Inserting an Image in Excel with POI HSSF

Has anyone been successful creating an Excel document with an
embedded image using POI HSSF?
Create a nicely formatted Excel is no, problem - but I can't
seem to figure the image part out. I am not calling the loadPicture
correctly, which is confusing CF.
<cfset patriarch = newSheet.createDrawingPatriarch()/>
<cfset patriarch.createPicture(createObject("java",
"org.apache.poi.hssf.usermodel.HSSFClientAnchor").init(),
loadPicture("asset/images/logo_e2eA.png",
workSheet))/>

MinOP wrote:
> but I can't seem to figure the image part out. I am not
calling the loadPicture correctly, which is confusing CF.
You did not mention which version of POI. Did you verify your
version supports the patriarch.createPicture method? If you are
using a really old version it might not.
> loadPicture("asset/images/logo_e2eA.png",
workSheet))/>
Does the code actually have access to a loadPicture() method
or function? I think loadPicture() is a private method in one of
the example classes: org.apache.poi.hssf.usermodel.examples.*. So
you may have to write your own version of it. Assuming you have not
done so already...

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