History of Changes

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1. Version 3.0-alpha2 (16 June 2006)

• HSSF Formula support(POI-DEVELOPERS)
• Additional HSLF support for PowerPoint(POI-DEVELOPERS)
• 39389 - [PATCH] Extended Ascii support for WingDings(POI-DEVELOPERS)

2. Version 3.0-alpha1 (4 July 2005)

• Bugzilla Bug 29976 [PATCH] HSSF hyperlink formula size
problem(POI-DEVELOPERS)
• Image writing support(POI-DEVELOPERS)
• HSLF - Initial PowerPoint Support. Includes: Support for text extraction across the whole
file; Support for getting individual slides, and their notes, and extracting text from those;
Initial support for changing (but not adding) text(NB)

3. Version 2.5.1-FINAL (29 Feburary 2004)

• Outlining support(POI-DEVELOPERS)
• 27574 - [PATCH] HSSFDateUtil.getExcelDate() is one hour off when DST
changes(POI-DEVELOPERS)
• 26465 - [PATCH] wrong lastrow entry(POI-DEVELOPERS)
• 28203 - [PATCH] Unable to open read-write excel file including
forms(POI-DEVELOPERS)

4. Version 2.5-FINAL (29 Feburary 2004)

• Add support for the Escher file format(POI-DEVELOPERS)
• 27005 java.lang.IndexOutOfBoundsException during
Workbook.cloneSheet()(POI-DEVELOPERS)

5. Version 2.0-FINAL (26 Janurary 2004)

• No changes(POI-DEVELOPERS)

6. Version 2.0-RC2 (11 Janurary 2004)

• Bug 25695 - HSSFCell.getStringCellValue() on cell which has string formula will return

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swap bye unicode characters.(POI-DEVELOPERS)

• Updated website for upcoming release(POI-DEVELOPERS)
• Formula Parser fixes with tests, by Peter M Murray Bug 25457(POI-DEVELOPERS)
• Fixed cloning merge regions(POI-DEVELOPERS)
• The cloned reference for merged cells did not create a new collection, so deletes cascaded
to the original.(POI-DEVELOPERS)
• Fix to 24519 call to getCustomPalette() from a newly created workbook now
works(POI-DEVELOPERS)
• Fix supplied for bug 24397 where some compilation got ambiguous classes. Explicitly
imports the classes. Patch supplied by Jean-Pierre Paris.(POI-DEVELOPERS)

7. Version (2 November 2003)

• 12561 (Min) HSSFWorkbook throws Exceptions(POI-DEVELOPERS)
• 12730 (Nor) values dont get copied to another sheet.(POI-DEVELOPERS)
• 13224 (Maj) Exception thrown when cell has =Names call(POI-DEVELOPERS)
• 13796 (Nor) Error Reading Formula Record (optimized if, external
link)(POI-DEVELOPERS)
• 13921 (Nor) Sheet name cannot exceed 31 characters and cannot contain
:(POI-DEVELOPERS)
• 14330 (Nor) Error reading FormulaRecord(POI-DEVELOPERS)
• 14460 (Nor) Name in Formula - ArrayOutOfBoundsException(POI-DEVELOPERS)
• 15228 (Cri) [Urgent] ArrayIndexoutofbounds Exception. POI - Version
1.8(POI-DEVELOPERS)
• 16488 (Maj) Unable to open written spreadsheet in Excel, but can in
Open(POI-DEVELOPERS)
• 16559 (Nor) testCustomPalette.xls crashes Excel 97(POI-DEVELOPERS)
• 16560 (Nor) testBoolErr.xls crashes Excel '97(POI-DEVELOPERS)
• 17374 (Min) HSSFFont - BOLDWEIGHT_NORMAL(POI-DEVELOPERS)
• 18800 (Maj) The sheet made by HSSFWorkbook#cloneSheet() doesn't work
cor(POI-DEVELOPERS)
• 18846 (Min) [PATCH][RFE]Refactor the transformation between byte array
a(POI-DEVELOPERS)
• 19599 (Min) java.lang.IllegalArgumentException(POI-DEVELOPERS)
• 19961 (Nor) [PATCH] Sheet.getColumnWidth() returns wrong
value(POI-DEVELOPERS)
• 21066 (Blo) Can not modify a blank spreadsheet(POI-DEVELOPERS)
• 21444 (Enh) [PATCH] Macro functions(POI-DEVELOPERS)
• 21447 (Nor) [RFE]String Formula Cells(POI-DEVELOPERS)
• 21674 (Enh) [PATCH] Documentation changes for
@(Greater|Less|Not)EqualPt(POI-DEVELOPERS)

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• 21863 (Enh) [PATCH] build.xml fixes(POI-DEVELOPERS)

• 22195 (Nor) [RFE] [PATCH] Support for Storage Class ID(POI-DEVELOPERS)
• 22742 (Cri) Failed to create HSSFWorkbook!(POI-DEVELOPERS)
• 22922 (Cri) HSSFSheet.shiftRows() throws
java.lang.IndexOutOfBoundsExcep(POI-DEVELOPERS)
• 22963 (Nor) org.apache.poi.hpsf.SummaryInformation.getEditTime()
should(POI-DEVELOPERS)
• 24149 (Maj) Error passing inputstream to POIFSFileSystem(POI-DEVELOPERS)
• 21722 (Nor) [PATCH] Add a ProtectRecord to Sheets and give control
over(POI-DEVELOPERS)
• 9576 (Nor) [PATCH] DBCELL, INDEX EXTSST (was Acess 97
import)(POI-DEVELOPERS)
• 13478 (Blo) [PATCH] [RFE] POIFS, RawDataBlock: Missing workaround for
lo(POI-DEVELOPERS)
• 14824 (Nor) Unable to modify empty sheets(POI-DEVELOPERS)
• 12843 (Cri) [PATCH] Make POI handle chinese better(POI-DEVELOPERS)
• 15353 (Nor) [RFE] creating a cell with a hyperlink(POI-DEVELOPERS)
• 15375 (Blo) Post 1.5.1 POI causes spreadsheet to become
unopenable.(POI-DEVELOPERS)

8. Version 2.0-pre3 (29 July 2003)

• HPSF is now able to read properties which are given in the property set stream but which
don't have a value ("variant" type VT_EMPTY). The getXXX() methods of the
PropertySet class return null if their return type is a reference (like a string) or 0 if the
return type is numeric. Details about the return types and about how to distinguish
between a property value of zero and a property value that is not present can be found in
the API documentation.(POI-DEVELOPERS)
• Gridlines can now be turned on and off(POI-DEVELOPERS)
• NamePTG refactoring/fixes(POI-DEVELOPERS)
• minor fixes to ExternSheet and formula strings(POI-DEVELOPERS)
• Sheet comparisons now ignore case(POI-DEVELOPERS)

9. Version 2.0-pre2 (6 July 2003)

• A nasty concurrency problem has been fixed. Any users working in a multithreaded
environment should seriously consider upgrading to this release.(POI-DEVELOPERS)
• The EXTSST record has been implemented. This record is used by excel for optimized
reading of strings.(POI-DEVELOPERS)
• When rows are shifted, the merged regions now move with them. If a row contains 2
merged cells, the resulting shifted row should have those cells merged as
well.(POI-DEVELOPERS)

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• There were some issues when removing merged regions (specifically, removing all of
them and then adding some more) and have been resolved.(POI-DEVELOPERS)
• When a sheet contained shared formulas (when a formula is dragged across greater than 6
cells), the clone would fail. We now support cloning of sheets that contain this Excel
optimization. (POI-DEVELOPERS)
• Support added for reading formulas with UnaryPlus and UnaryMinus
operators.(POI-DEVELOPERS)

10. Version 2.0-pre1 (17 May 2003)

• Patch applied for deep cloning of worksheets was provided(POI-DEVELOPERS)
• Patch applied to allow sheet reordering(POI-DEVELOPERS)
• Added additional print area setting methods using row/column
numbers(POI-DEVELOPERS)
• HDF: Negative Array size fix(POI-DEVELOPERS)
• Added argument pointers to support the IF formula(POI-DEVELOPERS)
• Formulas: Added special character support for string literals, specifically for SUMIF
formula support and addresses a bug as well(POI-DEVELOPERS)
• BlockingInputStream committed to help ensure reads(POI-DEVELOPERS)
• Fixed problem with NaN values differing from the investigated value from file reads in
FormulaRecords(POI-DEVELOPERS)
• Patch for getColumnWidth in HSSF(POI-DEVELOPERS)
• Patch for dealing with mult-level numbered lists in HDF(POI-DEVELOPERS)
• Due to named reference work, several named-ranged bugs were
closed(POI-DEVELOPERS)
• Patch applied to prevent sheet corruption after a template
modification(POI-DEVELOPERS)
• Shared Formulas now Supported(POI-DEVELOPERS)
• Added GreaterEqual, LessEqual and NotEqual to Formula Parser(POI-DEVELOPERS)
• Added GreaterThan and LessThan functionality to formulas(POI-DEVELOPERS)
• Patches for i10n(POI-DEVELOPERS)
• POI Build System Updated(POI-DEVELOPERS)
• font names can now be null(POI-DEVELOPERS)

11. Version 1.10-dev (19 Feb 2003)

• Support for zoom level(POI-DEVELOPERS)
• Freeze and split pane support(POI-DEVELOPERS)
• Row and column headers on printouts(POI-DEVELOPERS)

12. Version 1.8-dev (20 Sep 2002)

• Custom Data Format Support(POI-DEVELOPERS)

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• Enhanced Unicode Support for Russian and Japanese(POI-DEVELOPERS)

• Enhanced formula support including read-only for "optimized if"
statements.(POI-DEVELOPERS)
• Support for cloning objects(POI-DEVELOPERS)
• Fixes for header/footer(POI-DEVELOPERS)
• Spanish Documentation translations(POI-DEVELOPERS)
• Support for preserving VBA macros(POI-DEVELOPERS)

13. Version 1.7-dev (???)

• Removed runtime dependency on commons logging.(NKB)
• Formula support(POI-DEVELOPERS)

14. Version 1.5.1 (16 June 2002)

• Removed depedency on commons logging. Now define poi.logging system property to
enable logging to standard out.(GJS)
• Fixed SST string handling so that spreadsheets with rich text or extended text will be read
correctly.(GJS)

15. Version 1.5 (06 May 2002)

• New project build.(NKB)
• New project documentation system based on Cocoon.(NKB)
• Package rename(POI-DEVELOPERS)
• Various bug fixes(POI-DEVELOPERS)
• Early stages of HSF development (not ready for development)(POI-DEVELOPERS)
• Initial low level record support for charting (not complete)(POI-DEVELOPERS)

16. Version 1.1.0 (Release date not recorded)

• Created new event model(POI-DEVELOPERS)
• Optimizations made to HSSF including aggregate records for values, rows,
etc.(POI-DEVELOPERS)
• predictive sizing, offset based writing (instead of lots of array
copies)(POI-DEVELOPERS)
• minor re-factoring and bug fixes.(POI-DEVELOPERS)

17. Version 1.0.0 (Release date not recorded)

• Minor documentation updates.(POI-DEVELOPERS)

18. Version 0.14.0 (Release date not recorded)

• Added DataFormat helper class and exposed set and get format on

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HSSFCellStyle(POI-DEVELOPERS)
• Fixed column width apis (unit wise) and various javadoc on the
subject(POI-DEVELOPERS)
• Fix for Dimensions record (again)... (one of these days I'll write a unit test for this
;-p).(POI-DEVELOPERS)
• Some optimization on sheet creation.(POI-DEVELOPERS)

19. Version 0.13.0 (Release date not recorded)

• Changes not recorded.(POI-DEVELOPERS)

20. Version 0.12.0 (Release date not recorded)

• Added MulBlank, Blank, ColInfo(POI-DEVELOPERS)
• Added log4j facility and removed all sys.out type logging(POI-DEVELOPERS)
• Added support for adding font's, styles and corresponding high level api for styling
cells(POI-DEVELOPERS)
• added support for changing row height, cell width and default row height/cell
width.(POI-DEVELOPERS)
• Added fixes for internationalization (UTF-16 should work now from
HSSFCell.setStringValue, etc when the encoding is set)(POI-DEVELOPERS)
• added support for adding/removing and naming sheets.(POI-DEVELOPERS)

21. Version 0.11.0 (Release date not recorded)

• Bugfix release. We were throwing an exception when reading RKRecord
objects.(POI-DEVELOPERS)

22. Version 0.10.0 (Release date not recorded)

• Got continuation records to work (read/write)(POI-DEVELOPERS)
• Added various pre-support for formulas(POI-DEVELOPERS)
• Massive API reorganization, repackaging.(POI-DEVELOPERS)
• BiffViewer class added for validating HSSF & POI and/or HSSF
Output.(POI-DEVELOPERS)
• Better API support for modification.(POI-DEVELOPERS)

23. Version 0.7 (and interim releases) (Release date not recorded)
• Added encoding flag to high and low level api to use utf-16 when needed
(HSSFCell.setEncoding())(POI-DEVELOPERS)
• added read only support for Label records (which are reinterpreted as LabelSST when
written)(POI-DEVELOPERS)
• Broken continuation record implementation (oops)(POI-DEVELOPERS)

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• BiffViewer class added for validating HSSF & POI and/or HSSF
Output.(POI-DEVELOPERS)

24. Version 0.6 (release) (Release date not recorded)

• Support for read/write and modify.(POI-DEVELOPERS)
• Read only support for MulRK records (converted to Number when writing)
(POI-DEVELOPERS)

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