number to date( docx velocity)

GoogleCodeExporter commented 9 years ago

hello, 

I don't know if it is possible but i have some number in type long in java, is 
it possible to insert them in my docx template and in the same time changing 
them in a date format like 12/06/2012 ?

thanks

Gaspard GUERAND

Original issue reported on code.google.com by gaspardg...@gmail.com on 21 Sep 2012 at 1:59

GoogleCodeExporter commented 9 years ago

Hi Gaspard,

If I understand you have a long value that you put in the context like this:

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long longDate = ...
context.put("myDate", longDate);
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And you wish write a mergefield in your docx : 

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My date : $myDate
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If it's that, you can create a Java class DateHelper :

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public class DateHelper {
   public static final DateHelper INSTANCE= new DateHelper ();
   public String format(long longDate) {
    // format long as date
   }
}
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put an helper class in the context DateHelper

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context.put("d", DateHelper.INSTANCE);
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And after you can use it in your docx like this : 

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My date : $d.format($myDate)
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But I suggest you to read Velocity documentation to use static method (never 
used).

Hope it will help you.

Regards Angelo

Original comment by angelo.z...@gmail.com on 21 Sep 2012 at 9:17

Changed state: Invalid

GoogleCodeExporter commented 9 years ago

thanks a lot. 

it works fine. 

Regards, 

Gaspard

Original comment by gaspardg...@gmail.com on 24 Sep 2012 at 8:50

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