You can already insert pictures into a worksheet be it in binary or OOXML format and there are examples on the POI website - http://poi.apache.org/spreadsheet/quick-guide.html#Images - and you can always take a look http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/poi/trunk/src/examples/src/org/apache/poi/ss/examples/AddDimensionedImage.java. This will/should do most of the work for you though it may well be 'over the top'.
Cannot say the same about HWPF as it needs developing and programmers to tackle that task - something I have to admit is well beyond me. If you need to use the API, why not take on some of that burden yourself, there are lots of other users who would appreciate it if you could. It should be possible to make a good business case to your boss/bosses, just point to the price of Aspose Word as an illustration. Yours Mark B PS You could always use OLE/COM. Wine promises to run Windows dynamic link libraries on UNIX/Linux platforms, although I have never tried it being one of Bill's accolytes, and it has to be possible to use them across networks. So, you could use JACOB or OLE32 to create Java code that would control an instance of Word or Excel. That way, you could basically use VBA commands and do anything the application could. Finally, why not use OpenOffice? It's UNO interface can be accessed from Java code and allows you to, again, control an instance of the application. OpenOffice has the capability to do almost as much as the native Word/Excel applications - very complex documents are somethimes not rendered/handled quite so well in my experience. Zachary Mitchell, BCIS wrote: > > Are there any particular changes to the manipulation of > > -Microsoft HWPFDocument, > > -Excel HSSFSheet/HSSFWorkbook > > objects at all? > > (inserting ole objects/pictures)? > -- View this message in context: http://old.nabble.com/Any-new-Word-Excel-file-options-in-3.7--tp28978279p28979573.html Sent from the POI - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
