Can you try to first copy the file to a temp location and open that in
poi? Maybe the file is still in use be the previous process or
something like that.

Regards,
Leen Toelen


On 11/16/05, luca finzi contini <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi all,
> i'm using POI 2.5.1 to create and read XLS files.
> The xls file lifecycle is:
> - creation in my Java app;
> - activeSync'ing to a handheld device --> xls gets
> converted to Pocket Excel pxl format
> - modifying the file on the handheld
> - Active syncing back to the PC --> pxl file gets
> re-converted to xls Excel 97/2000 format.
>
> Then I try to read the xls with my java app.
> I used the code in the example at HSSF:
> ...
>   FileInputStream inputStream = new
> FileInputStream(fileName);
>   POIFSFileSystem fs = new POIFSFileSystem(
> inputStream );
>   HSSFWorkbook wb = new HSSFWorkbook(fs);
> ...
>
>
> I get the following exception:
> java.io.IOException: Unable to read entire block; 295
> bytes read; expected 512 bytes
>
>         at
> org.apache.poi.poifs.storage.RawDataBlock.<init>(RawDataBlock.java:98)
>
>         at
> org.apache.poi.poifs.storage.RawDataBlockList.<init>(RawDataBlockList.java:88)
>
>         at
> org.apache.poi.poifs.filesystem.POIFSFileSystem.<init>(POIFSFileSystem.java:123)
>
>         at ....
>
> I found that if I open the problematic xls file with
> Excel and re-save it, it all works fine.
> I cannot do that in production! ;-) I need to parse
> the file directly through my app.
> Any suggestions will be highly appreciated!
> Thank you all in advance!
> Luca.
>
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