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
> 
> 
> 
> 
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