Apache POI HWPF, replacing text in .doc documents fails

Question

I try to write down the result of the POI unit test at: code here, by adding the line

daDoc.write(new FileOutputStream("C:\\wordtest.doc"));

to the end of the method testRangeReplacementAll. The new document is corrupt when I try to open it with word 2003.

Any suggestions to fix this?

Answer 1

I would at least try to narrow this down, since that test does a number of things.

1. Can you open the original file in Word 2003 ?
2. can you open the file and immediately resave as another without doing any replacements. Does that open in Word 2003 ?
3. can you perform one replacement at least ?