This is a known problem and one of the reasons HWPF is still in scratchpad. This bug is on the top of my list. I will fix it in the next month or two.
-Ryan ----- Original Message ----- From: "Abdul Wahab" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "POI Users List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Ryan Ackley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, December 17, 2003 12:38 AM Subject: RE: POI-Scratchpad > Hi, > > Thanks for ur reply. I have solved that problem by giving poi-scratchpad.jar > path prior to poi.jar in classpath. Now its works fine.. But encountring > another problem.. > > When I try to read the document which contains table formats, throwing > java.lang.NegativeArraySizeException ... > > Exception Stack Trace:- > > java.lang.NegativeArraySizeException > at > org.apache.poi.hdf.extractor.data.ListTables.createLVL(ListTables.java:206) > at > org.apache.poi.hdf.extractor.data.ListTables.initLFO(ListTables.java:184) > at > org.apache.poi.hdf.extractor.data.ListTables.<init>(ListTables.java:78) > at > org.apache.poi.hdf.extractor.WordDocument.createListTables(WordDocument.java > :1679) > at > org.apache.poi.hdf.extractor.WordDocument.findFormatting(WordDocument.java:4 > 08) > at > org.apache.poi.hdf.extractor.WordDocument.processComplexFile(WordDocument.ja > va:335) > at > org.apache.poi.hdf.extractor.WordDocument.readFIB(WordDocument.java:287) > at > org.apache.poi.hdf.extractor.WordDocument.<init>(WordDocument.java:239) > at helperbean.DocumentBean.searchInDocFile(DocumentBean.java:322) > > Any solution for this problem > > Thanks. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Ryan Ackley [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, December 16, 2003 10:32 PM > To: POI Users List > Subject: Re: POI-Scratchpad > > > Please post the entire stacktrace > > -Ryan > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Tuesday, December 16, 2003 4:04 AM > Subject: RE: POI-Scratchpad > > > Hi Abdul, > > I had a similar problem and I discovered that it had to do with the size of > the Word Document you are trying to open. If it has no content (or a small > amount) the error you have below occurred for me. Try opening a file that > is a couple of paragraphs long. My requirements mean that Documents will > always be at least one page of content long so I have not investigated this > problem further at present. > > Regards, > Simon. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Abdul Wahab [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tue 16/12/2003 07:12 > To: POI Users List > Cc: > Subject: POI-Scratchpad > > > > Hi All, > > Does anyone having POI-scratchpad example program to read MSWord document. > Im trying with poi-scratchpad-2.0-RC1-20031102.jar parser, but getting > error.. > > Error - java.io.IOException: Unable to read entire header; -1 bytes read; > expect > ed 512 bytes > > Can u help me to solve this issue. > > When can we expect HWPF to make fully use of MSWord in java. > > Thanks. > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > This message is for the designated recipient only and may contain > privileged, proprietary, or otherwise private information. If you have > received it in error, please notify the sender immediately and delete the > original. Any other use of the email by you is prohibited. > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- > ---- > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > 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] > > > --- > [This E-mail scanned for viruses by iRepublics.com Anti Virus Solutions] > > > p.s. get your web hosted for free at iRepublics.com > 33MB webspace free, SMS messaging, 30 email accounts > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
