To set data validation in excel, Select a cell and then >From Excel menu->Data->Validation would provide a host of options for String, Decimal, List, Date etc.
- sanjay --- Avik Sengupta <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > POI itself has no knowledge of any such thing.. .. it usually tries > to keep intact anything that it does not know about, but obviously in > this case, it aint so... > > Coming to think of it, i myself have no knowledge of such a > functionality... how do you set this in excel? > > Regards > - > Avik > > > > > -------Original Message------- > > From: Sanjay Ramamoorthi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Subject: data validation features > > Sent: 10 Jul 2003 00:15:53 > > > > Does POI have the feature to create excel with data validation > features > > e.g date ranges, text of certain length, etc > > > > I tried to create excel templates with the validation feature > set, but > > after opening and saving it via POI I lost all the validations > I had > > set. > > > > Any input would be appreciated. > > > > thanks > > Sanjay > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > For additional commands, e-mail: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -------Original Message------- > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
