Anthony,

I certainly understand the "fraud" feeling. I felt guilty simply asking the question on the POI user list. All the same, thanks for the input. I haven't checked out jxcell but I will if it turns out that HSSF doesn't meet my needs.

Tom

Anthony Andrews wrote:
Feel a complete fraud posting this here but, have you looked at jxcell?

I must admit that I have not be this link does boast of it's support for 
formulae.

http://www.jxcell.net/

"Andrew C. Oliver" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: AFAIK there is no Java-based VBA interpreter in existence. You might be able to do something slick with IKVM and MONO but probably with a formidable performance cost. If you really need this, an implementation can be created, contact me offline. (acoliver ot buni dat org)

Tom Muldoon wrote:
Unfortunately, the ability to invoke a macro may be a requirement. That said, does anyone know of another Java-Excel project (e.g. JExcelAPI, Pagos spreadsheet component) that does include a VBA interpreter?

Tom

PS. On a side note, the POI HSSF project seems to be very easy to use. I had a proof of concept up and running in very little time.

Andrew C. Oliver wrote:
No. That would require a VBA interpreter. HSSF is not a spreadsheet engine/app/whatever it is an API to deal with a file format.

Tom Muldoon wrote:
Andrew,

by "Macros can be there if ...", do you mean that macros can be invoked / executed from the Java code? The reason that I ask is that the Limitations page states simply ...

"Macros cannot be created. However, reading and re-writing files containing macros will safely preserve the macros."

In other words, it doesn't actually state whether or not macros can be invoked / executed.

Thanks again, Tom

Andrew C. Oliver wrote:
The project is active. We just haven't put out an official release in awhile. Partly because builds/milestones are reasonably stable. Macros can be there if you set the preserve flag off the hssf workbook constructor.
Tom Muldoon wrote:
I'm wondering what the state of the POI-HSSF project is. I noticed that the latest release is dated 06-Aug-2004 and I'm assuming that this project is no longer active. I also noticed that the archive link is broken. That said, I also noticed in the list of limitations that macros cannot be created, however, I'm wondering if macros can be invoked.

Thanks in advance, Tom

PS. If this project is no longer active, are there other projects out there that are?


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