Comments on: Excel file generation made easy(er) http://en.newinstance.it/2006/11/03/excel-file-generation-made-easyer/ A tech blog by Luigi R. Viggiano Wed, 10 Mar 2010 04:42:09 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.3 by: Malcolm http://en.newinstance.it/2006/11/03/excel-file-generation-made-easyer/#comment-87673 Tue, 06 Nov 2007 21:46:24 +0000 http://en.newinstance.it/2006/11/03/excel-file-generation-made-easyer/#comment-87673 This is a good method but note Excel 2007 will show a warning when opening the file that the file is 'not in the expected format' if the user agress to open the file it will still open normally. This is a good method but note Excel 2007 will show a warning when opening the file that the file is ‘not in the expected format’ if the user agress to open the file it will still open normally.

]]> by: MSWord generation made easy(er) - NewInstance http://en.newinstance.it/2006/11/03/excel-file-generation-made-easyer/#comment-25417 Fri, 23 Mar 2007 15:32:33 +0000 http://en.newinstance.it/2006/11/03/excel-file-generation-made-easyer/#comment-25417 [...] But, Microsoft Word file format is not public, and generating such kind of file from Java is not that easy. There are libraries, like jakarta POI, but they are quite complex, and limited; and generating a print layout using those Java API could become a nightmare. The solution, as for the excel example, is to create a textual format from a word document, that can be easily manipulated: RTF. RTF, as msword, supports textfields that can be referenced by bookmarks and can be filled modifying the content of the file. [...] […] But, Microsoft Word file format is not public, and generating such kind of file from Java is not that easy. There are libraries, like jakarta POI, but they are quite complex, and limited; and generating a print layout using those Java API could become a nightmare. The solution, as for the excel example, is to create a textual format from a word document, that can be easily manipulated: RTF. RTF, as msword, supports textfields that can be referenced by bookmarks and can be filled modifying the content of the file. […]

]]> by: Luigi http://en.newinstance.it/2006/11/03/excel-file-generation-made-easyer/#comment-9197 Wed, 31 Jan 2007 10:48:43 +0000 http://en.newinstance.it/2006/11/03/excel-file-generation-made-easyer/#comment-9197 Try downloading and deploying the <a href="http://it.newinstance.it/wp-content/uploads/2006/11/xls-sample.zip" rel="nofollow" rel="nofollow">demo webapp</a>, and see yourself how easy it is. I would use POI if it is needed to import excel files, as POI is able also to read excel files. I found that reading excel is tricky also with POI, so better to not use excel at all for importing data. Try downloading and deploying the demo webapp, and see yourself how easy it is.

I would use POI if it is needed to import excel files, as POI is able also to read excel files. I found that reading excel is tricky also with POI, so better to not use excel at all for importing data.

]]> by: Pedro http://en.newinstance.it/2006/11/03/excel-file-generation-made-easyer/#comment-8976 Tue, 30 Jan 2007 16:19:47 +0000 http://en.newinstance.it/2006/11/03/excel-file-generation-made-easyer/#comment-8976 I don't try it yet, but i'll try on my job... I do a single question? if it is so easy do this conversion why may I use POI??? I don’t try it yet, but i’ll try on my job… I do a single question? if it is so easy do this conversion why may I use POI???

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