I searched the archives for this but did not find a bug describing my problem. The problem is murkier - A Excel 2000 file from my customer receives the error. If I save the file with my Excel for Office 2003, the file works correctly. Code here, standard: String sFName = (TEMP_FILES_DIR + File.separatorChar + (String)valIn.get ("TEMP_DOCUMNT_FILE_NM")); sFName = sFName.replace(File.separatorChar, '/'); FileInputStream fis = null; File fileToWrite = new File(sFName); fis = new FileInputStream(fileToWrite); POIFSFileSystem fs = new POIFSFileSystem(fis); HSSFWorkbook wb = new HSSFWorkbook(fs); //Exception thrown here HSSFSheet sheet = wb.getSheetAt(0); Here's the Exception: 08:31:40,271 INFO [STDOUT] java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException 08:31:40,271 INFO [STDOUT] at sun.reflect.GeneratedConstructorAccessor34.newInstance(Unknown Source) 08:31:40,271 INFO [STDOUT] at sun.reflect.DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance (DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.java:27) 08:31:40,271 INFO [STDOUT] at java.lang.reflect.Constructor.newInstance (Constructor.java:274) 08:31:40,271 INFO [STDOUT] at org.apache.poi.hssf.record.RecordFactory.createRecord(RecordFactory.java:224) 08:31:40,271 INFO [STDOUT] at org.apache.poi.hssf.record.RecordFactory.createRecords(RecordFactory.java:160) 08:31:40,271 INFO [STDOUT] at org.apache.poi.hssf.usermodel.HSSFWorkbook.<init>(HSSFWorkbook.java:163) 08:31:40,271 INFO [STDOUT] at org.apache.poi.hssf.usermodel.HSSFWorkbook.<init>(HSSFWorkbook.java:130) 08:31:40,271 INFO [STDOUT] at SupplierPartUpload.SupplierPartUpload.renderPage(SupplierPartUpload.java:143) 08:31:40,281 INFO [STDOUT] at SupplierPartUpload.SupplierPartUpload.doPost (SupplierPartUpload.java:94) 08:31:40,281 INFO [STDOUT] at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service (HttpServlet.java:768) 08:31:40,281 INFO [STDOUT] at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service (HttpServlet.java:861) 08:31:40,281 INFO [STDOUT] at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter (ApplicationFilterChain.java:237) 08:31:40,281 INFO [STDOUT] at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter (ApplicationFilterChain.java:157) 08:31:40,281 INFO [STDOUT] at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationDispatcher.invoke (ApplicationDispatcher.java:704) 08:31:40,281 INFO [STDOUT] at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationDispatcher.doInclude (ApplicationDispatcher.java:590) 08:31:40,281 INFO [STDOUT] at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationDispatcher.include (ApplicationDispatcher.java:510) 08:31:40,281 INFO [STDOUT] at POS.POS.doPost(POS.java:116) 08:31:40,281 INFO [STDOUT] at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service (HttpServlet.java:768) 08:31:40,281 INFO [STDOUT] at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service (HttpServlet.java:861) 08:31:40,281 INFO [STDOUT] at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter (ApplicationFilterChain.java:237) 08:31:40,291 INFO [STDOUT] at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter (ApplicationFilterChain.java:157) 08:31:40,291 INFO [STDOUT] at org.jboss.web.tomcat.filters.ReplyHeaderFilter.doFilter (ReplyHeaderFilter.java:75) 08:31:40,291 INFO [STDOUT] at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter (ApplicationFilterChain.java:186) 08:31:40,291 INFO [STDOUT] at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter (ApplicationFilterChain.java:157) 08:31:40,291 INFO [STDOUT] at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve.invoke (StandardWrapperValve.java:214) 08:31:40,291 INFO [STDOUT] at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardValveContext.invokeNext (StandardValveContext.java:104) 08:31:40,291 INFO [STDOUT] at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invoke(StandardPipeline.java:520) 08:31:40,291 INFO [STDOUT] at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invokeInternal (StandardContextValve.java:198) 08:31:40,291 INFO [STDOUT] at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invoke (StandardContextValve.java:152) 08:31:40,291 INFO [STDOUT] at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardValveContext.invokeNext (StandardValveContext.java:104) 08:31:40,301 INFO [STDOUT] at org.jboss.web.tomcat.security.CustomPrincipalValve.invoke (CustomPrincipalValve.java:66) 08:31:40,301 INFO [STDOUT] at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardValveContext.invokeNext (StandardValveContext.java:102) 08:31:40,301 INFO [STDOUT] at org.jboss.web.tomcat.security.SecurityAssociationValve.invoke (SecurityAssociationValve.java:158) 08:31:40,301 INFO [STDOUT] at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardValveContext.invokeNext (StandardValveContext.java:102) 08:31:40,301 INFO [STDOUT] at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invoke(StandardPipeline.java:520) 08:31:40,301 INFO [STDOUT] at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(StandardHostValve.java:137) 08:31:40,301 INFO [STDOUT] at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardValveContext.invokeNext (StandardValveContext.java:104) 08:31:40,301 INFO [STDOUT] at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:118) 08:31:40,301 INFO [STDOUT] at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardValveContext.invokeNext (StandardValveContext.java:102) 08:31:40,301 INFO [STDOUT] at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invoke(StandardPipeline.java:520) 08:31:40,301 INFO [STDOUT] at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngineValve.invoke (StandardEngineValve.java:109) 08:31:40,311 INFO [STDOUT] at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardValveContext.invokeNext (StandardValveContext.java:104) 08:31:40,311 INFO [STDOUT] at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invoke(StandardPipeline.java:520) 08:31:40,311 INFO [STDOUT] at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.invoke(ContainerBase.java:929) 08:31:40,311 INFO [STDOUT] at org.apache.coyote.tomcat5.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java:160) 08:31:40,311 INFO [STDOUT] at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Processor.process(Http11Processor.java:799) 08:31:40,311 INFO [STDOUT] at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Protocol$Http11ConnectionHandler.processConnecti on(Http11Protocol.java:705) 08:31:40,311 INFO [STDOUT] at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.TcpWorkerThread.runIt(PoolTcpEndpoint.java:577) 08:31:40,311 INFO [STDOUT] at org.apache.tomcat.util.threads.ThreadPool$ControlRunnable.run (ThreadPool.java:683) 08:31:40,311 INFO [STDOUT] at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:534) 08:31:40,321 INFO [STDOUT] Caused by: java.lang.ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException 08:31:40,321 INFO [STDOUT] at java.lang.System.arraycopy(Native Method) 08:31:40,321 INFO [STDOUT] at org.apache.poi.hssf.record.UnknownRecord.<init>(UnknownRecord.java:62) 08:31:40,321 INFO [STDOUT] at org.apache.poi.hssf.record.SubRecord.createSubRecord(SubRecord.java:57) 08:31:40,321 INFO [STDOUT] at org.apache.poi.hssf.record.ObjRecord.fillFields(ObjRecord.java:99) 08:31:40,321 INFO [STDOUT] at org.apache.poi.hssf.record.Record.fillFields (Record.java:90) 08:31:40,321 INFO [STDOUT] at org.apache.poi.hssf.record.Record.<init> (Record.java:55) 08:31:40,321 INFO [STDOUT] at org.apache.poi.hssf.record.ObjRecord.<init> (ObjRecord.java:61) 08:31:40,321 INFO [STDOUT] ... 50 more
Created attachment 13997 [details] Here's the offending .xls
(In reply to comment #0) > I searched the archives for this but did not find a bug describing my > problem. The problem is murkier - A Excel 2000 file from my customer receives I can reproduce this at will with a template file I was given to work with. If the file is saved with any sheet having a cell selected with a "pull-down", it will fail exactly as this BUG describes. If I take the same file (without changing the format) and ensure that NO sheet has a cell selected which contains a "pull-down" menu, it can be sucessfully read.
*** Bug 34575 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
This is now fixed in CVS! Please verify, on latest CVS or a release after today.