Opening and updateing an excel sheet using jxl
Hello,
I am working using the following code example but I am unable to get it to work.
import jxl.*;
import jxl.write.*;
import java.io.*;
public class CreateExcel_JxlApi {
public static void main(String[] args) {
//create WorkbookSettings object
WorkbookSettings ws = new WorkbookSettings();
try{
//create work book
WritableWorkbook workbook = Workbook.getWorkbook(new File("C:/FileLocation/ExcelFile.xls"));
WritableWorkbook workbookCopy= Workbook.createWorkbook(new File("C:/FileLocation/NewExcelFile"), workbook);
System.out.println("Did excel file create?");
//create work sheet
WritableSheet workSheet = null;
workSheet = workbook.createSheet("Test Report" ,3);
SheetSettings sh = workSheet.getSettings();
//write to datasheet
workSheet.addCell(new jxl.write.Label(10,0,"User Name"));
workSheet.addCell(new jxl.write.Label(11,0,"Password2"));
workSheet.addCell(new jxl.write.Label(13,0,"Another one for the Road"));
//write to the excel sheet
workbook.write();
//close the workbook
workbook.close();
}catch(Exception e){
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
}
What I am trying to do is:
1. Open the excel worksheet with Groovy using jxl.
2. Write New Data onto the same Excel worksheet in a different Row.
3. Make Sure the previous data on the worksheet does not erase.
There have been some threads in the past but they either don't explain how it was accomplished or any links relating to the post are broken.
Thanks for looking.
I found a solution to the problem.
First I switched to Apache POI. It's similar to jxl but has more support and is constantly updated.
With POI, in order to update get your desired results (at least from what I'm seeing) you would have to upload the file you want to update and create a copy of the file. The reason this happens is because the system locks the first while. When I was doing this with jxl, the whole file would overwrite any data that was in the file and wouldn't output my desired results.
Here is some sample code that I found that works for me.
FileInputStream fsIP= new FileInputStream(new File("C:/FileLocation/Excel.xls")); //Read the spreadsheet that needs to be updated HSSFWorkbook wb = new HSSFWorkbook(fsIP); //Access the workbook HSSFSheet worksheet = wb.getSheetAt(6); //Access the worksheet, so that we can update / modify it. def response=context.expand('${RESTAPI#Response}') def i = (context.expand('${RESTAPI#Order}')).toInteger() def json = new JsonSlurper().parseText(response) a=json.AMT.toString() b=(json.Date.toString()).substring(0,10) c=json.Num.toString() //Cell cell = null; // declare a Cell object cell = worksheet.getRow(i).getCell(14); // Access the second cell in second row to update the value cell.setCellValue(a); // Get current cell value value and overwrite the value cell = worksheet.getRow(i).getCell(15); cell.setCellValue(b); cell = worksheet.getRow(i).getCell(16); cell.setCellValue(c); fsIP.close(); //Close the InputStream FileOutputStream output_file =new FileOutputStream(new File("C:/FileLocation/File2.xls")); //Open FileOutputStream to write updates wb.write(output_file); //write changes output_file.close(); //close the streamI ran into another issue though. During a DataSource Loop, the file only writes it to one line when I have multiple. I will look for a solution and post it here once I find it for those who are looking for the same.
I'm new to Groovy and Ready API so I'm learning this as I go.
