Hi Brian. Which version do you use? Possibly the file contains lists. Make a countercheck with POI 3.0.
Regards, Karl-Heinz. -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- Von: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Gesendet: Montag, 11. September 2006 20:31 An: [email protected] Betreff: Opening an existing Excel spreadsheet I am having a problem when I try and open an existing Excel file. ByteArrayOutputStream ba = null; FileInputStream fileInputStream = null; HSSFWorkbook hssfWorkbook = null; ba = new ByteArrayOutputStream(); fileInputStream = new FileInputStream( httpServletRequest.getSession().getServletContext().getInitParameter( "repReviewFile" ) ); POIFSFileSystem fs = new POIFSFileSystem( fileInputStream ); hssfWorkbook = new HSSFWorkbook( fs ); On this last line, I get this exception: rg.apache.poi.hssf.record.RecordFormatException: Unable to construct record instance, the following exception occured: null org.apache.poi.hssf.record.RecordFactory.createRecord(RecordFactory.java:237 ) org.apache.poi.hssf.record.RecordFactory.createRecords(RecordFactory.java:16 0) org.apache.poi.hssf.usermodel.HSSFWorkbook.<init>(HSSFWorkbook.java:163) org.apache.poi.hssf.usermodel.HSSFWorkbook.<init>(HSSFWorkbook.java:130) Does anyone know why this might be happening. I have no protection or auto filters set on the file either. Thanks. Bryan --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mailing List: http://jakarta.apache.org/site/mail2.html#poi The Apache Jakarta Poi Project: http://jakarta.apache.org/poi/ --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mailing List: http://jakarta.apache.org/site/mail2.html#poi The Apache Jakarta Poi Project: http://jakarta.apache.org/poi/
