Re: jexcelapi & java.lang.NullPointerException error

Michael,

I responded to you off line. Once we get this resolved, we can post the
resolution on line for the rest to share.

Nick

> Hi Nick -
>
> Well...since that's my code, I guess I should raise my hand to help. :)
>
> I *think* it's blowing up on this:
>
>     if (description.compareTo("A") == 0)    // Use label function
>
> where I'm determining if the description passed is character. It may be
> unrelated, but I've seen a problem where the description of fields were
> not
> in the order specified in the file description. I don't know if that's the
> problem or not.
>
> Do this: send me your /tmp/input.txt file. Maybe I can see the problem
> there.
>
> - Michael
>
> On 5/17/06, nickmart@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <nickmart@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>> I have downloaded the latest JExcelAPI zip file and hopefully followed
>> the
>> instructions to compile everything. However, when I run the utility, I
>> am
>> getting a JVA0122 error. I changed the JAVA line in the MKXL003C cl
>> program to output to *PRINT. I get the following log.
>>
>> java.lang.NullPointerException
>> at java.lang.Throwable.<init>(Throwable.java:180)
>> at java.lang.Exception.<init>(Exception.java:29)
>> at java.lang.RuntimeException.<init>(RuntimeException.java:32)
>> at java.lang.NullPointerException.<init>(NullPointerException.java:36)
>> at MakeXLS.fillXLS(MakeXLS.java:155)
>> at MakeXLS.readCSVFile(MakeXLS.java:86)
>> at MakeXLS.main(MakeXLS.java:41)
>>
>> Any and all suggestions will be greatly appreciated. Thank you in
>> advance.
>>
>> Nick W. Mart
>>
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