Re: Java problem in RPG

This RPG code works with any jakarta release (from 1.5 to 2.0) at V5R1 and
V5R2

// open existing .xls
fileName = createString(XLSFile);
tfileName = trimString(fileName);
is = FileInputStream(tfileName);
fs = createfs(is);
wb = openwb(fs);

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Giuseppe

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mike Barton" <Mike.Barton@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "RPG programming on the AS400/iSeries" <rpg400-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, July 18, 2003 9:35 AM
Subject: Java problem in RPG


> Hi peeps
> I have been using the jakarta jar to create/change
> xl spreadsheets with rpg programs with great success so far.
>
> One problem I have found is slightly odd.
>
> I am reading in an existing spreadsheet.
> The java constructor is as follows:
>  POIFSFileSystem(java.io.InputStream stream)
>
> now obviously, I want to read the file from the IFS,
> and since InputStream isn't too useful by itself,
> I pass it a FileInputStream class object which is
> inherited from InputStream - so therefore no problem
> - except there is.
>
> I get:
> Message ID . . . . . . :   RNX0301       Severity . . . . . . . :   50
>
> Message type . . . . . :   Escape
>
> Date sent  . . . . . . :   18/07/03      Time sent  . . . . . . :
08:17:34
>
>
>
> Message . . . . :   Java exception received when calling Java method.
>
> Cause . . . . . :   RPG procedure MSP760 in program MSP760/MSPOBJ received
>
>   Java exception "java.io.IOException:" when calling method "<init>" with
>
>   signature "(Ljava.io.InputStream;)V" in class
>
>   "org.apache.poi.poifs.filesystem.POIFSFileSystem".
>
> Recovery  . . . :   Contact the person responsible for program maintenance
> to ....
>
> I have tried later versons of the jakarta jar but still get
> the same problem.
>
> Now the bizzare thing about it is that if i do a STRDBG in the
> cl program, the problem disappears !!!
>
> we are on V5R1
>
> Mike
>
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