here is the output when I run the java -version command from the poi directory
C:\work\poi\poi-3.5-FINAL>java -version java version "1.6.0_14" Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.6.0_14-b08) Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (build 14.0-b16, mixed mode, sharing) Reji Joseph GOODYEAR ENGINEERED PRODUCTS Manufactured and Marketed exclusively by Veyance Technologies, Inc. 972-724-6267 (home/work) / 817-704-0016(work) 817-797-0091(cell) David Fisher <[email protected]> 11/24/2009 09:43 AM Please respond to "POI Users List" <[email protected]> To "POI Users List" <[email protected]> cc Subject Re: First time user of the POI Hi > 1. I downloaded the source distribution and unzipped it. My directory > structure is > C:\work\poi\poi-3.5-FINAL ( now I have all the files that you had > mentioned including the build.xml) Good. > 2. From the C:\work\poi\poi-3.5-FINAL I run the ant compile jar > command > > The build fails. Here is the log. > > Unable to locate tools.jar. Expected to find it in C:\Program > Files\Java\jre6\lib\tools.jar > Buildfile: build.xml > check-jars: > fetch-jars: > check-ooxml-jars: > fetch-ooxml-jars: > init: > with.clover: > compile-main: > [javac] Compiling 744 source files to > C:\work\poi\poi-3.5-FINAL\build\classes Where is your Java JDK installed on your machine? Regards, Dave > > Any suggestions. Thank you so much for your help. > > Reji Joseph > GOODYEAR ENGINEERED PRODUCTS > Manufactured and Marketed exclusively by Veyance Technologies, Inc. > 972-724-6267 (home/work) / 817-704-0016(work) > 817-797-0091(cell) > > > > > David Fisher <[email protected]> > 11/23/2009 10:05 PM > Please respond to > "POI Users List" <[email protected]> > > > To > "POI Users List" <[email protected]> > cc > > Subject > Re: First time user of the POI > > > > > > > HI Reji, > >> Ant is installed in >> C:\work\ant\apache-ant-1.7.1 >> >> POI is unzipped into >> C:\work\poi-3.5-FINAL >> >> In step 2 below, what is the top level directory? Is this the top >> level >> directory where POI is installed? In my case would that be >> C:\work\poi-3.5-FINAL? > > Yes. > >> I do not see a build.xml file in the C:\work\poi-3.5-FINAL directory >> or am >> I looking in the wrong place? > > It should be there. Did you download the source distribution (poi- > src-3.5-FINAL-20090928.zip) from http://poi.apache.org/download.html? > > Here is what I see in "the top level directory" > > lightning:POI-3.5-FINAL dave$ ls -1 > KEYS > LICENSE > NOTICE > ant.dtd > build > build.xml > doap_POI.rdf > docs > forrest.properties > jdepend.xsl > legal > lib > maven > ooxml-lib > src > test-data > > Regards, > Dave > >> >> >> Reji Joseph >> GOODYEAR ENGINEERED PRODUCTS >> Manufactured and Marketed exclusively by Veyance Technologies, Inc. >> 972-724-6267 (home/work) / 817-704-0016(work) >> 817-797-0091(cell) >> >> >> >> >> David Fisher <[email protected]> >> 11/23/2009 05:45 PM >> Please respond to >> "POI Users List" <[email protected]> >> >> >> To >> "POI Users List" <[email protected]> >> cc >> >> Subject >> Re: First time user of the POI >> >> >> >> >> >> >> Hi, >> >> I just rewrote this page: http://poi.apache.org/howtobuild.html You >> probably read this already. >> >> Here is what you need to do. >> >> (1) Make sure ant is in your path: >> >> PATH= ... /apache-ant-1.7.1/bin >> >> (2) While in the same top level directory with the file "build.xml" >> type in this at command: >> >> ant compile jar >> >> (3) Find the jar files in build/dist/. >> >> build/dist/poi-3.5-FINAL-20091123.jar >> >> Regards, >> Dave >> >> On Nov 23, 2009, at 2:40 PM, madrasreji wrote: >> >>> >>> I have a need to read an excel file from a java application. Here is >>> what I >>> have done so far. >>> I have unzipped the poi-3.5.-FINAL zip file and downloaded the 1.7 >>> version >>> of ANT >>> >>> My java runtime version "1.6.0_14 >>> >>> I added the jar file poi-3.5-FINAL-20090928.jar file to my project >>> and run >>> some some test code in a java application. I get the following >>> message. >>> >>> Exception in thread "main" java.lang.UnsupportedClassVersionError: >>> org/apache/poi/poifs/filesystem/POIFSFileSystem (Unsupported >>> major.minor >>> version 49.0) >>> >>> Is this because I need to rebuild the code using my jdk 1.6. This is >>> where I >>> am not sure how to proceed. I am a beginner in using ANT, so some >>> detailed >>> instructions would really help. 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