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benschwetty
Trying to use jexcelapi
Apr 17th, 2008, 4:06am  
Hello-

I was wondering if anyone has used jexcelapi to create excel spreadsheets in Processing.  I put the jxl.jar file in the libraries and I still get the error that jikes could not find "jxl".  I am pretty new using Java and Processing, and not the best programmer.  Any help would be great.  

THank you
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JohnG
Re: Trying to use jexcelapi
Reply #1 - Apr 17th, 2008, 12:24pm  
For a single project it'd be easier to put the jar files into a "code" directory in your sketch directory.
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benschwetty
Re: Trying to use jexcelapi
Reply #2 - Apr 17th, 2008, 6:12pm  
I have tried to putting the files in there and everywhere.  I am thinking that it must not be compatible with processing.  Do you know of others ways of making an Excel file using processing?
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ewjordan
Re: Trying to use jexcelapi
Reply #3 - Apr 19th, 2008, 7:50pm  
Output to a CSV (comma separated variable) file, which is readable by all versions of Excel - frankly, unless you're trying to output stuff using VBA or graphs or something like that, XLS format is all bloated garbage anyways.  You can dump CSV real easy, just separate entries by commas.

Look up the saveStrings function in the Processing reference, that's a good way to save the file (it will insert line breaks between each String in the String array you pass it, too).
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