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List:       poi-user
Subject:    Re: RE: Create .xls from XML
From:       acoliver <acoliver () nc ! rr ! com>
Date:       2002-03-12 19:19:14
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Of course.  Your input and questions are always welcome here...even if you
did use foul language like "C*BOL" ;-) 

Thanks for your patience and understanding.  We'll get it all done in due
course.  I can't wait till formulas and graphing are done! 

-Andy

>On Tue, 12 Mar 2002 11:11:10 -0800 "Hatzenbeler, Tim"
<thatzenbeler@clinitech.net> wrote.
>Thanks for taking the time to consider my e-mail.  The functionality of
your
>software is so nice...  great job everyone!
>
>tim
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From:	acoliver [SMTP:acoliver@nc.rr.com]
>> Sent:	Tuesday, March 12, 2002 11:02 AM
>> To:	poi-user@jakarta.apache.org
>> Subject:	Re: Create .xls from XML
>> 
>> Thats an interesting use case.  Cocoon may be quite large for your needs.

>> Its going to be awhile before POI is ready (though I'm not admitting to
>> any
>> plans at the moment) to tackle an XML API outside of Cocoon.  The simple
>> thing is doing this ports is very labor intensive and supporting an XML
>> API
>> would take away from that mission.  You should be able to adapt the
>> serializer APIs in Cocoon to work outside of Cocoon as they do support
>> standard interfaces.  (content handler and the such).  
>> 
>> read this thread to hear me declare that such a use case does not exist:
>> http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?t=101543492300002&r=1&w=2
>> 
>> Sylvain, if you're listening... have fun..
>> (this is the first one)
>> 
>> Regardless, we don't have the resources at the moment to tackle a full
>> fledged XML project w/in POI itself.  I'll reconsider this later.  (after
>> POI 2.0 is released)
>> 
>> -Andy "going back into his cave" Oliver
>> 
>> 
>> >On Tue, 12 Mar 2002 09:08:25 -0800 "Hatzenbeler, Tim"
>> <thatzenbeler@clinitech.net> wrote.
>> >Is there a link, on how-to create an xls from an XML file?
>> >
>> >I saw some sample XML files in the serializer code, but couldn't figure
>> out
>> >how to create the spreadsheet...  So far I can successfully create
>> >spreadsheets from calling the Java classes directly (but I would like to
>> use
>> >a different language (COBOL & RPG our Main Frame Languages) to create
XML
>> >files, and then call the Java class to translate the XML to the XLS
>> file)...
>> >
>> >My guess is, I need to cocoon for this, but I didn't see any
>> documentation
>> >in there either about this...
>> >
>> >Thanks, tim
>> >
>> >
>> >
>


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