From 9f2ae281bdffd7860e68cb91d3404031ecab7374 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Rainer Klute A common misconception is that POI writes Excel files. POI is the name of the project. POI contains several
- components, one of which, HSSF, writes Excel files. The following are components of the entire POI project
- and a brief summary of their purpose. The following are components of the entire POI project and a brief
+ summary of their purpose. POIFS is the oldest and most stable part of the project. It is our port of the OLE 2 Compound Document Format to
pure Java. It supports both read and write functionality. All of our components ultimately rely on it by
definition. Please see the POIFS project page for more information. HSSF is our port of the Microsoft Excel 97(-2002) file format (BIFF8) to pure Java. It supports read and write
capability. Please see the HSSF project page for more information. HWPF is our port of the Microsoft Word 97 file format to pure Java. It supports read and write capability.
- Please see the HWPF project page for more information. This component is
- in the early stages of development.It can already read and write simple files. Jump in! HWPF is our port of the Microsoft Word 97 file format to pure
+ Java. It supports read and write capability. Please see the HWPF project page for more
+ information. This component is in the early stages of
+ development. It can already read and write simple files. Presently we are looking for a contributor to foster the HWPF
+ development. Jump in! HPSF is our port of the OLE 2 property set format to pure
Java. Property sets are mostly use to store a document's properties
(title, author, date of last modification etc.), but they can be used
- for application-specific purposes as well. Currently HPSF supports
- read functionality only. Please see the HPSF project page for more
- information.
HPSF supports reading and writing of properties. However, with the + current POI release only reading is possible. In order to write + properties, you'll have to fetch the latest POI version from the CVS + repository.
+ +Please see the HPSF project + page for more information.
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