That last remark was just that, a remark, directed at nobody in particular, so i dont quite see what the fuss is about.
I have looked at your bug, but without an EBCDIC machine i really dont know how to proceed, given that the files open fine in my machine. I suspect its basically an encoding issue. It could, for example be an artifact of the JVM implementation or the InputStream implementation. Can you rule that out? how do you expect any of us to figure that out? What does a "binary" ftp really mean in the context of a ASCII-EBCDIC conversion .. is it 8-bit safe? It might be a silly question to ask, but i have not clue, and i suspect most people on this list dont. Does your offer for help include running all the poi unit tests on such a machine, and sending us the results? you can certainly do that without any further input from us at all, i suppose. We certainly do get a lot of codepage problems, and all of the solutions we have implemented are from people who speak, and have access to desktops builds of, various languages. I personally would be totally unable to debug an issue with Chinese excel sheets in poi, for example. Quoting Elvira Gurevich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > I am sorry I think this last remark was uncalled for. I did offer help > with testing. > > Don't you get the same kind of (codepage) problems with international > users? > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Wulf Wechsung [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, March 20, 2003 6:29 AM > To: POI Users List > Subject: AW: sheet names and string format read garbled on EBCDIC > machine > > > what he is trying to say, I think is this: Support is what you are *not* > paying for, hence it comes down to what little or much people around > here > are willing and able to provide. C'mmon, you got java developers (or > even > are one) I am sure, just fix it yourself. PIO should have saved you > enough > time to do it. > > -----Ursprungliche Nachricht----- > Von: Elvira Gurevich [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Gesendet: Mittwoch, 19. Marz 2003 23:25 > An: 'POI Users List' > Betreff: RE: sheet names and string format read garbled on EBCDIC > machine > > > This is not a murmur. This is a specific problem and I tried to provide > as much info on it as I could. If you need more info, I would be happy > to get it to you. It just seems that nobody even looked at the problem > so far. It could be a simple fix for someone familiar with the code... > > If you really need a test setup and will use it, please provide me with > more details. I am not a decision maker, but will have to present this > to people. > > Thanks, > Elvira. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Andrew C. Oliver [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, March 19, 2003 1:06 PM > To: POI Users List > Subject: Re: sheet names and string format read garbled on EBCDIC > machine > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > >Hello, > > > >On 3/7/03, I submitted a bug#17791. > >To that bug report, I attached the relevant excel files and BiffViewer > >traces. > > > >We re-ran the test with jakarta-poi-1.11.0-dev-20030317.jar, with no > changes > >in results. > > > >We can provide an EBCDIC system for your testing, if that's the reason > for > >the problem to have been neglected so far. > > > > > That would help if you're willing to set up an automated process to run > our unit tests and send back info to our mailing list. I've asked for > this for awhile and I've only heard murmurs of volunteers and no > takers. We could really use automated testing on systems other than > Windows and Linux. I know a number of people who use POI on solaris > without trouble but I've heared murmurs about problems on various > Mainframes and minis. > > >I really need this resolved. > > > The best way to get things done urgently and for "free" is to provide > patches which resolve the issue. Since the project is run on a > volunteer basis, things get fixed "when we have time". > > Currently, when not treking around the country, I myself have been > working on a number of client-funded POI projects and haven't had time > to work on much else. > > Thanks, > > -Andy > > >Thank you. > >Elvira Gurevich > >iWay Software > > > > > > > > > >--------------------------------------------------------------------- > >To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
