sorry, this was an accidental re-post....didn't mean to spam you guys. Lance
On Wed, Mar 30, 2011 at 10:46 AM, Lance Gleason < [email protected]> wrote: > Hey guys! > > I am a polyglotter who programs in both Java and Ruby. I have an itch > that I needed to scratch where I need to have the advanced features such as > picture handing in Excel documents that POI offers in a native rails app. > There is nothing out there in Ruby-land and your your compilation option > doesn't work at all for me (plus from the documentation on the site the > graphics extensions have other dependency issues). I didn't want to convert > my app to Jruby for one gem so I decided to create a gem using RJB to bridge > over to POI running in a JVM. > > This is definitely a work in progress and something that I am primarily > using to create excel spreadsheets with at this point. With that being said > if there is a need for other functionality to be bridged it wouldn't be that > difficult to add functionality to this gem. This also might be a good > starting point for adding functionality for those using Jruby to condense > down the syntax for creating styles etc.. > > As of this writing I have the project up on github here > https://github.com/lgleasain/poi_pond. Once I get the functionality that > I need to scratch my own itch I plan on publishing that as a first gem and > then reving as I add functionality or fix bugs etc.. Others are welcome to > fork the project, add code etc.. > > What would be the best way for me to compliment your efforts with my gem? > > Lance > >
