Problem making an Excel file from a jsp

Question

Hi.
I'm developing a web application that uses Excel for printing the reports. So far everything has worked fine, at least for the created Excel files that do not have any images on them. Now I need to create an excel file with an image as the header. I tried adding the necessary code to include the image, but when I open it, the image is not displayed (like when you open an HTML page that could load a certain image). I tried using different ways to set the src to see if maybe the path was the problem, but everytime I got the same result...
How can I do this? How can I include the image and actually display it when the user opens the file in Excel?
Thanks in advance
CyberSpider

Answer 1

I had a similar porblem....
I got some help from...http://www.javaworld.com/javaworld/jw-10-2006/jw-1019-xmlexcel.html?page=1...
This is my code in servlet...
HSSFWorkbook wb = new HSSFWorkbook();
HSSFSheet spreadSheet = wb.createSheet("Users");
spreadSheet.setColumnWidth((short) 0, (short) (256 * 25));
spreadSheet.setColumnWidth((short) 1, (short) (256 * 25));
// Creating Rows
HSSFRow row = spreadSheet.createRow(0);
HSSFCell cell = row.createCell((short) 1);
cell.setCellValue("Year 2005");
cell = row.createCell((short) 2);
cell.setCellValue("Year 2004");
HSSFRow row1 = spreadSheet.createRow(1);
HSSFCellStyle cellStyle = wb.createCellStyle();
cellStyle.setBorderRight(HSSFCellStyle.BORDER_MEDIUM);
cellStyle.setBorderTop(HSSFCellStyle.BORDER_MEDIUM);
cellStyle.setBorderLeft(HSSFCellStyle.BORDER_MEDIUM);
cellStyle.setBorderBottom(HSSFCellStyle.BORDER_MEDIUM);
cell = row1.createCell((short) 0);
cell.setCellValue("Revenue ($)");
cell = row1.createCell((short) 1);
cell.setCellValue("25656");
cell = row1.createCell((short) 2);
cell.setCellValue("15457");
FileOutputStream output = new FileOutputStream(new File("/tmp/Users.xls"));
response.setContentType("application/vnd.ms-excel");
response.setHeader("Content-Disposition", "attachment;filename=Users.xls");
ServletOutputStream out = response.getOutputStream();
wb.write(output);
output.flush();
output.close();
forward = null;
In firefox i get the download dialog box but not able to open in from there,i need to save it and then open. In IE i dont get the dialog box instead the excell open inside the browser......Please help me to open a excel sheet onclick on a link "Export to excel" in jsp......
Thanks in advance...