On Tue, 2002-02-19 at 13:17, Corey Nelson wrote: > Hi, just thought I'd introduce myself and make you guys aware of what I > think is an alternative to POIFS. > > http://www.schemasoft.com/tools/structuredstorage.shtml > > SMART Technologies (www.smarttech.com) uses OLE Compound Document Format for > it's SMART Notebook documents. We are developing a Java version of Notebook > and I'm responsible for making sure it can read/write documents in the old > format. The only utility we were aware of for letting a Java app do this was > Schemasoft's. Unfortunately it costs US$5000. I did some research and found > POI and it looks like just what I need. >
Oh wow.. I saw one of those things once...those are cool. (not sure of what brand but he used a pointer and circled something on the screen and I was impressed).. Glad we could help! > I really admire you guys for all the effort you've put into this project and > the enthusiasm you have for it. I have a passion for good documentation and > good OO Design. I'm hoping I might be able to you guys out with > documentation of POIFS if I find any areas lacking or perhaps "Refactoring That would be awesome! Rip us a new one! > POIFS into imput and output classes as well as an event-driven API for > reading". That is, if you guys are open to help in those areas. > Weeel I think those things are basically done if I'm not mistaken? Marc? Thanks, Andy > Cheers, > > Corey Nelson > Software Developer > SMART Technologies > Calgary, Canada > > > > -- www.superlinksoftware.com 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
