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# JWorkbook: Version 0.3.0 #
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8 July 2003

Written by David Gilbert.
(C)opyright, 2001-2003, by Object Refinery Limited.

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1.  INTRODUCTION
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JWorkbook is a class library for exporting spreadsheet data from Java
programs.  This version can export to these formats:

-->  Gnumeric XML;
-->  XL (partial support) via the POI/HSSF framework;

The XL support will improve as new versions of POI/HSSF are released.

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2.  LICENCE
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JWorkbook is licensed, free of charge, under the terms of the GNU
Lesser General Public Licence.  A copy of the licence is included in the
download.
 
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3.  LATEST VERSION
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The latest version of this class library can be obtained from:

    http://www.jfree.org/jworkbook/index.html

Feel free to browse the rest of the website to see the other open
source projects at http://www.jfree.org. 

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4.  DEPENDENCIES
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JWorkbook requires the POI library (included in the distribution):

LIBRARY:                   WEB SITE:
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poi-2.0-pre1-20030517.jar  http://www.jrefinery.com/jcommon

POI is licensed under the Apache Software License.

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5.  DEMONSTRATION
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The JWorkbook class is runnable, and will generate a file
"sample.gnumeric" containing a simple workbook (you can load this file
directly into Gnumeric).  To run this demonstration, type the following
command:
 
java -classpath jworkbook-0.3.0.jar:lib/poi-2.0-pre1-20030517.jar org.jfree.workbook.JWorkbook

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6.  COMMENTS
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Your comments and suggestions are welcome.  Please visit:

http://www.jfree.org/jworkbook/index.html

...and post your comments in the discussion forum.  For anything that
cannot be dealt with in the discussion forum, you can send an e-mail
to david.gilbert@object-refinery.com.