Attached patches allow the active cell for a sheet to be set through the usermodel.
Created attachment 4227 [details] Patch for Sheet
Created attachment 4228 [details] Patch for HSSFCell
Can you please attach this as single unified diff? also, an unit test would be nice.
Created attachment 4243 [details] Unified diff; includes patch to TestHSSFCell
Applied, thanks. Please cross check. And a special thanks for the unit test!