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
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