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author | Rainer Klute <klute@apache.org> | 2004-12-31 06:49:41 +0000 |
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committer | Rainer Klute <klute@apache.org> | 2004-12-31 06:49:41 +0000 |
commit | 9f2ae281bdffd7860e68cb91d3404031ecab7374 (patch) | |
tree | c2c0fac335362d9b4d2a9b587f2aeee1f91d2080 /src | |
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diff --git a/src/documentation/content/xdocs/index.xml b/src/documentation/content/xdocs/index.xml index 1363fa9556..cfea45b084 100644 --- a/src/documentation/content/xdocs/index.xml +++ b/src/documentation/content/xdocs/index.xml @@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ <person id="AO" name="Andrew C. Oliver" email="acoliver@apache.org"/> <person id="GJS" name="Glen Stampoultzis" email="poi-user@jakarta.apache.org"/> <person id="AS" name="Avik Sengupta" email="poi-user@jakarta.apache.org"/> + <person id="RK" name="Rainer Klute" email="klute@apache.org"/> </authors> </header> @@ -61,32 +62,41 @@ <section><title>Components To Date</title> <section><title>Overview</title> - <p>A common misconception is that POI writes Excel files. POI is the name of the project. POI contains several - components, one of which, HSSF, writes Excel files. The following are components of the entire POI project - and a brief summary of their purpose.</p> + <p>The following are components of the entire POI project and a brief + summary of their purpose.</p> </section> - <section><title>POIFS</title> + <section><title>POIFS for OLE 2 Documents</title> <p>POIFS is the oldest and most stable part of the project. It is our port of the OLE 2 Compound Document Format to pure Java. It supports both read and write functionality. All of our components ultimately rely on it by definition. Please see <link href="./poifs/index.html">the POIFS project page</link> for more information.</p> </section> - <section><title>HSSF</title> + <section><title>HSSF for Excel Documents</title> <p>HSSF is our port of the Microsoft Excel 97(-2002) file format (BIFF8) to pure Java. It supports read and write capability. Please see <link href="./hssf/index.html">the HSSF project page</link> for more information.</p> </section> - <section><title>HWPF</title> - <p>HWPF is our port of the Microsoft Word 97 file format to pure Java. It supports read and write capability. - Please see <link href="./hwpf/index.html">the HWPF project page for more information</link>. This component is - in the early stages of development.It can already read and write simple files. Jump in!</p> + <section><title>HWPF for Word Documents</title> + <p>HWPF is our port of the Microsoft Word 97 file format to pure + Java. It supports read and write capability. Please see <link + href="./hwpf/index.html">the HWPF project page for more + information</link>. This component is in the early stages of + development. It can already read and write simple files.</p> + <p>Presently we are looking for a contributor to foster the HWPF + development. Jump in!</p> </section> - <section><title>HPSF</title> + <section><title>HPSF for Document Properties</title> <p>HPSF is our port of the OLE 2 property set format to pure Java. Property sets are mostly use to store a document's properties (title, author, date of last modification etc.), but they can be used - for application-specific purposes as well. Currently HPSF supports - read functionality only. Please see <link - href="./hpsf/index.html">the HPSF project page</link> for more - information.</p> + for application-specific purposes as well.</p> + + <p>HPSF supports reading and writing of properties. However, with the + current POI release only reading is possible. In order to write + properties, you'll have to fetch the latest POI version <link + href="http://jakarta.apache.org/site/cvsindex.html">from the CVS + repository</link>.</p> + + <p>Please see <link href="./hpsf/index.html">the HPSF project + page</link> for more information.</p> </section> </section> @@ -109,7 +119,7 @@ </body> <footer> <legal> - Copyright (c) @year@ The Apache Software Foundation All rights reserved. + Copyright (c) @year@ The Apache Software Foundation. All rights reserved. $Revision$ $Date$ </legal> </footer> |