Hi All, Don't ask my why I did this... but maybe it has to do with the umpteenth private email asking me if HSSF has a gui app to show XLS files.
I wrote this in the course of about an hour. Its in contrib, it reads XLS files from streams and/or files, it can run as an applet. It proves I'm the worlds greatest Java Gui programmer ;-).. Its called SUCKY VIEWER 0.10. And it is true to its name, but it works. Features: 1. Runs as an applet 2. Reads and renders XLS files using the HSSF usermodel 3. Can take a "filename" or "url" applet parameter and will read it from the local or remote system 4. Renders all major data types, Strings, Numbers, etc. 5. sets cell background color if its set with pattern type SOLID_FOREGROUND (1) 6. sets the font if java.awt.Font knows what to do. Contribution opportunities (for YOU not ME): 1. No borders 2. No alternative Patterns for fill types 3. Doesn't mess with HSSFCellFormat (meaning numbers are nasty looking) 4. Renders so slow my grandma could outrun it. (hint: the getRow, getCell methods are NOT fast) 5. Using a URL instead of a filename when its run as an application and not an applet doesn't seem to work (oops, sorry) 6. Did I mention I put very little effort into this? So if someone improves this to not Suck, I'll rename it ;-) and perhaps move it to www.krysalis.org Happy Hacking. -Andy -- http://www.superlinksoftware.com - software solutions for business http://jakarta.apache.org/poi - Excel/Word/OLE 2 Compound Document in Java http://krysalis.sourceforge.net/centipede - the best build/project structure a guy/gal could have! - Make Ant simple on complex Projects! The avalanche has already started. It is too late for the pebbles to vote. -Ambassador Kosh -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
