POI's best feature is that it actually works. Several months ago when I was charged with the unlikely task of getting a 390 series mainframe to produce Excel Spreadsheets I downloaded an evaluation copy of ExtenTech's product and tried to get a prototype running. The developers at ExtenTech were diligent at helping me fix my inital problems until I got something rudimentary working with the templates I needed to use. Satisfied by the incredible service they gave to someone who was only evaluating their product, I bought a license (imagine what a paid user gets!)
Once I bought a full license, the mean time to fix the ExtenXLS problems I had with my particular templates increased dramatically. I barely heard from the people who were previously so quick to fix the bugs I reported. I was in danger of dropping my deadlines, so in desparation I tried POI again and my problems dissapeared. The only problem that didn't go away (EBCDIC conversion) we were able to fix ourselves with some help from Andrew. I have since received a patched version (too late) from ExtenXLS which I could care less about as my 390/XLS solution is now powered by POI. -Jeff > http://www.extentech.com/products/ExtenXLS/docs/product_features.jsp > > Hey, Andy, any comment? I think you have a pretty easy-to-use API. :-) > Their examples don't look that different, either. > > > -- > 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]>
