The Apache POI team is pleased to announce the availability of Apache POI 3.5
beta 5, our latest beta including OOXML (Office Open XML) support.
Apache POI is well-known in the Java field as a library for reading and
writing Microsoft Office file formats, such as Excel, PowerPoint, Visio and
Word. With POI 3.5, it supports the new OOXML (Office Open XML) formats
introduced in Office 2007. See http://poi.apache.org/ for more details
The status of this release is a beta, meaning that we encourage users to
try it out.
If you find any bugs, please report them to the POI bug database or to
the poi-dev mailing list.
The most important changes since the previous release (3.5-beta4) are:
* Resolved licensing issues around the HDGF resource file,
chunks_parse_cmds.tbl (see bugzilla #46361).
* Openxml4J codebase is now a part of Apache POI
* Improvements in formula evaluation, support for more built-in functions
* Better handling of shifted rows
* Over 40 bug fixes and improvements.
A full list of changes is available in the change log:
http://poi.apache.org/changes.html
The source and binaries can be downloaded from your local mirror:
http://www.apache.org/dyn/closer.cgi/poi/dev/
The release is also available from the central Maven repository under
Group ID "org.apache.poi" and Version "3.5-beta5".
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The Apache POI team is pleased to announce the availability of Apache POI 3.5.1 beta 1, our first release including OOXML (Office Open XML) support.
Apache POI is well-known in the Java field as a library for reading and writing OLE2 office file formats, such as Excel, PowerPoint, Visio and Word. With POI 3.5, it also support the new OOXML formats introduced in Office 2007. See http://poi.apache.org/ for more details
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Release Highlights:
In addition, all fixes from POI 3.1 FINAL, and from just after, are included. For full changelog details, and documentation, please see /docs/ in the distribution. The documentation on the website reflects the state of work on POI 3.1.1.
The source and binaries can be downloaded from your local mirror: http://www.apache.org/dyn/closer.cgi/poi/dev/
The release is also available from the central Maven repository under Group ID "org.apache.poi" and Version "3.5.1-beta1". Note that the ooxml support is not available via Maven, as the dependencies are not packaged.
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The Apache POI team is pleased to announce the availability of Apache POI 3.1-FINAL.
Apache POI is well-known in the Java field as a library for reading and
writing OLE2 office file formats, such as Excel, PowerPoint, Visio and
Word. See http://poi.apache.org
Release Highlights:
POI-HSSF - Java API To Access Microsoft Excel Format Files
* Major improvements in formula evaluation
* Support for conditional formatting
* Support for Excel hyperlinks
* Handling of embedded OLE2 documents
* Support for getting excel cell comments when extracting text
* Support for specifying a policy to HSSF on missing / blank cells when fetching
POI-HSLF - Java API To Access Microsoft PowerPoint Format Files
* Support for getting embedded sounds
* Support for getting embedded OLE objects
* Support for Tables
* Improved text extraction
* Export PowerPoint slides into image
* Java2D Graphics driver
POI-HWPF - Java API To Access Microsoft Word Format Files
* Handling of embedded OLE2 documents
* Support for extracting Escher images from HWPF files
* Improved Range.replaceText()
About 100 other fixes and improvements. A full list of changes is available in the change log:
http://poi.apache.org/changes.html
The source and binaries can be downloaded from your local mirror:
http://www.apache.org/dyn/closer.cgi/poi/release/
The release is also available from the central Maven repository under
Group ID "org.apache.poi" and Version "3.1-FINAL".
Apache POI Team
The Apache POI team is pleased to announce the release of 3.1 BETA2 which is one of the final steps before 3.1 FINAL.
Apache POI is well-known in the Java field as a library for reading and writing OLE2 office file formats, such as Excel, PowerPoint, Visio and Word.
The status of this release is a beta, meaning that we encourage users to try it out. If you find any bugs, please report them to the POI bug database or to the poi-dev mailing list.
Summary of changes since 3.1-beta1:
A full list of changes is available in the change log: http://poi.apache.org/changes.html
The source and binaries can be downloaded from your local mirror: http://www.apache.org/dyn/closer.cgi/poi/dev/
The release is also available from the central Maven repository under Group ID "org.apache.poi" and Version "3.1-beta2".
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The POI team is pleased to announce the release of 3.1 BETA1 which is one of the final steps before 3.1 FINAL.
Apache POI is well-known in the Java field as a library for reading and
writing OLE2 office file formats, such as Excel, PowerPoint, Visio and
Word.
The status of this release is a beta, meaning that we encourage users to try it out.
If you find any bugs, please report them to the POI bug database or to
the poi-dev mailing list.
The release contains a mixture of new features and bug fixes, compared
to 3.0.2. The most important changes are:
- Major improvements in Excel formula evaluation
- Support for conditional formatting in Excel
- Handling of embedded OLE2 documents in Excel and PowerPoint
- Major improvements in the API for PowerPoint (support for Tables,
better handling of text properties, PPT Graphics2D driver)
- Export PowerPoint slides into image
A full list of changes is available in the change log:
http://poi.apache.org/changes.html
The source and binaries can be downloaded from your local mirror:
http://www.apache.org/dyn/closer.cgi/poi/dev/
The release is also available from the central Maven repository under
Group ID "org.apache.poi" and Version "3.1-beta1".
Microsoft Corp. (Nasdaq "MSFT") and Sourcesense, a leading European open source systems integration consultancy, announced that the two companies will collaborate on the strategy, development and deployment of open source solutions for the Microsoft Office product suite. See the Press-Release for more details.
Related: Apache POI - http://poi.apache.org/
The Apache POI team is pleased to announce the release of POI 3.0.2.
Apache POI is well-known in the Java field as a library for reading and writing OLE2 office file formats, such as Excel, PowerPoint, Visio and Word.
There have been many important bug fixes since the 3.0.1 release and a lot of new features.
A full list of changes is available in the change log: http://poi.apache.org/changes.html
The source and binaries can be downloaded from your local mirror: http://www.apache.org/dyn/closer.cgi/poi/release/
The release is also available from the central Maven repository under Group ID "org.apache.poi" and Version "3.0.2-FINAL".
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The Apache POI developers are pleased to announce the release of Apache POI 3.0.2 BETA2 which is one of the final steps before the 3.0.2 FINAL.
Apache POI is well-known in the Java field as a library for reading and writing OLE2 office file formats, such as Excel, PowerPoint, Visio and Word.
The release contains a mixture of new features and bug fixes, compared to 3.0.1. A full list of changes is available in the change log: http://poi.apache.org/changes.html
The source and binaries can be downloaded from your local mirror: http://www.apache.org/dyn/closer.cgi/poi/dev/
The release is also available from the central Maven repository under Group ID "org.apache.poi".
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The Apache POI developers are pleased to announce the release of Apache POI 3.0.2 BETA1 which is one of the final steps before the 3.0.2 FINAL.
Apache POI is well-known in the Java field as a library for reading and writing OLE2 office file formats, such as Excel, PowerPoint, Visio and Word.
The release contains a mixture of new features and bug fixes, compared to 3.0.1. A full list of changes is available in the change log: http://poi.apache.org/changes.html
The source and binaries can be downloaded from your local mirror: http://www.apache.org/dyn/closer.cgi/poi/dev/
The release is also available from the central Maven repository under Group ID "org.apache.poi".
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The Apache POI Team is pleased to announce the immediate availability of Apache POI 3.0.1 (formerly known as Apache Jakarta POI). This is our first release since our TLP (Top Level Project) graduation from Apache Jakarta, and we would like to thank all those who helped it happen.
Apache POI is well-known in the Java field as a library for reading and writing OLE2 office file formats, such as Excel, PowerPoint, Visio and Word.
Besides a number of bug fixes, this release offers a range of new features including:
A full changelog is available at: http://poi.apache.org/changes.html
Apache POI 3.0.1 is downloadable from the apache website and mirrored sites: http://www.apache.org/dyn/closer.cgi/poi/release/
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Apache POI has moved to a TLP at its new address, http://poi.apache.org.
Apache POI provides set of APIs for creating, reading, and writing files based upon the OLE 2 Compound Document Format using only Java.