Word document parsing using ROR

rubyonrails-talk
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Hi dudes

     Is there anyway to parse word document to upload the data from word doc to d/b pls help me in sorting this issue.

Thanks

Anandh

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anandh wrote:

     Is there anyway to parse word document to upload the data from word doc to d/b pls help me in sorting this issue.    This has been asked and answered recently.

Cheers, Mohit. 6/12/2009 | 7:06 PM.

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This might help, if not then tell us what you have investigated and what further information you need.

http://www.google.co.uk/search?q=ruby+parse+word+document

Colin

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@Mohit:     It was asked previously by the OP, he just never got his question answered properly.

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p_W wrote:

@Mohit:     It was asked previously by the OP, he just never got his question answered properly.   

My apologies in that case. Sorry to all. Just that with the volume of emails on Rails Talk and the increased number of questions like "I want to do this - send me code and everything else" (which I see as an indication that Ruby is gaining mass adoption), I probably missed the message.

Again, sorry.

Cheers, Mohit. 6/23/2009 | 1:22 PM.

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Look at AntiWord: http://www.winfield.demon.nl/

I'm working on a custom parser that uses antiword to generate a semi- formatted text file, then parses through the text file. It's ugly, but it does work. If you just want to extract the information, antiword is the way to go. :slight_smile:

-Danimal