Hi everyone, I just wanted to announce the first (1.0) stable release of the POI project. We released on 12/30/01. This edition includes the pure java port of Microsoft's OLE 2 Compound Document format (POIFS), a pure java port of Microsoft's Excel (XLS) file format (HSSF), and an XLS Serializer (HSSFSerializer) as well as documentation and examples on how to set it up and use it with Cocoon 2. We build on the examples distributed with Cocoon 2 so that everyone can try them "out of the box" (takes under two minutes to set up).
Thanks to everyone who helped make this release possible. A Special thanks to Ken Barozzi for his examples and help with the serializer! I hope everyone will try it and report any defects or feature requests. You can read more at http://poi.sourceforge.net and http://www.sourceforge.net/projects/poi. We also have a new developer mailing list and a new user development mailing list. Please feel free to get involved! (see above URLs for details) We've already started our 2.0 development cycle and you can expect a development build shortly with new features. By the end of this cycle you can expect a Cocoon 2 XLS->XML Generator, full Formula support and quite possibly a Word Doc port (for a future Serializer). Happy new year. Thanks, Andrew C. Oliver -- www.superlinksoftware.com/cocoon/andy/resume.xml?src=tagline7 - Need a Java developer? www.sourceforge.net/projects/poi - port of Excel format to java http://developer.java.sun.com/developer/bugParade/bugs/4487555.html - fix java generics! The avalanche has already started. It is too late for the pebbles to vote. -Ambassador Kosh --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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]>
