for the latest nightly build: Cannot create new HSSFDataFormat using HSSF interface since it needs Workbook which is not available (or at least I could not find a way to get it) outside the package. Best solution is to have a constructor taking HSSFWorkbook as a parameter. (altered HSSFDataFormat source file attached). Another problem is that the HSSFDataFormat's static methods changed names (getFormat(..) to getBuiltinFormat(..))and are not compatible with the released version any longer. Thanks, Elvira.
Created attachment 2908 [details] altered source with constructor taking HSSFWorkbook as a parm
The proper way to get an instance is to call createDataFormat that is contained in the workbook.
POI 2.0 does not claim backward compatibility with 1.5. 1.5 is a child of us transitioning to apache so its a special exception to our release plan. Basically: X.0.x = major release 1.0.x and 2.0.x would be incompatible, you'll have to make some code changes. 1.0.1 and 1.0.0 should be COMPLETELY compatible from an API standpoint with only bug fixes. Except for 1.5, 1.X.0 is a development release of the 2.0 cycle. Like I said 1.5 is a special release 1.5.0, 1.5.1 are *guaranteed* to be drop in replacements (guaranteed or your money back ;-) ) I realize our versioning is a little sick. It evolved from what sourceforge used to MAKE us do. You really need to join the poi-user list and start talking this stuff out there or poi-dev if you are interested in development.
I am actually running 1.7.0-dev built 24-Jun-2002. It does not have these features. is this the same as what you call 1.5? The only downloads I found were the release(final 1.5.1), dev(latest 1.7.0), and nighly off http://jakarta.apache.org/builds/jakarta-poi/. what is the next released version which includes the features discussed here? about the mailing list: i sent my subscription in yesterday and still did not get anything back. should I write it up as another bug report? thanks for your help.
grab a nightly build or build from CVS. If you're having trouble with subscribing likely you're on a mail host which misbehaves per pier. you can ask pier@apache.org if this is the case but he's awful busy these days (and a probably a little cranky). you can also use gmane.org's mail->newsgroup bridge (see gmane.org and the mail page I sent you earlier for details). Please do not log apache infrastructure issues in the POI bugzilla as POI committers have little access to fix them.