Read MS Word properties

Question

Hi every body,
i need to read the properties of any MS-WORD document. Author, number of pages, number of words, etc. I really don't have any idea on where to begin.
Can somebody help me? Giving me a hint.
Waiting your response.
Thanks

Answer 1

Yes, it's quite complicated but doable using http://danadler.com/jacob. Search for examples in the JACOB mailing list hosted at yahoo groups. Here is a snippet:/*
* For MS Word Built-in Properties, see:
* http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/vbaof10/html/ofobjDocumentProperty.asp
        //Getting the doc's properties
     Object buildtInProperties = Dispatch.get(aDoc, "BuiltInDocumentProperties").toDispatch();
     // Get Title attribute (#1)
     Object aTitle = Dispatch.invoke(buildtInProperties, "Item", Dispatch.Get, new Object[] {new Integer(1)}, new int[1]).toDispatch();
     String strTitle = Dispatch.get(aTitle,"Value"));
        String newTitle = "New Title";
     Dispatch.put(aTitle, "Value", newTitle);
     // Get Subject attribute (#2)
     Object aSubject = Dispatch.invoke(buildtInProperties, "Item", Dispatch.Get, new Object[] {new Integer(2)}, new int[2]).toDispatch();
     System.out.println("Subject: " + Dispatch.get(aSubject,"Value"));