Created attachment 35104 [details] unable to parse The full exception stack trace is included below: org.apache.tika.exception.TikaException: Unexpected RuntimeException from org.apache.tika.parser.microsoft.OfficeParser@547eb45 at org.apache.tika.parser.CompositeParser.parse(CompositeParser.java:282) at org.apache.tika.parser.CompositeParser.parse(CompositeParser.java:280) at org.apache.tika.parser.AutoDetectParser.parse(AutoDetectParser.java:135) at org.apache.tika.parser.ParserDecorator.parse(ParserDecorator.java:188) at org.apache.tika.parser.DigestingParser.parse(DigestingParser.java:74) at org.apache.tika.gui.TikaGUI.handleStream(TikaGUI.java:357) at org.apache.tika.gui.TikaGUI.openFile(TikaGUI.java:308) at org.apache.tika.gui.ParsingTransferHandler.importFiles(ParsingTransferHandler.java:94) at org.apache.tika.gui.ParsingTransferHandler.importData(ParsingTransferHandler.java:77) at javax.swing.TransferHandler.importData(Unknown Source) at javax.swing.TransferHandler$DropHandler.drop(Unknown Source) at java.awt.dnd.DropTarget.drop(Unknown Source) at javax.swing.TransferHandler$SwingDropTarget.drop(Unknown Source) at sun.awt.dnd.SunDropTargetContextPeer.processDropMessage(Unknown Source) at sun.awt.dnd.SunDropTargetContextPeer$EventDispatcher.dispatchDropEvent(Unknown Source) at sun.awt.dnd.SunDropTargetContextPeer$EventDispatcher.dispatchEvent(Unknown Source) at sun.awt.dnd.SunDropTargetEvent.dispatch(Unknown Source) at java.awt.Component.dispatchEventImpl(Unknown Source) at java.awt.Container.dispatchEventImpl(Unknown Source) at java.awt.Component.dispatchEvent(Unknown Source) at java.awt.LightweightDispatcher.retargetMouseEvent(Unknown Source) at java.awt.LightweightDispatcher.processDropTargetEvent(Unknown Source) at java.awt.LightweightDispatcher.dispatchEvent(Unknown Source) at java.awt.Container.dispatchEventImpl(Unknown Source) at java.awt.Window.dispatchEventImpl(Unknown Source) at java.awt.Component.dispatchEvent(Unknown Source) at java.awt.EventQueue.dispatchEventImpl(Unknown Source) at java.awt.EventQueue.access$500(Unknown Source) at java.awt.EventQueue$3.run(Unknown Source) at java.awt.EventQueue$3.run(Unknown Source) at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method) at java.security.ProtectionDomain$JavaSecurityAccessImpl.doIntersectionPrivilege(Unknown Source) at java.security.ProtectionDomain$JavaSecurityAccessImpl.doIntersectionPrivilege(Unknown Source) at java.awt.EventQueue$4.run(Unknown Source) at java.awt.EventQueue$4.run(Unknown Source) at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method) at java.security.ProtectionDomain$JavaSecurityAccessImpl.doIntersectionPrivilege(Unknown Source) at java.awt.EventQueue.dispatchEvent(Unknown Source) at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpOneEventForFilters(Unknown Source) at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEventsForFilter(Unknown Source) at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEventsForHierarchy(Unknown Source) at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEvents(Unknown Source) at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEvents(Unknown Source) at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.run(Unknown Source) Caused by: java.lang.ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException at java.lang.System.arraycopy(Native Method) at org.apache.poi.hwpf.model.SectionTable.<init>(SectionTable.java:84) at org.apache.poi.hwpf.HWPFDocument.<init>(HWPFDocument.java:288) at org.apache.tika.parser.microsoft.WordExtractor.parse(WordExtractor.java:157) at org.apache.tika.parser.microsoft.OfficeParser.parse(OfficeParser.java:171) at org.apache.tika.parser.microsoft.OfficeParser.parse(OfficeParser.java:132) at org.apache.tika.parser.CompositeParser.parse(CompositeParser.java:280) ... 43 more
That issue appears with latest poi code. One possible workaround is to try docx. I converted the file to docx and it parsed ok.
Does POI choke if you re-save as doc in Word? Sometimes different versions of Word or other office software produce different files.
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Converting to docx does not seem to be the fix as the file conversion process changes the file meta data. Is there is a way to update POI to handle the original doc file?
I converted the doc file using MS Word. I don't think that POI can be used to convert the file right now.
Using MS Word to resave as doc or docx makes the file parseable in POI. I used MS Word on a Mac (Word v15.29).
HOw to resave the file from doc to docx while retaining the original file meta data (especially content creation date)?