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Java and VBScript to populate and run macro throwing error

I have an Excel file which has a macro and I would like to automate the process. I have Java code which fills the Excel columns and I have written the VBScript to run the macro in the Excel.
My Java code is (I pass the Excel fileName which has the macro)
public void excelupdate(String fileName) {
FileInputStream file = null;
FileOutputStream out = null;
try {
file = new FileInputStream(new File(fileName));
HSSFWorkbook yourworkbook = new HSSFWorkbook(file);
HSSFSheet sheet1 = null;
for (int i = 0; i < yourworkbook.getNumberOfSheets(); i++) {
if (yourworkbook.getSheetName(i).contains("Sheet-Macro")) {
sheet1 = yourworkbook.getSheetAt(i);
}
}
Cell cell = null;
int rowValue = 10;
for (int i = 0; i < list.size() - 1; i++) {
cell = sheet1.getRow(rowValue).getCell(2);
cell.setCellValue(list.get(i));
rowValue++;
}
Cell cell1 = null;
int rowValue1 = 10;
for (int j = 0; j < Input1list.size() - 1; j++) {
cell1 = sheet1.getRow(rowValue1).getCell(3);
cell1.setCellValue(Input1list.get(j));
rowValue1++;
}
Cell cell2 = null;
int rowValue2 = 22;
for (int k = 0; k < Input2list.size() - 1; k++) {
cell2 = sheet1.getRow(rowValue2).getCell(4);
cell2.setCellValue(Input2list.get(k));
rowValue2++;
}
out = new FileOutputStream(("C:\\Users\\Desktop\\EXCEL.xls"));
yourworkbook.write(out);
out.close();
} catch (Exception e) {
e.printStackTrace();
} finally {
if (file != null) {
try {
file.close();
} catch (Exception e) {
}
}
if (out != null) {
try {
out.close();
} catch (Exception e) {
}
}
The Java code runs on Apache Poi to fill in the columns and moves the Excel file to a particular directory and then I have the below VBScript to run the macro:
Dim objXL
Set objXL = CreateObject("Excel.Application")
Set objWorkbook = objXL.Workbooks.Open("F:\testmacro\testmacro\EXCEL.xls")
objWorkbook.Sheets("AD stages").Cells(6, 4) = "F:\set1\set.txt"
objXL.Application.DisplayAlerts = False
objXL.ActiveWorkbook.Save
objXL.Application.Run "macro_cal"
objXL.ActiveWorkbook.Save
objXL.ActiveWorkbook.Close
objXL.Application.DisplayAlerts = True
objXL.Application.Quit
WScript.Echo "ExCEL file updated successfully"
WScript.Quit
Set objXL = Nothing
I call the above VBscript from the java as below,
File file = new File(excelFilename);
file.setExecutable(true);
file.setReadable(true);
file.setWritable(true);
Runtime runtime = Runtime.getRuntime();
try {
String sample="cmd /c start "+vbScript+" "+"\"" +excelFilename + "\"" + " "+"\"" +outFile + "\"";
System.out.println(sample);
Process process1 = runtime.exec(sample);
} catch (IOException e) {
logger.error(e);
}
But the problem is, once the Java populates the Excel columns and save the file, the file becomes protected and hence the VBScript is throwing an error stating it can't open/run the macro in protected Excel.
Any advice?

Thanks to #AxelRitcher, the solution is "Please read about Error message in Microsoft Office: "Office has detected a problem with this file". So seems as if the location F:\testmacro\testmacro is not a trusted location for Excel files having macros in it."

write to separate columns in csv

I am trying to write 2 different arrays to a csv. The first one I want in the first column, and second array in the second column, like so:
array1val1 array2val1
array1val2 array2val2
I am using the following code:
String userHomeFolder2 = System.getProperty("user.home") + "/Desktop";
String csvFile = (userHomeFolder2 + "/" + fileName.getText() + ".csv");
FileWriter writer = new FileWriter(csvFile);
final String NEW_LINE_SEPARATOR = "\n";
FileWriter fileWriter;
CSVPrinter csvFilePrinter;
CSVFormat csvFileFormat = CSVFormat.DEFAULT.withRecordSeparator(NEW_LINE_SEPARATOR);
fileWriter = new FileWriter(fileName.getText());
csvFilePrinter = new CSVPrinter(fileWriter, csvFileFormat);
try (PrintWriter pw = new PrintWriter(csvFile)) {
pw.printf("%s\n", FILE_HEADER);
for(int z = 0; z < compSource.size(); z+=1) {
//below forces the result to get stored in below variable as a String type
String newStr=compSource.get(z);
String newStr2 = compSource2.get(z);
newStr.replaceAll(" ", "");
newStr2.replaceAll(" ", "");
String[] explode = newStr.split(",");
String[] explode2 = newStr2.split(",");
pw.printf("%s\n", explode, explode2);
}
}
catch (Exception e) {
System.out.println("Error in csvFileWriter");
e.printStackTrace();
} finally {
try {
fileWriter.flush();
fileWriter.close();
csvFilePrinter.close();
} catch (IOException e ) {
System.out.println("Error while flushing/closing");
}
}
However I am getting a strange output into the csv file:
[Ljava.lang.String;#17183ab4
I can run
pw.printf("%s\n", explode);
pw.printf("%s\n", explode2);
Instead of : pw.printf("%s\n", explode, explode2);
and it prints the actual strings but all in one same column.
Does anyone know how to solve this?

1.Your explode and explode2 are actually String Arrays. You are printing the arrays and not the values of it. So you get at the end the ADRESS of the array printed.
You should go through the arrays with a loop and print them out.
for(int i = 0; i<explode.length;++i) {
pw.printf("%s%s\n", explode[i], explode2[i]);
}
2.Also the method printf should be look something like
pw.printf("%s%s\n", explode, explode2);
because youre are printing two arguments, but in ("%s\n", explode, explode2) is only one printed.
Try it out and say if it worked

After these lines:
newStr.replaceAll(" ", "");
newStr2.replaceAll(" ", "");
String[] explode = newStr.split(",");
String[] explode2 = newStr2.split(",");
Use this code:
int maxLength = Math.max(explode.length, explode2.length);
for (int i = 0; i < maxLength; i++) {
String token1 = (i < explode.length) ? explode[i] : "";
String token2 = (i < explode2.length) ? explode2[i] : "";
pw.printf("%s %s\n", token1, token2);
}
This also cover the case that the arrays are of different length.

I have removed all unused variables and made some assumptions about content of compSource.
Moreover, don't forget String is immutable. If you just do "newStr.replaceAll(" ", "");", the replacement will be lost.
public class Tester {
#Test
public void test() throws IOException {
// I assumed compSource and compSource2 are like bellow
List<String> compSource = Arrays.asList("array1val1,array1val2");
List<String> compSource2 = Arrays.asList("array2val1,array2val2");
String userHomeFolder2 = System.getProperty("user.home") + "/Desktop";
String csvFile = (userHomeFolder2 + "/test.csv");
try (PrintWriter pw = new PrintWriter(csvFile)) {
pw.printf("%s\n", "val1,val2");
for (int z = 0; z < compSource.size(); z++) {
String newStr = compSource.get(z);
String newStr2 = compSource2.get(z);
// String is immutable --> store the result otherwise it will be lost
newStr = newStr.replaceAll(" ", "");
newStr2 = newStr2.replaceAll(" ", "");
String[] explode = newStr.split(",");
String[] explode2 = newStr2.split(",");
for (int k = 0; k < explode.length; k++) {
pw.println(explode[k] + "\t" + explode2[k]);
}
}
}
}
}

replace a text using pdfbox for PDF file

I have 4 pdf files that came from one .doc file and I use 4 methods to convert my doc to a pdf (foxite reader, nitro, webservice and Word).
Then I used pdfbox to search and replace some words. The problem is, for some reason it only works for the file from foxite reader and Word, but not for the files created by nitro and the webservice.
Can any one have a clue?
This is the code I used:
public static void replace(String s) {
PDDocument doc = null;
int occurrences = 0;
try {
doc = PDDocument.load(s); // Input PDF File Name
System.out.println("+e" + doc);
List pages = doc.getDocumentCatalog()
.getAllPages();
for (int i = 0; i < pages.size(); i++) {
PDPage page = (PDPage) pages.get(i);
// System.out.println("ddd");
PDStream contents = page.getContents();
PDFStreamParser parser = new PDFStreamParser(contents.getStream());
parser.parse();
List tokens = parser.getTokens();
for (int j = 0; j < tokens.size(); j++) {
// System.out.println("jjjj");
Object next = tokens.get(j);
if (next instanceof PDFOperator) {
PDFOperator op = (PDFOperator) next;
// Tj and TJ are the two operators that display strings in a PDF
if (op.getOperation()
.equals("Tj")) {
// Tj takes one operator and that is the string
// to display so lets update that operator
COSString previous = (COSString) tokens.get(j - 1);
String string = previous.getString();
if (string.contains("#signature#")) {
string = string.replace("#signature#", "sam");
occurrences++;
}
// Word you want to change.
// Currently this code changes word "Good" to "Bad"
previous.reset();
previous.append(string.getBytes("ISO-8859-1"));
} else if (op.getOperation()
.equals("TJ")) {
COSArray previous = (COSArray) tokens.get(j - 1);
COSString temp = new COSString();
String tempString = "";
for (int t = 0; t < previous.size(); t++) {
if (previous.get(t) instanceof COSString) {
tempString += ((COSString) previous.get(t)).getString();
}
}
temp.append(tempString.getBytes("ISO-8859-1"));
tempString = "";
tempString = temp.getString();
if (tempString.contains("#signature#")) {
tempString = tempString.replace("#signature#", "sam");
occurrences++;
}
previous.clear();
String[] stringArray = tempString.split(" ");
for (String string : stringArray) {
COSString cosString = new COSString();
string = string + " ";
cosString.append(string.getBytes("ISO-8859-1"));
previous.add(cosString);
}
}
}
}
// now that the tokens are updated we will replace the page content stream.
PDStream updatedStream = new PDStream(doc);
OutputStream out = updatedStream.createOutputStream();
ContentStreamWriter tokenWriter = new ContentStreamWriter(out);
tokenWriter.writeTokens(tokens);
page.setContents(updatedStream);
}
System.out.println("number of matches found: " + occurrences);
doc.save(s + "_convert.pdf"); // Output file name
} catch (Exception ex) {
System.out.println("eee+" + ex.getMessage());
} finally {
if (doc != null) {
try {
doc.close();
} catch (IOException ex) {
ex.getStackTrace();
}
}
}
}

Bad characters when replacing text in pdf using pdfbox

I'm trying to replace text in pdf and it's kind of replaced, this is my code
PDDocument doc = null;
int occurrences = 0;
try {
doc = PDDocument.load("test.pdf"); //Input PDF File Name
List pages = doc.getDocumentCatalog().getAllPages();
for (int i = 0; i < pages.size(); i++) {
PDPage page = (PDPage) pages.get(i);
PDStream contents = page.getContents();
PDFStreamParser parser = new PDFStreamParser(contents.getStream());
parser.parse();
List tokens = parser.getTokens();
for (int j = 0; j < tokens.size(); j++) {
Object next = tokens.get(j);
if (next instanceof PDFOperator) {
PDFOperator op = (PDFOperator) next;
// Tj and TJ are the two operators that display strings in a PDF
if (op.getOperation().equals("Tj")) {
// Tj takes one operator and that is the string
// to display so lets update that operator
COSString previous = (COSString) tokens.get(j - 1);
String string = previous.getString();
if (string.contains("Good")) {
string = string.replace("Good", "Bad");
occurrences++;
}
//Word you want to change. Currently this code changes word "Good" to "Bad"
previous.reset();
previous.append(string.getBytes("ISO-8859-1"));
} else if (op.getOperation().equals("TJ")) {
COSArray previous = (COSArray) tokens.get(j - 1);
COSString temp = new COSString();
String tempString = "";
for (int t = 0; t < previous.size(); t++) {
if (previous.get(t) instanceof COSString) {
tempString += ((COSString) previous.get(t)).getString();
}
}
temp.append(tempString.getBytes("ISO-8859-1"));
tempString = "";
tempString = temp.getString();
if (tempString.contains("Good")) {
tempString = tempString.replace("Good", "Bad");
occurrences++;
}
previous.clear();
String[] stringArray = tempString.split(" ");
for (String string : stringArray) {
COSString cosString = new COSString();
string = string + " ";
cosString.append(string.getBytes("ISO-8859-1"));
previous.add(cosString);
}
}
}
}
// now that the tokens are updated we will replace the page content stream.
PDStream updatedStream = new PDStream(doc);
OutputStream out = updatedStream.createOutputStream();
ContentStreamWriter tokenWriter = new ContentStreamWriter(out);
tokenWriter.writeTokens(tokens);
page.setContents(updatedStream);
}
System.out.println("number of matches found: " + occurrences);
doc.save("a.pdf"); //Output file name
} catch (IOException ex) {
Logger.getLogger(ReplaceTextInPDF.class.getName()).log(Level.SEVERE, null, ex);
} catch (COSVisitorException ex) {
Logger.getLogger(ReplaceTextInPDF.class.getName()).log(Level.SEVERE, null, ex);
} finally {
if (doc != null) {
try {
doc.close();
} catch (IOException ex) {
Logger.getLogger(ReplaceTextInPDF.class.getName()).log(Level.SEVERE, null, ex);
}
}
}
the issue that it's replaced in a bad characters or hidden shape ( as example the bad word becomes only d character), but if i copy and paste it in another place it paste the expected word correctly,
also when i search the generated pdf for the new word it doesn't find it, but when i search with the old word it finds it in the replaced places

I found aspose, this link shows how to use it to replace text in pdfs, it's easy and works perfect except that it's not free, so the free version is printing copyrights line on the head of pdf file pages
http://www.aspose.com/docs/display/pdfjava/Replace+Text+in+Pages+of+a+PDF+Document

Writing to a text file using Java gets cut short

I have a program reading from a text file (currently 653 lines long) all separated by a comma. But when I go to save the file to a new location, it only saves 490 lines. It also seems that the last line in the newly created text file is cut in half. Any ideas on what might be the problem?
Here is the code that I used to open and sort the data in the list:
try {
scanner = new Scanner(file);
// Put the database into an array and
// Make sure each String array is 13 in length
while (scanner.hasNext()) {
line = scanner.nextLine();
word = line.split(",");
if (word.length < 13) {
String[] word2 = {"","","","","","","","","","","","",""};
for (int i = 0; i < word.length; i++) {
word2[i] = word[i];
}
dataBaseArray.add(word2);
}
else {
dataBaseArray.add(word);
}
}
}
catch (FileNotFoundException exc) {
JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(this, "File cannot be found.", "error finding file", JOptionPane.ERROR_MESSAGE);
}
// Splitting the database into vacant numbers/dead lines/vacant cubicles
for (int i = 0; i < dataBaseArray.size(); i++) {
if (dataBaseArray.get(i)[8].equals("VACANT")) {
vacantNums.add(dataBaseArray.get(i));
}
else if (dataBaseArray.get(i)[4].equals("DEAD")) {
deadLines.add(dataBaseArray.get(i));
}
else if (dataBaseArray.get(i)[6].equals("") && dataBaseArray.get(i)[7].equals("")) {
vacantCubs.add(dataBaseArray.get(i));
}
else if (dataBaseArray.get(i)[7].equals("")) {
people.add(dataBaseArray.get(i));
}
else {
people.add(dataBaseArray.get(i));
}
}
// Resetting the DB Array to put the values back in it
dataBaseArray = new ArrayList<>();
// Ordering the arrays I want them to appear in the list
// Orering the people to appear in alphabetical order
Collections.sort(people, new Comparator<String[]>() {
#Override
public int compare(String[] strings, String[] otherStrings) {
return strings[7].compareTo(otherStrings[7]);
}
});
// Put the people in the DB Array
for (int i = 0; i < people.size(); i++) {
dataBaseArray.add(people.get(i));
}
// Put the vacant numbers in the AB Array
for (int i = 0; i < vacantNums.size(); i++) {
dataBaseArray.add(vacantNums.get(i));
}
// Put the vacant cubicles in the AB Array
for (int i = 0; i < vacantCubs.size(); i++) {
dataBaseArray.add(vacantCubs.get(i));
}
// Put the dead lines in the AB Array
for (int i = 0; i < deadLines.size(); i++) {
dataBaseArray.add(deadLines.get(i));
}
list = new String[dataBaseArray.size()];
// Add the DB Array to the list
for (int i = 0; i < list.length; i++) {
if (dataBaseArray.get(i)[8].equals("VACANT")) {
list[i] = "VACANT";
}
else if (dataBaseArray.get(i)[4].equals("DEAD")) {
list[i] = "DEAD";
}
else if (dataBaseArray.get(i)[6].equals("") && dataBaseArray.get(i)[7].equals("")) {
list[i] = "Vacant Cubicle";
}
else if (dataBaseArray.get(i)[7].equals("")) {
list[i] = dataBaseArray.get(i)[6];
}
else {
list[i] = dataBaseArray.get(i)[7] + ", " + dataBaseArray.get(i)[6];
}
}
// Populate the list
lstAdvance.setListData(list);
Here is what I used to save the file:
try {
saveFile = new FileWriter("Save Location");
String newLine = System.getProperty("line.separator");
for (int i = 0; i < dataBaseArray.size(); i++) {
for (int j = 0; j < dataBaseArray.get(i).length; j++) {
saveFile.append(dataBaseArray.get(i)[j] + ",");
}
saveFile.append(newLine);
}
}
catch (IOException exc) {
JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(this,"error", "error", JOptionPane.ERROR_MESSAGE);
}

Writing to a file is buffered. You have to close() or flush() your writer (saveFile) at the end of writing.
Even better: you should do close() on your writer in the finally block.

Try it using the FileWriter and BufferedWriter....
File f = new File("Your_Path");
FileWriter fw = new FileWriter(f);
BufferedWriter bw = new BufferedWriter(fw);
And yes..its very important to do bw.close() (Closing the Buffer)

See this question : Java FileWriter with append mode
The problem is that your FileWriter object needs to be "append mode" . Then, you append to the file with the "write" method rather than the "append" method. Use a finally catch clause to call "close" . You don't need to flush ( I dont think).