Re: Latest POI version and what do I need to know

[Vernon Hamberg <vhamberg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

We are at 7.3, so maybe not exactly the same as you will be -- but we 
are using POI 3.9 with no issues. We use the default JVM - I expect that 
7.4 would still support the 7.3 default - that needs to be verified.

Here are the results from running java -version in QShell -

java version "1.8.0_231"
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 8.0.6.0 - 
pap3280sr6-20191107_01(SR6))
IBM J9 VM (build 2.9, JRE 1.8.0 OS/400 ppc-32-Bit 20191106_432135 (JIT 
enabled, AOT enabled)

We have 5770JV1 options 14, 16, & 17.

I do remember testing the several Java versions on our system and found 
no problems with any of that, as I recall.

We have the following setup for the CLASSPATH environment variable -

/java/poi3.9/poi-3.9-20121203.jar
/java/poi3.9/poi-ooxml-3.9-20121203.jar
/java/poi3.9/poi-ooxml-schemas-3.9-20121203.jar
/java/dom4j/dom4j-1.6.1.jar
/java/xmlbeans/xmlbeans-2.6.0/jsr173_1.0_api.jar
/java/xmlbeans/xmlbeans-2.6.0/xbean.jar
/java/xmlbeans/xmlbeans-2.6.0/xmlbeans-qname.jar

HTH
Vern

On 10/13/2020 9:21 AM, a4g atl wrote:
> We are upgrading from v7.2 to V7.4. Our test system is now at v7.4.
>
> We have a few programs using the POI 3.6 classes.
>
> What versions of POI is recommended?
> What Gotcha's do I need to be aware of?
> What is the latest version of Java available for the i?
> Should I look at another tool?
>
> TIA
> Darryl Freinkel