I forgot to mention: the strings look like numbers, for example, "13", "12", whatever. POI insists that the cells must be numbers, no matter what.
am using excel 2000 9.0.2720 am using poi version 1.5.1 apparently... jakarta-poi-1.5.1-final-20020625.jar the data is kind of private but if you really need i can probably make a spreadsheet of similar content. lemme know. --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi Troy, > > I've been reading strings without any fuss. Do you > have an example xls > spreadsheet and some code to illustrate your > frustrations? > > -Jeff > > > I am encountering a great deal of frustration with > > HSSFCell, which insists on preventing me from > getting > > the actual string contents of a cell, even when I > > format the cells as text in excel. Why is this > > > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > > Do You Yahoo!? > > HotJobs - Search Thousands of New Jobs > > http://www.hotjobs.com > > > > -- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: > > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > For additional > > commands, e-mail: > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > For additional commands, e-mail: > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? HotJobs - Search Thousands of New Jobs http://www.hotjobs.com -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
