How to use JExcel API (excel,csv)

Question

Hi,
I have my java application and I want to read an excel file (.xls) using the Jexcel API to convert a part of it into csv format or a xml format (to make after a pdf file with another java library).....
How can I do it? I need only the first steps!!! I don't know where must I start!!
Thanks a lot

Answer 1

to read Excel files using JExcel, look at the docs API first. The code you'll need looks like the following:
Workbook workbook = Workbook.getWorkbook(new File("D:/tmp/source.xls"));
import jxl.Cell;
import jxl.Sheet;
import jxl.Workbook;
import jxl.read.biff.BiffException;
Sheet sheet = workbook.getSheet(3);
          int cols = sheet.getColumns();
          int rows = sheet.getRows();
          Cell cell = null;
               for (i = 1; i < rows; i++) {
                    for (i = 1; i < rows; i++) {
                      cell = sheet.getCell(j, i);
                      //System.out.println(cell.getContents());
               }In order to generate PDF after, you can use iText or FOP.
iText doesn't require XML. It uses simply java objects. (http://www.lowagie.com/iText/)
If you want to generate XML file first, so use FOP. It requires XML and XSL files to generate PDF. (http://xmlgraphics.apache.org/fop/)
Personnaly, I used the two tools (iText and FOP). I prefer iText because it simple and can generate complex PDF.
hth