but can potentially save you a lot of headache down the road.
But as I said, your mileage may vary, consult a doctor if itching persists, etc. Good luck!

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