In previous post we saw how we can export the content displayed on a web page to an excel file. In this tutorial we will see how we can export web page to word file. Although chances of your end users demanding an Export to Word functionality is less than Export to Excel, but it is still handy to know how this can be handled if need be.
Lets assume this is our existing page where we want to add Export to Word functionality:
Here is the existing source code of this web page:
<%@ page language="java" contentType="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1" pageEncoding="ISO-8859-1"%> <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd"> <html> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1"> <title>Export to Word - Demo</title> </head> <body> This is the plain text. <p> <i>This is the italic text. </i> <p> <b>This is the bold text. </b> <p> <s>This is the strike text.</s> <p> <font color="green">This is the color text. </font> <p> <a href="#">This is hyperlink. </a> <p> </body> </html>
We will add a link “Export to Word” which will export the contents of the page to a word file. The page will look something like this:
Here is the new version code of the jsp we showed above. This version adds “Export to Word” link and its corresponding functionality:
<%@ page language="java" contentType="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1"
pageEncoding="ISO-8859-1"%>
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd">
<html>
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1">
<title>Export to Word - Demo</title>
</head>
<body>
<%
String exportToWord = request.getParameter("exportToWord");
if (exportToWord != null
&& exportToWord.toString().equalsIgnoreCase("YES")) {
response.setContentType("application/vnd.ms-word");
response.setHeader("Content-Disposition", "inline; filename="
+ "word.doc");
}
%>
This is the plain text.
<p>
<i>This is the italic text. </i>
<p>
<b>This is the bold text. </b>
<p>
<s>This is the strike text.</s>
<p>
<font color="green">This is the color text. </font>
<p>
<a href="#">This is hyperlink. </a>
<p>
<%
if (exportToWord == null) {
%>
<a href="word.jsp?exportToWord=YES">Export to Word</a>
<%
}
%>
</body>
</html>
Export web page to word code explanation:
1) In this version of JSP, when you click on the “Export to Word” link, the request is sent to the same page (word.jsp) but with a URL parameter exportToWord=YES.
<a href="word.jsp?exportToWord=YES">Export to Word</a>
2) The JSP checks for this parameter right at the beginning. If this parameter is found with value YES, we set the content type of the response to word and specify the filename of the word file which will open on the user’s computer.
String exportToWord = request.getParameter("exportToWord");
if (exportToWord != null
&& exportToWord.toString().equalsIgnoreCase("YES")) {
response.setContentType("application/vnd.ms-word");
response.setHeader("Content-Disposition", "inline; filename="
+ "word.doc");
}
3) All the contents on the page are exported when you click on the “Export to Word”. However we might not want the “Export to Word” link itself to appear in the exported word file. To prevent this from appearing, we add an if condition to check whether exportToWord parameter is present or not. If it is, then it means that the contents are to be exported to word so we don’t include that link. If the parameter is not present, then it means we are just loading the JSP page on browser, so the link is printed on page.
<%
if (exportToWord == null) {
%>
<a href="word.jsp?exportToWord=YES">Export to Word</a>
<%
}
%>
Export web page to word output:
When you click the link, you should get a popup asking you to Open or Save the file. Click open, you should see the file as below:
As you can see, the Export to Word functionality we just added also preserves the formatting of the data we export.
You can download the eclipse project for the code explained in this tutorial:
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