Try using this:
HSSFDataFormat.getBuiltinFormat("@")
Calvin
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From: "Andy Lee" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Sent: Monday, February 03, 2003 2:07 PM
Subject: RE: How to get "12345" to be a real string?
> At 4:08 PM -0500 2/3/03, Charlat, Simon (Exchange) wrote:
> >I format the cell as text and it works.
> >cs2.setDataFormat(HSSFDataFormat.getBuiltinFormat("text"));
> >Simon.
> >
>
> What version of HSSF are you using? For me,
>
> HSSFDataFormat.getBuiltinFormat("text")
>
> returns -1.
>
> --Andy
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