Josh, I am trying to get the HWPF code to write/read doc files. The website described going to: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/poi/trunk/src/scratchpad/
I was using the command: svn co http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/poi/trunk/src/scratchpad/ scratchpad but I just tried what you suggested and it did work. I was able to go there via a web browser but how did you find this: https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/poi/trunk? -Phil On Fri, Feb 20, 2009 at 2:48 PM, Josh Micich <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello Phil, > > In general, if you only need the 'latest release' or any release, you can > follow the links from > http://poi.apache.org/ > > I guess the reason you are trying to use SVN is that you need access to the > very latest main-line (hopefully to help contribute ; ) > > From what I understand, 'ViewVC' is a web based interface to svn: > http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/poi/trunk/ > I use it for browsing, but not much else. > > What command are you using to do the checkout? For example: > svn co https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/poi/trunk myLocalTrunk > The total size of an svn checkout for POI is ~140M in 14,000 files, so this > command might take a few minutes. > > I generally don't build scratchpad all by itself, but I guess you could if > you have the other POI jars available. I just tried this checkout and it > worked OK (~36M, 2200 files): > svn co > https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/poi/trunk/src/scratchpadmyLocalScratchpad > > > If you have a unix-like OS, 'svn' may already be installed. I use the one > available with cygwin. Alternatively, you can work with TortoiseSVN, which > is a shell-extension gui that provides a wrapper for much of the > functionality available on the command line. > > Hope this helps, > Josh >
