Java-Excel program not working

Question

Hi,
Can anyone Help me?
Below is a small code snippet i used to read an excel file using the POI-HSSF API
import org.apache.poi.hssf.usermodel.HSSFWorkbook;
import org.apache.poi.hssf.usermodel.HSSFSheet;
import org.apache.poi.hssf.usermodel.HSSFRow;
import org.apache.poi.hssf.usermodel.HSSFCell;
import java.io.FileInputStream;
* This is a sample to Read an  Excel Sheet using
* Jakarta POI API
* @author  Elango Sundaram
* @version 1.0
public class ReadXL {
    /** Location where the Excel has to be read from. Note the forward Slash */
    public static String fileToBeRead="Read.xls";
    public static void main(String argv[]){      
        try{
                System.out.println("hai");
                    // Create a work book reference
                    HSSFWorkbook workbook = new HSSFWorkbook(new FileInputStream(fileToBeRead));
                    // Refer to the sheet. Put the Name of the sheet to be referred from
                    // Alternative you can also refer the sheet by index using getSheetAt(int index)
                    HSSFSheet sheet = workbook.getSheet("Sheet1");
                    //Reading the TOP LEFT CELL
                    HSSFRow row = sheet.getRow(0);
                    // Create a cell ate index zero ( Top Left)
                    HSSFCell cell = row.getCell((short)0);
                    // Type the content
                    //System.out.println("THE TOP LEFT CELL--> " + cell.getStringCellValue());           
        }catch(Exception e) {
            System.out.println("!! Bang !! xlRead() : " + e );
}I have compiled in JAVA 1.5.0_09 under Solaris 5.10 platform
$ javac -cp poi-3.0.1-FINAL-20070705.jar  -Xlint:deprecation ReadXL.java
$ java ReadXL
Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: org/apache/poi/hssf/usermodel/HSSFWorkbookHow to proceed???

Answer 1

You need to add the directory where the ReadXL class is located.
java -cp .:poi-3.0.1-FINAL-20070705.jar ReadXLMessage was edited by:
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