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Hello all,
In their infinite wisdom, our management has decreed that all applications
(everything from mainframe CICS to little desktop apps) must be converted to
Java, with Oracle as the backend database if a db is needed.  We have
several fairly major client/server and desktop applications (currently in
Delphi) that interact directly with the Windows api and the office suite of
tools.  These are functions that our customers have requested and require
(for example, exports of query results to local MS Access databases or to
Excel and Word, etc).  Is there a way to duplicate this functionality in
Java?  Can Java automate Windows applications?  The preferred methodology
here is Java servlets and JSP which I think leaves us with even less ability
to interact with the local operating system.

Thanks,
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Ray Porter
Applications Analyst Programmer
Administrative Information Services, UNC-CH
Phone: (919) 966-5878
Fax: (919) 962-5840
Email: ray_porter@unc.edu
Web: http://www.unc.edu/~dragon