I can vouch that Formula 1 works if you want to pay a lot, though the graphics didn't work last time I checked. However, we're adding graphics support to POI we'll just have to decide whether to:
1. commit it to 2.0 possibly delaying the release even more 2. make a 2.5 3. commit to 3.0 making it take a good while before it will be in a prod release. 4. ??? I am in the second camp with lazy leanings towards the first. Now this won't give you GIF/JPG/whatever, but I'm sure a client will fund that development before long and it won't be particularly hard to do. Adding the feature to POI will still probably be cheaper than deploying Formula 1 on any serious system so it should be an easy sell. AFAIK, JXReports uses POI. No clue on ExcelWriter. -Andy On 12/8/03 7:47 PM, "Michael Zalewski" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > If you mean 'freeware', I don't think there is a solution. You can start > with a template that contains all the pictures, then use POI to add cell > data and formulas. But you cannot use the existing API to insert new > pictures, or to access or modify the existing pictures. > > If you are willing to pay for commercial software, there are a few > solutions: > > Formula One e.Spreadsheet Engine > http://www.reportingengines.com/products/espreadengine/overview.jsp > > JXReports > http://www.jxreports.com > > SoftArtisans ExcelWriter > http://officewriter.softartisans.com/default.aspx?PageID=67 > > The latest versions of these products seem to support Excel charts as well > as images. I haven't actually used any of these products, (other than > looking at the demos), so I can't say how well they work. > > -- Andrew C. Oliver http://www.superlinksoftware.com/poi.jsp Custom enhancements and Commercial Implementation for Jakarta POI http://jakarta.apache.org/poi For Java and Excel, Got POI? The views expressed in this email are those of the author and are almost definitely not shared by the Apache Software Foundation, its board or its general membership. In fact they probably most definitively disagree with everything espoused in the above email. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
