I have still received no reply about why the Excel feature of Babel does not work.
> Are there examples of using the get method with Babel? Nothing I have tried > works using these instructions: > > <http://simile.mit.edu/wiki/Babel/How_to_call_translator_using_HTTP_GET> > > My attempt: > > <http://simile.mit.edu/babel/translator?reader=xls&writer=exhibit-json&url=h > ttp://concise-design.com/downloads/fmerrors.xls> > > I get errors like the following: > > You cannot get a string value from a numeric cell > Technical Details > > java.lang.NumberFormatException: You cannot get a string value from a > numeric cell > at > org.apache.poi.hssf.usermodel.HSSFCell.getStringCellValue(HSSFCell.java:775) > at edu.mit.simile.babel.xls.XLSReader.read(XLSReader.java:128) > at > edu.mit.simile.babel.TranslatorServlet.readAndConvertURL(TranslatorServlet.j > ava:360) > at > edu.mit.simile.babel.TranslatorServlet.readAndConvert(TranslatorServlet.java > :319) > at > edu.mit.simile.babel.TranslatorServlet.internalService(TranslatorServlet.jav > a:242) > at > edu.mit.simile.babel.TranslatorServlet.doGet(TranslatorServlet.java:84) > at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:689) > > _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ General mailing list [email protected] http://simile.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/general
