hi paul, thanks again for this just one more thing then i have everything i need :)
there are sections in the documentation that allows for number formatting and date formatting such as: WritableCellFormat integerFormat = new WritableCellFormat (NumberFormats.INTEGER); Number number2 = new Number(0, 4, 3.141519, integerFormat); sheet.addCell(number2); WritableCellFormat floatFormat = new WritableCellFormat (NumberFormats.FLOAT); Number number3 = new Number(1, 4, 3.141519, floatFormat); sheet.addCell(number3); NumberFormat fivedps = new NumberFormat("#.#####"); WritableCellFormat fivedpsFormat = new WritableCellFormat(fivedps); Number number4 = new Number(2, 4, 3.141519, fivedpsFormat); sheet.addCell(number4); // Get the current date and time from the Calendar object Date now = Calendar.getInstance().getTime(); DateFormat customDateFormat = new DateFormat ("dd MMM yyyy hh:mm:ss"); WritableCellFormat dateFormat = new WritableCellFormat (customDateFormat); DateTime dateCell = new DateTime(0, 6, now, dateFormat); sheet.addCell(dateCell); and i have noticed that you translated it to: labelObj=createObject("java","jxl.write.Label"); numberObj=createObject("java","jxl.write.Number"); thisLabel=labelObj.init(0,0,"happy happy gizmo"); sheet.addCell(thisLabel); thisNumber=numberObj.init(0, 1, 3.1459); sheet.addCell(thisNumber); therefore how would you translate this formatting stated above thanks very much richard >> kind enough to provide me with a translation of the java instructions >> into coldfusion please :) > > ><cfscript> > outFile = createObject("java", > "java.io.File").init("e:\temp\excel\test.xls"); > workBook=createObject("java","jxl.Workbook").createWorkbook(outFile); > labelObj=createObject("java","jxl.write.Label"); > numberObj=createObject("java","jxl.write.Number"); > //////////////////////////////////////////////// > sheet = workBook.createSheet("First Sheet", 0); > thisLabel=labelObj.init(0,0,"happy happy gizmo"); > sheet.addCell(thisLabel); > thisNumber=numberObj.init(0, 1, 3.1459); > sheet.addCell(thisNumber); > workbook.write(); > workbook.close(); ></cfscript> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;192386516;25150098;k Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:305067 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4