RE: HSSF serializer/ Gnumeric file format information

[Andrew C. Oliver]

if you have your cocoon nighly build or cvs copy there is also
documentation under the user manual.  This looks just like the site, but
I haven't figured out how to have it pushed to the site.  (sorry)
(actually I also haven't tried or even asked so my fault)

You can find the most info about the gnumeric format itself by reading
the schema which is in the root module of the gnumeric project.  (also
the sources are cvsweb'd)  goto www.gnome.org/gnumeric for details.  The
cocoon documentation on the serializer however explains the subset that
HSSF cares about.  

Of course the samples are as Darrell mentioned, the best way to learn.

-Andy

On Tue, 2002-04-30 at 18:19, Darrell Cumming wrote:
> Hi Micheal, 
> 
> If you have a look in your COCOON_HOME/samples/poi/ 
> there is some sample xml docuemnts and stylesheets to get started with. =)
> 
> Hope that helps.
> 
> Darrell
> 
> > -Original Message-
> > From: Michael Aracic [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] 
> > Sent: April 30, 2002 1:55 PM
> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Subject: HSSF serializer/ Gnumeric file format information
> > 
> > 
> > Please forgive me for asking somewhat basic questions, but 
> > I'm new to the list, and to cocoon. I've read a lot of the 
> > online documentation, and I can't find anything detailed or 
> > up to date about the HSSF serializer. I'm developing a 
> > hands-off way to generate reports in excel format without 
> > necessarily depending on windows hosted code. From what I've 
> > read, the most platform-independent, flexible way of doing 
> > this is currently using Cocoon's HSSF serializer. It sounds 
> > like the simplest approach is to create an XSL stylesheet 
> > that will transform our reporting program's XML output into 
> > Gnumeric style XML, then run cocoon in command line mode, 
> > reading in the XML reports. Cocoon will be configured to do 
> > the transformation, then use the HSSF serializer to output 
> > excel files. My questions are: 1. Have I overlooked anything 
> > huge? 2. Where can I find information on HSSF or the Gnumeric 
> > file format? I've used all the major search engines and 
> > looked at all relevant project pages, and I haven't been able 
> > to find what I need, which would include a description of the 
> > Gnumeric file format, and exactly how the HSSF serializer 
> > needs to be fed its input. 3. I imagine that the differences 
> > between the XML that comes out of my reports program, and the 
> > XML that is required by the serializer will be quite 
> > profound. Are there any tools or resources that can help me 
> > write the XSL stylesheet? I've read dozens of explanations of 
> > how to transform different kinds of XML documents into HTML, 
> > but very few about how to transform it into anything else. 
> > Thanks, Michael Aracic
> > 
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RE: HSSF serializer/ Gnumeric file format information

[Darrell Cumming]

Hi Micheal, 

If you have a look in your COCOON_HOME/samples/poi/ 
there is some sample xml docuemnts and stylesheets to get started with. =)

Hope that helps.

Darrell

> -Original Message-
> From: Michael Aracic [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] 
> Sent: April 30, 2002 1:55 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: HSSF serializer/ Gnumeric file format information
> 
> 
> Please forgive me for asking somewhat basic questions, but 
> I'm new to the list, and to cocoon. I've read a lot of the 
> online documentation, and I can't find anything detailed or 
> up to date about the HSSF serializer. I'm developing a 
> hands-off way to generate reports in excel format without 
> necessarily depending on windows hosted code. From what I've 
> read, the most platform-independent, flexible way of doing 
> this is currently using Cocoon's HSSF serializer. It sounds 
> like the simplest approach is to create an XSL stylesheet 
> that will transform our reporting program's XML output into 
> Gnumeric style XML, then run cocoon in command line mode, 
> reading in the XML reports. Cocoon will be configured to do 
> the transformation, then use the HSSF serializer to output 
> excel files. My questions are: 1. Have I overlooked anything 
> huge? 2. Where can I find information on HSSF or the Gnumeric 
> file format? I've used all the major search engines and 
> looked at all relevant project pages, and I haven't been able 
> to find what I need, which would include a description of the 
> Gnumeric file format, and exactly how the HSSF serializer 
> needs to be fed its input. 3. I imagine that the differences 
> between the XML that comes out of my reports program, and the 
> XML that is required by the serializer will be quite 
> profound. Are there any tools or resources that can help me 
> write the XSL stylesheet? I've read dozens of explanations of 
> how to transform different kinds of XML documents into HTML, 
> but very few about how to transform it into anything else. 
> Thanks, Michael Aracic
> 
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