Hi Micheal, If you have a look in your COCOON_HOME/samples/poi/ there is some sample xml docuemnts and stylesheets to get started with. =)
Hope that helps. Darrell > -----Original Message----- > From: Michael Aracic [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: April 30, 2002 1:55 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: HSSF serializer/ Gnumeric file format information > > > Please forgive me for asking somewhat basic questions, but > I'm new to the list, and to cocoon. I've read a lot of the > online documentation, and I can't find anything detailed or > up to date about the HSSF serializer. I'm developing a > hands-off way to generate reports in excel format without > necessarily depending on windows hosted code. From what I've > read, the most platform-independent, flexible way of doing > this is currently using Cocoon's HSSF serializer. It sounds > like the simplest approach is to create an XSL stylesheet > that will transform our reporting program's XML output into > Gnumeric style XML, then run cocoon in command line mode, > reading in the XML reports. Cocoon will be configured to do > the transformation, then use the HSSF serializer to output > excel files. My questions are: 1. Have I overlooked anything > huge? 2. Where can I find information on HSSF or the Gnumeric > file format? I've used all the major search engines and > looked at all relevant project pages, and I haven't been able > to find what I need, which would include a description of the > Gnumeric file format, and exactly how the HSSF serializer > needs to be fed its input. 3. I imagine that the differences > between the XML that comes out of my reports program, and the > XML that is required by the serializer will be quite > profound. Are there any tools or resources that can help me > write the XSL stylesheet? I've read dozens of explanations of > how to transform different kinds of XML documents into HTML, > but very few about how to transform it into anything else. > Thanks, Michael Aracic > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > Please check that your question has not already been answered > in the FAQ before posting. <http://xml.apache.org/cocoon/faqs.html> To unsubscribe, e-mail: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --------------------------------------------------------------------- Please check that your question has not already been answered in the FAQ before posting. <http://xml.apache.org/cocoon/faqs.html> To unsubscribe, e-mail: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
