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diff --git a/src/documentation/xdocs/hssf/limitations.xml b/src/documentation/xdocs/hssf/limitations.xml new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..82e880c8e0 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/documentation/xdocs/hssf/limitations.xml @@ -0,0 +1,47 @@ +<document> + <header> + <title>Limitations</title> + <authors> + <person email="glens@apache.org" name="Glen Stampoultzis" id="GJS"/> + </authors> + </header> + <body> + <s1 title="Version 1.5 limitations"> + <p> + The intent of this document is to outline some of the known limitations of the + POI HSSF API's. It is not intended to be complete list of every bug or missing + feature of HSSF, rather it's purpose is to provide a broad feel for some of the + functionality that is missing or broken. + </p> + <ul> + <li> + Charts<br/><br/> + You can not currently create charts. This is planned for the 2.0 release. You can + however create a chart in Excel, modify the chart data values using HSSF and write + a new spreadsheet out. This is possible because POI attempts to keep existing records + intact as far as possible.<br/><br/> + </li> + <li> + Rich Text<br/><br/> + HSSF does not support rich text cells. Rich text cells are + cells that have multiple fonts and styles in the once cell. Any attempt to read + a spreadsheet that has rich text cells will throw an exception. This feature may + be supported in the future but it is not currently planned. Patches are welcome.<br/><br/> + </li> + <li> + Outlines<br/><br/> + It is not yet possible to create outlines. Reading a spreadsheet with outlines + may work correctly but has not been tested. Write support for outlines may + be added in the future but it is not currently planned. Patches are welcome.<br/><br/> + </li> + <li> + Macros<br/><br/> + Macros can not be created. The are currently no plans to support macros. Reading + workbooks containing macros is supported but attempting to write those workbooks + will fail. This is because macros are stored as extra file sytems within the + compound document, and these are not currently kept when the file is rewritten.<br/><br/> + </li> + </ul> + </s1> + </body> +</document>
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