Re: hi all regarding introducing new methods

2007-05-02 Thread Yegor Kozlov
Hi, Follow instructions at http://jakarta.apache.org/poi/getinvolved/index.html Regards, Yegor RM Hi all RM i want to contribute to POI - HWPF RM Actually how i need to include my method in to API RM and what is the actual procedure RM what are all the conditions by jakarta.apache.org

Re: how to find style in existing workbook for cell position with

2007-05-02 Thread Andrew C. Oliver
An excellent question. Discovery is partly covered here: http://jakarta.apache.org/poi/getinvolved/index.html Otherwise one can use a combination of org.apache.poi.hssf.dev.BiffViewer foo.xls myfile and possibly engineer files with the low level APIs/stuff to see what is visible when. The

RE: There has got to be a way

2007-05-02 Thread David Henry
Levi, I haven't dug through all your code and spreadsheet, but have you considered what the definition of blank is? In many similar circumstances I have found that relying upon isBlank, for example, may not be sufficient if you have a mix of true blank (i.e. null value) cells and cells with

RE: There has got to be a way

2007-05-02 Thread Levi Strope
Forgive me for not clarifying earlier, this is using HSSF. To answer your question Dave, Yes - I have taken that into consideration. I'm not saying my code is correct in looking for the blank cells with the BlankRecord listener, but according to my limited knowledge and the javadoc a blankrecord

Re: hi all regarding introducing new methods

2007-05-02 Thread Andrew C. Oliver
http://jakarta.apache.org/poi/getinvolved/index.html Rajeshwar Mothe wrote: Hi all i want to contribute to POI - HWPF Actually how i need to include my method in to API and what is the actual procedure what are all the conditions by jakarta.apache.org to include my methods in to their

Re: There has got to be a way

2007-05-02 Thread Andrew C. Oliver
Another possibility. Styling was applied via row or colinfo records instead of by blank records. Try using org.apache.poi.hssf.dev.BiffViewer on your files. you can also use it in concert with the unix Diff command (try cygwin if you're on Windows) or your favorite alternative. Levi

RE: There has got to be a way

2007-05-02 Thread Donahue, Michael
Levi - In an effort to save space, Microsoft chose not to create cells for blank cells, unless they have been touched in some fashion. David Henry mentioned this when he said, 'Sometimes something as simple as tabbing to the cell may be sufficient to change a blank to a zero-length value.'