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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.
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After messing around awhile longer I finally found something that worked and saw there still wasn't a solution posted here yet, so here's what I found:
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I know that it's a very old question. However, I think I can contribute with an example that also adds the cell values:
First of all you need to put Jxl Api into your java directory , download JXL api from http://www.andykhan.com/ extract it,copy jxl and paste like C:Program FilesJavajre7libext.
AboutblankNot sure if you need to stick with JXL, but the best library for handling Excel files is Apache's POI HSSF.
I think there are plenty of examples on the website I provided, but if you need further assistence, let me know. I may have a few examples laying around.
Just out of curiosity, POI stands for Poor Obfuscation Interface and HSSF is Horrible SpreadSheet Format. You see how much Apache loves Microsoft Office formats :-)
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Which of the 2 APIs is simpler to read/write/edit excel sheets ?Do these APIs not support CSV extensions ?
Using JXL for file.xls and file.xlsx, I get an exception like:
Both for .xls and .xlsx extensions.Java Version I am using is : JDK1.6
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I have used both JXL (now 'JExcel') and Apache POI. At first I used JXL, but now I use Apache POI.
First, here are the things where both APIs have the same end functionality:
- Both are free
- Cell styling: alignment, backgrounds (colors and patterns), borders(types and colors), font support (font names, colors, size, bold,italic, strikeout, underline)
- Formulas
- Hyperlinks
- Merged cell regions
- Size of rows and columns
- Data formatting: Numbers and Dates
- Text wrapping within cells
- Freeze Panes
- Header/Footer support
- Read/Write existing and new spreadsheets
- Both attempt to keep existing objects in spreadsheets they read in intact as far as possible.
However, there are many differences:
- Perhaps the most significant difference is that Java JXL does not support the Excel 2007+ '.xlsx' format; it only supports the old BIFF (binary) '.xls' format. Apache POI supports both with a common design.
- Additionally, the Java portion of the JXL API was last updated in 2009 (3 years, 4 months ago as I write this), although it looks like there is a C# API. Apache POI is actively maintained.
- JXL doesn't support Conditional Formatting, Apache POI does, although this is not that significant, because you can conditionally format cells with your own code.
- JXL doesn't support richtext formatting, i.e. different formatting within a text string; Apache POI does support it.
- JXL only supports certain text rotations: horizontal/vertical, +/- 45 degrees, and stacked; Apache POI supports any integer number of degrees plus stacked.
- JXL doesn't support drawing shapes; Apache POI does.
- JXL supports most Page Setup settings such as Landscape/Portrait, Margins, Paper size, and Zoom. Apache POI supports all of that plus Repeating Rows and Columns.
- JXL doesn't support Split Panes; Apache POI does.
- JXL doesn't support Chart creation or manipulation; that support isn't there yet in Apache POI, but an API is slowly starting to form.
- Apache POI has a more extensive set of documentation and examples available than JXL.
Additionally, POI contains not just the main 'usermodel' API, but also an event-based API if all you want to do is read the spreadsheet content.
In conclusion, because of the better documentation, more features, active development, and Excel 2007+ format support, I use Apache POI.
rgettmanrgettmanI have used POI.
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If you use that, keep on eye those cell formatters: create one and use it several times instead of creating each time for cell, it isa huge memory consumption difference or large data.
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I am not familiar with JXL and but we use POI. POI is well maintained and can handle both the binary .xls format and the new xml based format that was introduced in Office 2007.
CSV files are not excel files, they are text based files, so these libraries don't read them. You will need to parse out a CSV file yourself. I am not aware of any CSV file libraries, but I haven't looked either.
For reading 'plain' CSV files in Java, there is a library called OpenCSV, available here: http://opencsv.sourceforge.net/