Thanks, We'll see how important this capability is. For the records (and the archives) I checked a few commercial tools. ExtenXLS does not support this. Formula One e.Spreadsheet does. Not sure if this is worth the license fees to my client; I'd rather stick with POI.
WILL ----- Original Message ----- From: "Michael Zalewski" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "POI Users List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, October 21, 2003 6:09 PM Subject: RE: Excel pictures & text boxes > You could use the low level API to read the individual Biff records, and > extract the information using POIFS > > HSSF does not yet support pictures nor textboxes. > > One type of Textbox (it's called a text object) would not be too hard to > implement. A callout diagram or a text box that you put in with the Draw > toolbar (in MsoDrawing) is probably a little harder. That's because there > isn't a single Biff record which contains the text. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Will Glass-Husain [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Sunday, October 19, 2003 7:08 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Excel pictures & text boxes > > Hi, > > I'm using POI as part of a utility that will import from existing Excel > spreadsheets into a database. Looks like a promising tool. > > Some of the data is in the form of pictures, and some is in the form of > drawn text boxes. (not part of cells, but an overlay over the cell). Is > there a way to read this data using POI? I couldn't find specific reference > to this issue in the mailing lists or docs. > > Thanks, WILL > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
