All, I can't share the file, but... (sorry, it hurts me too). File opens without problem in Excel. If anyone has any recommendations, I'd appreciate it.
Caused by: org.apache.poi.hssf.record.RecordFormatException: Expected to find a ContinueRecord in order to read remaining 1 of 51 chars at org.apache.poi.hssf.record.RecordInputStream.readStringCommon(RecordInputStream.java:420) at org.apache.poi.hssf.record.RecordInputStream.readCompressedUnicode(RecordInputStream.java:379) at org.apache.poi.hssf.record.FormatRecord.<init>(FormatRecord.java:57) It looks like the record length is correct, but that the XLUnicode string requires one more character than is stored in the record. In a format record, I'm seeing: 1E 04 37 00 -- format record which should contain 0x37 bytes 2a 00 - index code and Unicode or not 33 00 00 ... --- the XLUnicode String that should be 51 characters long However, only 50 characters follow...and they match where the overall record length should end Another format record follows immediately: 1E 04 2E 00...