jxl

How Do I Create a New Excel File Using JXL?

I'm trying to create a new Excel file using jxl, but am having a hard time finding examples in their API documentation and online. ...

JXL and Apache POI parsing excel with attached image objects

I have tried using JXL and Apache POI to load data from an excel file, up until now the JXL mechanism has worked fine. Even if I embed an images in the file. I received a file from a source which wont parse, I get the following exception with POI Exception in thread "main" org.apache.poi.hssf.record.RecordInputStream$LeftoverDataExcep...

JXL Cell Formating

How to autofit content in cell using jxl api? Please help with example. ...

Problem in getting contents of formula based cell using JXL api in JAVA

Hello, I am facing a problem while getting contents of cell using JXL api, if I am using formula in xls sheet. Right now I am using formula - IF($L10="","",+ROUND($L10*1.375,3)) in each cell but when the cell value is blank i am getting junk charactes when i call cell.getContents() method, the code snip is as follows - >> Workbook = Wo...

Getting special character in getting contents of formula based cell using JXL API in Java

I am facing a problem while getting contents of cell using the JXL API, if I am using a formula in an Excel sheet. Right now I am using the formula IF($L10="","",+ROUND($L10*1.375,3)) in each cell, but when the cell value is blank I am getting junk characters when I call the cell.getContents() method. The code snip is as follows. Work...

Excel formating using JXL

I generating a excel sheet using jxl, a number of the columns have data that is preceeded by a hidden apostrophe. The apostrophe can only be seen when you click on the cell. I have looked and can't find a post that addresses this. Can anyone out there tell me how to remove this using jxl or any other. ...

Doubt in jxl API?

While practicing the jxl API, i cant extract details from certain Excel sheet its throwing the following exception Unable to recognize OLE stream at jxl.read.biff.CompoundFile.(CompoundFile.java:116) at jxl.read.biff.File.(File.java:127) at jxl.Workbook.getWorkbook(Workbook.java:221) at jxl.Workbook.getWorkbook(Workbook...

Exception while compiling: wrong version 50.0, should be 49.0

I am working an application with JXL API and when i tried compiling using eclipse IDE, it's working fine and the same is not compiling when i am trying to compile in Command prompt and showing the below exception.. Extract.java:6: cannot access jxl.read.biff.BiffException bad class file: C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.5.0_01\jre\lib\ext\jxl...

How to write to the SAME excel sheet using JXL API?

I have an excel sheet (located in classpath), which has scenarios to be read and executed, and once they are executed, I should write back to the SAME excel sheet saying whether the scnario is "PASS"ed or "FAIL"ed. How can this be accomplished? Please help me its URGENT. (NOTE: I am able to read the excel). ...

how to insert an object into a cell using JXL api

how to insert an object into a cell using JXL (Java Excel API) api.. I have a file which is not image.. I want to insert it into a cell of an Excel sheet.. how can I achieve this?? please help... ...

java generated excel sorting color mess.

I am using jxl api for generating a excel sheet, in which the alternate rows are highlighted, when I sort the contents of a excel and sort manually, the cell background colors messup, usually this is because I am writing the color cell by cell, is there anyway through which i color the alternate rows of the excel while generating it, in ...

Example of jxl ConditionalFormat.

Can anyone give me an example of using conditional format, an example to set a conditional format rule on the range of rows and columns.. Any help will be appreciated. ...

JAVA - Out Of Memory Error while writing Excel Cells in jxl

I am using JXL to write an excel file of 50000 rows and 30 columns. My code looks like this: for (int j = 0; j < countOfRows; j++) { myWritableSheet.addCell(new Label(0, j, myResultSet.getString(1), myWritableCellFormat)); myWritableSheet.addCell(new Label(1, j, myResultSet.getString(2), myWritableCellFormat)); ..... ..... } Whil...

Locking cells in a JXL-generated Excel document

Is there a way to lock certain cells from being edited by the user? I have tried the following: WritableCellFormat cf = new WritableCellFormat(); cf.setLocked(true); sheet.addCell(new Number(col, row, value, cf)); However this doesn't seem to have any effect on the resulting spreadsheet i.e. the cell contents can still be changed whe...

How to specify the name of the generate file to the e:worksheet function

We use the jboss seam-->excel module integration for generating excel sheets using e:worksheet. But the downloaded file name comes out as ExportUsers.jxl.xls, I would rather see this as ExportUsers.xls. How do I customize this information. ...

JExcel Warning: Could not add cell at A257 because it exceeds the maximum column limit'

Hello! I was asked to add an average amount of data from my web-app (basically a List from a SQL) into a downloadable Excel file, so I did a servlet to generate the Excel. Problem is that jxl API doesn’t seem to like more than 256 rows, and my data is more than a thousand. Is there any way to go around this limitation? I would like t...

Modifying existing excel using jxl

I m not able to edit the existing excel sheet using jxl. It always creates a new one. Can anyone please help me out with it. Please give a small sample code. ...

How to sum non consecutive cells in jxls template

I am creating a xls report from template that uses data obtained from the Oracle database. I have a group and a subgroup. In a subgroup I create a table that displays the PREMIUM values and then the total using: $[SUM(I18)] Because values here are consecutive this formula is converted to i.e. SUM(I18:I35). After all subgroups are dis...

How to add the image in Excel Header and Footer using any Java open source API

How to add an image into the Excel header and footer using any Java open source API ? I tried with Jexcel API. It doesn't have an option to add the image into the header or footer. ...

Copy sheet with JXL in Java

I would like to copy a sheet from an existing XLS document to a new one to a new location. How could I do this with JXL? Workbook w1 = Workbook.getWorkbook(new File("ExistingDocument.xls"), settings); WritableWorkbook w2 = Workbook.createWorkbook(new File("NewDocument.xls")); /* So here, I would like copy the first sheet from w1 to ...