Well, I am also getting an exception like this with jboss-4.2.2.GA ,poi-3.5-beta6 , jdk1.5.0_14
Where u able to figure out the reason ? Any answer for this solution stack trace 10:58:25,544 ERROR [STDERR] Caused by: java.io.IOException: block[ 10 ] already removed - does your POIFS have circular or duplicate block references? 10:58:25,544 ERROR [STDERR] at org.apache.poi.poifs.storage.BlockListImpl.re move(BlockListImpl.java:105) 10:58:25,544 ERROR [STDERR] at org.apache.poi.poifs.storage.RawDataBlockList .remove(RawDataBlockList.java:32) 10:58:25,544 ERROR [STDERR] at org.apache.poi.poifs.storage.BlockAllocationT ableReader.fetchBlocks(BlockAllocationTableReader.java:198) 10:58:25,544 ERROR [STDERR] at org.apache.poi.poifs.storage.BlockListImpl.fe tchBlocks(BlockListImpl.java:140) 10:58:25,544 ERROR [STDERR] at org.apache.poi.poifs.storage.RawDataBlockList .fetchBlocks(RawDataBlockList.java:32) 10:58:25,544 ERROR [STDERR] at org.apache.poi.poifs.filesystem.POIFSFileSyst em.processProperties(POIFSFileSystem.java:541) 10:58:25,544 ERROR [STDERR] at org.apache.poi.poifs.filesystem.POIFSFileSyst em.(POIFSFileSystem.java:176) 10:58:25,544 ERROR [STDERR] at org.apache.poi.hssf.usermodel.HSSFWorkbook.(HSSFWorkbook.java:318) Anjsag -- View this message in context: http://old.nabble.com/exception-when-inputstream-is-read-from-getClass%28%29.getClassLoader%28%29.getResourceAsStream%28%22file.xls%22%29-tp26406348p29158913.html Sent from the POI - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com.