Re: POI Browser 0.05: HPSF Library

2002-02-19 Thread Rainer Klute
"Andrew C. Oliver" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >On Mon, 2002-02-18 at 02:48, Rainer Klute wrote: >> "Andrew C. Oliver" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >So far all of the POI subprojects have a helpful "How-TO" and code >> >samples demonstrating their use. The POI user community seems to >> >greatly

Re: HDF - Horrible Document Format - Frankenstein's creature

2002-02-19 Thread Rainer Klute
>For POI and HSSF we started out with exploratory code. Just figuring >out and extracting data we were interested in. Next, we implemented the >minimal required to rewrite the thing. Once it would load we documented >that. Its too early to really talk about the structure before we have >explor

Re: POI Browser 0.05: HPSF Library

2002-02-19 Thread Andrew C. Oliver
On Tue, 2002-02-19 at 03:18, Rainer Klute wrote: > "Andrew C. Oliver" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >On Mon, 2002-02-18 at 02:48, Rainer Klute wrote: > >> "Andrew C. Oliver" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> >So far all of the POI subprojects have a helpful "How-TO" and code > >> >samples demonstrati

Re: POI Browser 0.05: HPSF Library

2002-02-19 Thread Rainer Klute
>Kind of the coding standard we agreed upon (off the top of my head) as a >group was: > >1. all public and protected functions must have javadoc >2. all subprojects must have at least a how-to and some sample code >explaining their basic use. >3. stuff must compile >4. the build must work +1 I'd

Re: POI Browser 0.05: HPSF Library

2002-02-19 Thread Nicola Ken Barozzi
From: "Rainer Klute" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Andy: >>Kind of the coding standard we agreed upon (off the top of my head) as a >>group was: >> >>1. all public and protected functions must have javadoc >>2. all subprojects must have at least a how-to and some sample code >>explaining their basic use.

Re: POI Browser 0.05: HPSF Library

2002-02-19 Thread Rainer Klute
>Interfaces are where I dig in and insist on thorough class and method >javadocs. Definitely! That's what developers need to know in depth in order to implement the interfaces. Best regards Rainer Klute RAINER KLUTE IT-CONSULTING Dipl.-Inform. Rainer Klute

Re: Re: HDF - Horrible Document Format - Frankenstein's creature

2002-02-19 Thread acoliver
Ken had a great forwarded email of some communications between MS and a customer.. They basically said they don't even have adequate docs on the format! HA! -Andy >On Tue, 19 Feb 2002 14:12:44 0100 Rainer Klute <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote. >>You are under the misimpression that we have a good e

Re: Re: POI Browser 0.05: HPSF Library

2002-02-19 Thread acoliver
At some point (time allowing and when I get caught up), I'll create a new section on the website called "Resolutions" just a list of things we've all voted on for record. One more thing I should mention. Part of the project vision and vision statement is documenting all of the file formats. I

cvs commit: jakarta-poi/src/java/org/apache/poi/hssf/usermodel/examples CreateCells.java CreateDateCells.java

2002-02-19 Thread glens
glens 02/02/19 14:42:15 Added: src/java/org/apache/poi/hssf/usermodel/examples CreateCells.java CreateDateCells.java Log: Examples galore. Well okay, only two. More to come... Really! Revision ChangesPath 1.1 jakarta-poi/s

Re: cvs commit: jakarta-poi/src/java/org/apache/poi/hssf/usermodel/examples CreateCells.java CreateDateCells.java

2002-02-19 Thread acoliver
Oooh like the work, hate the location. I don't want people to need to deploy examples into production. . please move this to jakarta-poi/examples/java.org create new ant target "examples" (also compiled-only examples are practically useless anyhow) >On 19 Feb 2002 22:42:15 - [EMAIL

cvs commit: jakarta-poi/src/java/org/apache/poi/hssf/usermodel/examples Borders.java

2002-02-19 Thread glens
glens 02/02/19 14:53:50 Added: src/java/org/apache/poi/hssf/usermodel/examples Borders.java Log: Border example. Revision ChangesPath 1.1 jakarta-poi/src/java/org/apache/poi/hssf/usermodel/examples/Borders.java Index: Borders.java ===

cvs commit: jakarta-poi/src/java/org/apache/poi/hssf/eventmodel HSSFEventFactory.java HSSFRequest.java

2002-02-19 Thread glens
glens 02/02/19 14:55:34 Modified:src/java/org/apache/poi/hssf/eventmodel HSSFEventFactory.java HSSFRequest.java Log: Javadoc fixes Revision ChangesPath 1.2 +4 -4 jakarta-poi/src/java/org/apache/poi/hssf/eventmodel/HSSFEventFactory.ja

cvs commit: jakarta-poi/src/java/org/apache/poi/hssf/model Workbook.java

2002-02-19 Thread glens
glens 02/02/19 14:58:30 Modified:src/java/org/apache/poi/hssf/model Workbook.java Log: Javadoc fixes Revision ChangesPath 1.3 +7 -7 jakarta-poi/src/java/org/apache/poi/hssf/model/Workbook.java Index: Workbook.java =

cvs commit: jakarta-poi/src/java/org/apache/poi/hssf/record/aggregates RowRecordsAggregate.java

2002-02-19 Thread glens
glens 02/02/19 14:58:48 Modified:src/java/org/apache/poi/hssf/record/aggregates RowRecordsAggregate.java Log: Javadoc fix. Joy. Revision ChangesPath 1.2 +2 -2 jakarta-poi/src/java/org/apache/poi/hssf/record/aggregates/RowRecordsAggr

Re: cvs commit: jakarta-poi/src/java/org/apache/poi/hssf/usermodel/examples CreateCells.java CreateDateCells.java

2002-02-19 Thread Glen Stampoultzis
I agree and will move it... The intend is to use these examples in the documentation I'm producing. I'd rather have examples that compile and run against the actual source than just embedded into a text file with no verification that they actually work against the latest and greated source. --

Re: Re: cvs commit: jakarta-poi/src/java/org/apache/poi/hssf/usermodel/examples CreateCells.java CreateDateCells.java

2002-02-19 Thread acoliver
Cool thanks! Should we do unit tests for the examples? (just curious what you think). -Andy >On Wed, 20 Feb 2002 10:01:50 1100 "Glen Stampoultzis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote. >I agree and will move it... > >The intend is to use these examples in the documentation I'm producing. I'd >rather ha

cvs commit: jakarta-poi/src/testcases/org/apache/poi/poifs/filesystem TestDocumentInputStream.java

2002-02-19 Thread mjohnson
mjohnson02/02/19 17:19:26 Modified:src/java/org/apache/poi/poifs/filesystem DocumentInputStream.java src/testcases/org/apache/poi/poifs/filesystem TestDocumentInputStream.java Log: fix bug in read() method Revision

Re: Re: cvs commit: jakarta-poi/src/java/org/apache/poi/hssf/usermodel/examples CreateCells.java CreateDateCells.java

2002-02-19 Thread Glen Stampoultzis
Good question. I'm not sure. We already have unit tests that test the underlying framework (although these could be better). Right now I'm just running the example and looking at the output. Since the examples aren't likely to change (much) and the underlying framework has at least some level

Re: Re: cvs commit:jakarta-poi/src/java/org/apache/poi/hssf/usermodel/examplesCreateCells.java CreateDateCells.java

2002-02-19 Thread Andrew C. Oliver
I agree, it was basically a matter of I needed to know if the length changed.. In earlier days this was actually *possible* without me being aware of it. I think all those problems are fixed. The only issue is what I really want is "load this up in excel and see if it doesn't crash"...since tha

How to assign column headers to Excel files?

2002-02-19 Thread D. Alvarado
Hello, What is the class/method used to assign names to Excel columns (other than the standard "A", "B", "C", etc. that Excel automatically assigns). I have looks in HSSFSheet but there didn't seem to be any method to do this. Any advice? Thanks, Dave A.

Re: Re: cvs commit:jakarta-poi/src/java/org/apache/poi/hssf/usermodel/examplesCreateCells.java CreateDateCells.java

2002-02-19 Thread Glen Stampoultzis
Sanity checker. Yes I like it. You apply that to each file and in addition do some testing of individual things you're more interested in. -- Glen - Original Message - From: "Andrew C. Oliver" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, February 20, 2002 2:53 PM Subje

Re: Re: cvscommit:jakarta-poi/src/java/org/apache/poi/hssf/usermodel/examplesCreateCell s.java CreateDateCells.java

2002-02-19 Thread Andrew C. Oliver
It seems there could be just a common class for basic sanity checking. On Tue, 2002-02-19 at 23:33, Glen Stampoultzis wrote: > Sanity checker. Yes I like it. You apply that to each file and in addition > do some testing of individual things you're more interested in. > > -- Glen > > > -

Re: Re: cvscommit:jakarta-poi/src/java/org/apache/poi/hssf/usermodel/examplesCreateCell s.java CreateDateCells.java

2002-02-19 Thread Glen Stampoultzis
That is in line with what I was thinking. -- Glen - Original Message - From: "Andrew C. Oliver" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, February 20, 2002 3:40 PM Subject: Re: Re: cvscommit:jakarta-poi/src/java/org/apache/poi/hssf/usermodel/examplesCreateC ell s.java