Re: Scott's Excel stuff and Giovanni's XLPARSE2

[Scott Klement <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Okay, so I did say it more recently than 2004...

But if it helps, I really really really regret saying that! :)

When I speak about this stuff, I tell people not to use the "ext" 
directory, and my recent articles (like the following one) explain how 
to set up an IFS directory structure and put it in your CLASSPATH.

http://systeminetwork.com/article/new-poi-release-brings-excels-xlsx-support-rpg

Unfortunately, when I say something st00pid and it gets published, it's 
hard to take it back :)


On 3/22/2010 1:03 PM, Dennis Lovelady wrote:
> I don't suppose it could have been from this July, 2007 article?  "POI
> Updated to Version 3.0.1"
>      http://systeminetwork.com/article/poi-updated-version-301/
>
> Quoting: "Personally, I prefer to put the POI JAR files in the Java
> "extensions" (/qibm/userdata/java400/ext) IFS directory. Once that's done,
> they're installed and there's no need for me to monkey with my CLASSPATH,
> because any JAR file in the extensions directory will automatically be found
> and used by the JVM. Basically, any JAR file in that directory is considered
> a "public tool" available to any Java software on the system."