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Ray,

you would need to attach native DLLs with JNI, losing one of Java's selling
points: portability.
http://web2.java.sun.com/docs/books/tutorial/native1.1/index.html

Torsten

Ray Porter schrieb in Nachricht <3adad84b_2@dnews>...
>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,
>================================
>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
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