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  1. Tika
  2. TIKA-2069

Extract Macro text from Microsoft Office documents

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Details

    • Improvement
    • Status: Resolved
    • Major
    • Resolution: Fixed
    • 1.13
    • 1.14, 2.0.0
    • detector, parser

    • RHEL 5.x, Apache Tomcat

    Description

      Tika supports macro-enabled Microsoft Office documents by extracting metadata and contents, however, macros within the document are not in the metadata or content output.
      Desire is to have the macro text extracted also.

      Info regarding macro extraction: http://www.decalage.info/vba_tools

      Attachments

        1. tika-app-1.14-20160928.190000-109-xlsmacro.xlsm.output
          3 kB
          Jeff Swindle
        2. tika-app-1.14-20160928.190000-109-test-macro-doc.docm.output
          3 kB
          Jeff Swindle
        3. excel-macro.PNG
          8 kB
          Jeff Swindle
        4. word-macro.PNG
          24 kB
          Jeff Swindle
        5. xlsmacro.xlsm.tika-app-output.txt
          2 kB
          Jeff Swindle
        6. xlsmacro.xlsm
          17 kB
          Jeff Swindle
        7. test-macro-doc.docm-tika-app-output.txt
          3 kB
          Jeff Swindle
        8. test-macro-doc.docm
          15 kB
          Jeff Swindle

        Issue Links

          depends upon

          Improvement - An improvement or enhancement to an existing feature or task. TIKA-2013 Upgrade to POI 3.15 when available

          • Minor - Minor loss of function, or other problem where easy workaround is present.
          • Resolved
          is related to

          Bug - A problem which impairs or prevents the functions of the product. TIKA-2104 Upgrade to a version of POI that fixes common bugs in macro extraction, when available

          • Major - Major loss of function.
          • Resolved

          Improvement - An improvement or enhancement to an existing feature or task. TIKA-2302 Make handling of macros equivalent btwn VBA in MSOffice and JS in PDFs

          • Minor - Minor loss of function, or other problem where easy workaround is present.
          • Resolved

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