https://issues.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=43251
--- Comment #2 from Lucas Shaw <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 2008-03-18 13:07:30 PST --- Created an attachment (id=21679) --> (https://issues.apache.org/bugzilla/attachment.cgi?id=21679) An excel file that fails in the constructor with RecordFormatException: "Unable to construct record instance" Assuming xlsFile is a File object that points to the Problem.xls file the following code fails: inputStream_ = new FileInputStream( xlsFile ); POIFSFileSystem fs = new POIFSFileSystem( inputStream_ ); workbook_ = new HSSFWorkbook( fs ); //FAILS HERE Here's a stack trace: org.apache.poi.hssf.record.RecordFormatException: Unable to construct record instance at org.apache.poi.hssf.record.RecordFactory.createRecord(RecordFactory.java:199) at org.apache.poi.hssf.record.RecordFactory.createRecords(RecordFactory.java:117) at org.apache.poi.hssf.usermodel.HSSFWorkbook.<init>(HSSFWorkbook.java:207) at org.apache.poi.hssf.usermodel.HSSFWorkbook.<init>(HSSFWorkbook.java:148) at com.snowfly.spincast.XlsSheetList.open(XlsSheetList.java:50) at com.snowfly.spincast.XlsSheetList.<init>(XlsSheetList.java:36) at com.snowfly.spincast.client.XLSFileImporter.processFile(XLSFileImporter.java:63) at com.snowfly.spincast.client.XLSFileImporter.doImport(XLSFileImporter.java:45) at com.snowfly.spincast.Task.process(Task.java:74) at com.snowfly.spincast.TaskManager.process(TaskManager.java:33) at com.snowfly.spincast.Spincast.main(Spincast.java:34) Caused by: java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance0(Native Method) at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.java:39) at sun.reflect.DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.java:27) at java.lang.reflect.Constructor.newInstance(Constructor.java:513) at org.apache.poi.hssf.record.RecordFactory.createRecord(RecordFactory.java:187) ... 10 more Caused by: java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Illegal length at org.apache.poi.hssf.record.RecordInputStream.readCompressedUnicode(RecordInputStream.java:270) at org.apache.poi.hssf.record.FileSharingRecord.fillFields(FileSharingRecord.java:62) at org.apache.poi.hssf.record.Record.<init>(Record.java:55) at org.apache.poi.hssf.record.FileSharingRecord.<init>(FileSharingRecord.java:48) ... 15 more -- Configure bugmail: https://issues.apache.org/bugzilla/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are the assignee for the bug. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
