XLPARSER problem

Hi group,

I wonder if anyone has tried the XLPARSER service program that Scott 
Klement published in the January 8, 2004 edition of iSeries NEWS.

Having downloaded the zip file with sources, I have followed all steps he 
describes:

a) Get the Jakarta-POI Java classes from their Web site. Make sure you get 
the latest version by clicking "download," then choosing a mirror, and 
then clicking on the "dev" and "bin" directories. This link will take you 
to the Jakarta-POI Web site: http://jakarta.apache.org/poi/
b) Unzip the file that you downloaded from the Jakarta-POI Web site and 
upload the .jar files to the /QIBM/UserData/Java400/ext directory in your 
IFS. If you use FTP to transfer this file, make sure you use BINARY mode.
c) Retrieve the source code for this tip from the iSeries Network's Web 
site. 
http://www.iseriesnetwork.com/noderesources/code/clubtechcode/ParseExcel.zip
d) Upload the xlparse.jar file to the /QIBM/UserData/Java400/ext directory 
in your IFS. Again, if you use FTP, use BINARY mode.
e) Upload the xlpdemo.xls file to the /tmp directory in the IFS. Again, if 
you use FTP, use BINARY mode.
f) Create the XLPARSER4 service program and the XLPDEMO program by 
following the instructions in their respective source members.

However, if I then call XLPDEMO, I get a java error: "Java exception 
received when calling Java method."

The details of this error are:

Message . . . . :   Java exception received when calling Java method.  
Cause . . . . . :   RPG procedure XLPARSE_WO in program COLPAERP/XLPARSER4 
 
  received Java exception "java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError:  
  com/iseriesnetwork/clubtech/xlparse/ParseSheet" when calling method 
"parse"
  with signature "(¬B¬B¬B)V" in class  
  "com.iseriesnetwork.clubtech.xlparse.ParseSheet".  

My classpath points to both the POI and XLPARSE jar files in the IFS.

Am I missing some vital stuff, or did I forget some obscure setting?

Thanks in advance,
Peter Colpaert
Application Developer
Massive - Kontich, Belgium
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