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Article:		Reading and Writing Excel Files with POI
Subject:		Use POI
Date:		2004-07-28 15:30:04
From:		arpanshah78
Thank you for this wonderful article. But anyone tell after I download zip file from internet, how can I use the POI. There should be some classpath set so that when we compile java program that uses POI package, the compiler knows where to find the package. Thanks, Arpan

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• Use POI
  2005-01-18 19:07:11  Namrata [View]
  
  
  Hi Arpan
  
  you just have to add the file called "poi-2.5.1-final-20040804.jar" to your classpath ...note that filename may vary depending upon the version you have downloaded for the poi package .
  
  i would suggest you to download the latest vesion from jakarta POI binary realease page which is
  
  1.download "poi-bin-2.5.1-final-20040804.zip"
  file
  2.extract it to the folder say
  c:\poi-bin-2.5.1-final-20040804
  3. and then simply add to the classpath..
  "c:\poi-bin-2.5.1-final-20040804\poi-2.5.1-final-20040804.jar"
  
  
  thats it .
  Namrata Ganatra
  
  
• Use POI
  2006-10-19 20:48:14  zinggo [View]
  
  
  Hy namrata,
  I already set the classpath as u said abvoe. I put that file in C:\Program Files\Apache Software Foundation\Tomcat 5.5\common\lib\poi-2.5.1-final-20040804.jar;
  But when i try compile sample program error occur. one of ther error is import org.apache.poi.hpsf.* is not exist.
  
  I really apreciate to all of ur guide..thanks
• Use POI
  2006-02-07 21:45:23  harikirankams [View]
  
  
  Hi,
  Just need some help if u can please for working on POI. i have downloaded the "poi-bin-2.5.1-final-20040804.zip" from the internet and extracted it to c:\poi. i have set the class path to this directory which contains the poi-bin-2.5.1-final-20040804.jar file. but i am still unable to compile the file . when i am comiling it says the package is not found.please share any info .
  regards
  Hari Kiran