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Thread: JExcelAPI Error

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    Default JExcelAPI Error

    Hi guys,

    I need some help here. My program is supposed to read a selected XLS file and it will run the keystroke (auto entering). However, it got the following error:

    Warning: Cannot read name ranges for OLE_LINK5 - setting to empty
    Warning: Usage of a local non-builtin name
    Warning: Usage of a local non-builtin name
    Warning: Usage of a local non-builtin name
    Warning: Usage of a local non-builtin name
    Warning: Usage of a local non-builtin name
    Warning: Usage of a local non-builtin name

    This happened when I enter the range like C30:C50?

    *NOTE*
    fyi: jxl.jar file is needed to run the program.
    My program can only (that is for now. I know there's improvement needed):
    - select range of the same column.
    - able to read till column F.
    - have to close the program and re-run it after doing it once (be it fail or pass).

    I really need this help. I know my coding is not very well done. But I've put in a lot of effort, yet I ended up being told that my program was useless, a failed program. :'( It's very demoralising to be said that way.


    Thanks guys! Really appreciate all helps given!


    import java.awt.*;
    import javax.swing.*;
     
    import java.awt.event.*;
    import java.io.IOException;
    import jxl.Cell;
    import jxl.Sheet;
    import jxl.Workbook;
    import jxl.read.biff.BiffException;
     
    import javax.swing.JFileChooser;
     
    import java.io.File;
    public class CustomiseKeystroke {
     
    		static String key;
    		static String fullFileName;
    		static JTextField jtfFile, jtfCell;
    	    private Robot robot;
    	    static char colNumber;
     
     
     
    		static String columnBegin="";
    		static String rowBegin="";
     
    		static String columnEnd="";
    		static String rowEnd ="";
     
     
     
    		static	int columnNo;
    		static int rowNo = 0;
     
        public static void main(String... args) throws Exception {
     
           JFrame jf = new JFrame("Auto Writer");
     
           JPanel p = new JPanel();
           JLabel lblTitle = new JLabel("Auto Marks Entering Application");
    		p.add(lblTitle);
     
    		JPanel p1 = new JPanel();
     
    			JPanel subp1 = new JPanel();
     
    				JPanel sub2p1 = new JPanel();
    						sub2p1.setLayout(new BorderLayout());
     
    							JLabel lblFile = new JLabel("File: ");
    							final JTextField jtfFile = new JTextField(20);
    							JButton jbtnBrowse = new JButton("Browse");
    							jbtnBrowse.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {
    					        public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e)   {
     
    				      		 JFileChooser chooser = new JFileChooser();
    					            chooser.showOpenDialog(null);
    					            File file = chooser.getSelectedFile();
    					            String fileName = file.getName();
    					            String strDirectory = file.getParent();
    					            String con = "\\";
    					            fullFileName = strDirectory + con + fileName;
    					            jtfFile.setText(fullFileName);
    					           	System.out.println(fullFileName);
    				    		  }});
    						sub2p1.add(lblFile, BorderLayout.WEST);
    						sub2p1.add(jtfFile, BorderLayout.CENTER);
    						sub2p1.add(jbtnBrowse, BorderLayout.EAST);
    				subp1.add(sub2p1, BorderLayout.NORTH);
     
    				JPanel subp2 = new JPanel();
    					JPanel sub2p2 = new JPanel();
    						JLabel lblType = new JLabel("Move between Cells: ");
     
    CheckboxGroup radio = new CheckboxGroup();
     
    final Checkbox	enterButton = new Checkbox("Enter", radio, true);
    final Checkbox	tabButton = new Checkbox("Tab", radio, false);
     
    						sub2p2.add(lblType, BorderLayout.WEST);
    						sub2p2.add(enterButton, BorderLayout.EAST);
    						sub2p2.add(tabButton, BorderLayout.EAST);
    				subp2.add(sub2p2,BorderLayout.SOUTH);
     
    				JPanel subp3 = new JPanel();
    					JPanel sub2p3 = new JPanel();
    						JLabel lblCell = new JLabel("Cell: ");
    						final JTextField jtfCell = new JTextField(10);
    						sub2p3.add(lblCell, BorderLayout.WEST);
    						sub2p3.add(jtfCell, BorderLayout.EAST);
    				subp3.add(sub2p3,BorderLayout.SOUTH);
     
     
    		p1.add(sub2p1, BorderLayout.NORTH);
    		p1.add(sub2p2, BorderLayout.CENTER);
    		p1.add(sub2p3, BorderLayout.SOUTH);
     
    		JPanel p2 = new JPanel();
            JButton jb = new JButton("Start");
     
            jb.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {
          public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e)   {
        	  		String filepath = jtfFile.getText();
        	  		String range = jtfCell.getText();
     
    				System.out.println(range);
    		       int posColon= range.indexOf(":");
     
             String begin = range.substring(0, posColon);
       		String end = range.substring(posColon+1, range.length() ) ;
        //    System.out.println(begin+"   "+end);
     
     
     		 for (int i=0; i<begin.length(); i++)
     		  isNumber(""+begin.substring(i,i+1) )  ;
             System.out.println("col is "+columnBegin + "\t row is " + rowBegin );
     
             for (int i=0; i<end.length(); i++)
     		 isNumber1(""+end.substring(i,i+1) ) ;
     
    		 int rowNo1 = Integer.parseInt(rowBegin) - 1;
     
     		 int rowNo = Integer.parseInt(rowEnd) ;
     
             System.out.println("col is "+columnEnd + "\t row is " + rowNo );
     
     
     
     
    		Character c = new Character(columnBegin.charAt(0));
    		Character c1 = new Character(columnEnd.charAt(0));
     
    		  colNumber(c);
    		  colNumber(c1);
     
        try
        {
        	Thread.sleep(1000);
        	CustomiseKeystroke keyboard = new CustomiseKeystroke();
     
            Workbook workbook = Workbook.getWorkbook(new File(filepath));
            Sheet sheet = workbook.getSheet(0);
     
      		 for (int x=rowNo1; x<rowNo; x++) {
      		    Cell excel1 = sheet.getCell(columnNo, x);
     
      		     String data1 = excel1.getContents();
      		     System.out.println(data1);
      		     keyboard.type(data1);
     
     				if (tabButton.getState() == true) {
    			           	     keyboard.type("\t");
    			           	System.out.println("tab");
    			        } else{
    			           keyboard.type("\n");
    			          	System.out.println("enter");
    			        }
     
      		     //keyboard.type(key);
      		 }
    		  keyboard.type("\n");
              }
        catch (Exception ex) {}
     
          }
        });
     
          	p2.add(jb);
    		jf.add(p, BorderLayout.NORTH);
    		jf.add(p1, BorderLayout.CENTER);
            jf.add(p2, BorderLayout.SOUTH);
            jf.setSize(500,180);
            jf.setVisible(true);
            jf.setDefaultCloseOperation(WindowConstants.DISPOSE_ON_CLOSE);
        }
     
    		static boolean isNumber(String c)
    	{
        	try
        	{
        	  	Integer.parseInt(c);
        	  	 rowBegin +=c;
        		return true;
        	}
        	catch (Exception e)
        	{
        			   columnBegin +=c;
        		  		return false;
        	}
        }
     
     
        		static boolean isNumber1(String c1)
    	{
        	try
        	{
        	  	Integer.parseInt(c1);
        	  	 rowEnd +=c1;
        		return true;
        	}
        	catch (Exception e)
        	{
        			   columnEnd +=c1;
        		  		return false;
        	}
        }
     
    	static void colNumber (char character)
    	{
    	//	int columnNo = 0;
     
    	switch (character)
    		{
    			case 'A': columnNo =0; break;
    			case 'B': columnNo = 1; break;
    			case 'C': columnNo = 2; break;
    			case 'D': columnNo = 3; break;
    			case 'E': columnNo = 4; break;
    			case 'F': columnNo = 5; break;
    		}
    	}
     
       public CustomiseKeystroke() throws AWTException {
            this.robot = new Robot();
        }
     
        public CustomiseKeystroke(Robot robot) {
            this.robot = robot;
        }
     
        public void type(CharSequence characters) {
            int length = characters.length();
            for (int i = 0; i < length; i++) {
                    char character = characters.charAt(i);
                    type(character);
            }
        }
     
     
     
       public void type(char character) {
            switch (character) {
            case 'a': doType(KeyEvent.VK_A); break;
            case 'b': doType(KeyEvent.VK_B); break;
            case 'c': doType(KeyEvent.VK_C); break;
            case 'd': doType(KeyEvent.VK_D); break;
            case 'e': doType(KeyEvent.VK_E); break;
            case 'f': doType(KeyEvent.VK_F); break;
            case 'g': doType(KeyEvent.VK_G); break;
            case 'h': doType(KeyEvent.VK_H); break;
            case 'i': doType(KeyEvent.VK_I); break;
            case 'j': doType(KeyEvent.VK_J); break;
            case 'k': doType(KeyEvent.VK_K); break;
            case 'l': doType(KeyEvent.VK_L); break;
            case 'm': doType(KeyEvent.VK_M); break;
            case 'n': doType(KeyEvent.VK_N); break;
            case 'o': doType(KeyEvent.VK_O); break;
            case 'p': doType(KeyEvent.VK_P); break;
            case 'q': doType(KeyEvent.VK_Q); break;
            case 'r': doType(KeyEvent.VK_R); break;
            case 's': doType(KeyEvent.VK_S); break;
            case 't': doType(KeyEvent.VK_T); break;
            case 'u': doType(KeyEvent.VK_U); break;
            case 'v': doType(KeyEvent.VK_V); break;
            case 'w': doType(KeyEvent.VK_W); break;
            case 'x': doType(KeyEvent.VK_X); break;
            case 'y': doType(KeyEvent.VK_Y); break;
            case 'z': doType(KeyEvent.VK_Z); break;
            case 'A': doType(KeyEvent.VK_SHIFT, KeyEvent.VK_A); break;
            case 'B': doType(KeyEvent.VK_SHIFT, KeyEvent.VK_B); break;
            case 'C': doType(KeyEvent.VK_SHIFT, KeyEvent.VK_C); break;
            case 'D': doType(KeyEvent.VK_SHIFT, KeyEvent.VK_D); break;
            case 'E': doType(KeyEvent.VK_SHIFT, KeyEvent.VK_E); break;
            case 'F': doType(KeyEvent.VK_SHIFT, KeyEvent.VK_F); break;
            case 'G': doType(KeyEvent.VK_SHIFT, KeyEvent.VK_G); break;
            case 'H': doType(KeyEvent.VK_SHIFT, KeyEvent.VK_H); break;
            case 'I': doType(KeyEvent.VK_SHIFT, KeyEvent.VK_I); break;
            case 'J': doType(KeyEvent.VK_SHIFT, KeyEvent.VK_J); break;
            case 'K': doType(KeyEvent.VK_SHIFT, KeyEvent.VK_K); break;
            case 'L': doType(KeyEvent.VK_SHIFT, KeyEvent.VK_L); break;
            case 'M': doType(KeyEvent.VK_SHIFT, KeyEvent.VK_M); break;
            case 'N': doType(KeyEvent.VK_SHIFT, KeyEvent.VK_N); break;
            case 'O': doType(KeyEvent.VK_SHIFT, KeyEvent.VK_O); break;
            case 'P': doType(KeyEvent.VK_SHIFT, KeyEvent.VK_P); break;
            case 'Q': doType(KeyEvent.VK_SHIFT, KeyEvent.VK_Q); break;
            case 'R': doType(KeyEvent.VK_SHIFT, KeyEvent.VK_R); break;
            case 'S': doType(KeyEvent.VK_SHIFT, KeyEvent.VK_S); break;
            case 'T': doType(KeyEvent.VK_SHIFT, KeyEvent.VK_T); break;
            case 'U': doType(KeyEvent.VK_SHIFT, KeyEvent.VK_U); break;
            case 'V': doType(KeyEvent.VK_SHIFT, KeyEvent.VK_V); break;
            case 'W': doType(KeyEvent.VK_SHIFT, KeyEvent.VK_W); break;
            case 'X': doType(KeyEvent.VK_SHIFT, KeyEvent.VK_X); break;
            case 'Y': doType(KeyEvent.VK_SHIFT, KeyEvent.VK_Y); break;
            case 'Z': doType(KeyEvent.VK_SHIFT, KeyEvent.VK_Z); break;
            case '`': doType(KeyEvent.VK_BACK_QUOTE); break;
            case '0': doType(KeyEvent.VK_0); break;
            case '1': doType(KeyEvent.VK_1); break;
            case '2': doType(KeyEvent.VK_2); break;
            case '3': doType(KeyEvent.VK_3); break;
            case '4': doType(KeyEvent.VK_4); break;
            case '5': doType(KeyEvent.VK_5); break;
            case '6': doType(KeyEvent.VK_6); break;
            case '7': doType(KeyEvent.VK_7); break;
            case '8': doType(KeyEvent.VK_8); break;
            case '9': doType(KeyEvent.VK_9); break;
            case '-': doType(KeyEvent.VK_MINUS); break;
            case '=': doType(KeyEvent.VK_EQUALS); break;
            case '~': doType(KeyEvent.VK_SHIFT, KeyEvent.VK_BACK_QUOTE); break;
            case '!': doType(KeyEvent.VK_EXCLAMATION_MARK); break;
            case '@': doType(KeyEvent.VK_SHIFT, KeyEvent.VK_2); break;
     
            //case '@': doType(KeyEvent.VK_AT); break;
            case '#': doType(KeyEvent.VK_NUMBER_SIGN); break;
            case '$': doType(KeyEvent.VK_DOLLAR); break;
            case '%': doType(KeyEvent.VK_SHIFT, KeyEvent.VK_5); break;
            case '^': doType(KeyEvent.VK_CIRCUMFLEX); break;
            case '&': doType(KeyEvent.VK_AMPERSAND); break;
            case '*': doType(KeyEvent.VK_ASTERISK); break;
            case '(': doType(KeyEvent.VK_LEFT_PARENTHESIS); break;
            case ')': doType(KeyEvent.VK_RIGHT_PARENTHESIS); break;
            case '_': doType(KeyEvent.VK_UNDERSCORE); break;
            case '+': doType(KeyEvent.VK_PLUS); break;
            case '\t': doType(KeyEvent.VK_TAB); break;
            case '\n': doType(KeyEvent.VK_ENTER); break;
            case '[': doType(KeyEvent.VK_OPEN_BRACKET); break;
            case ']': doType(KeyEvent.VK_CLOSE_BRACKET); break;
            case '\\': doType(KeyEvent.VK_BACK_SLASH); break;
            case '{': doType(KeyEvent.VK_SHIFT, KeyEvent.VK_OPEN_BRACKET); break;
            case '}': doType(KeyEvent.VK_SHIFT, KeyEvent.VK_CLOSE_BRACKET); break;
            case '|': doType(KeyEvent.VK_SHIFT, KeyEvent.VK_BACK_SLASH); break;
            case ';': doType(KeyEvent.VK_SEMICOLON); break;
            case ':': doType(KeyEvent.VK_COLON); break;
            case '\'': doType(KeyEvent.VK_QUOTE); break;
            case '"': doType(KeyEvent.VK_QUOTEDBL); break;
            case ',': doType(KeyEvent.VK_COMMA); break;
            case '<': doType(KeyEvent.VK_LESS); break;
            case '.': doType(KeyEvent.VK_PERIOD); break;
            case '>': doType(KeyEvent.VK_GREATER); break;
            case '/': doType(KeyEvent.VK_SLASH); break;
            case '?': doType(KeyEvent.VK_SHIFT, KeyEvent.VK_SLASH); break;
            case ' ': doType(KeyEvent.VK_SPACE); break;
     
            //Arrow Keys
     
     
     
            default:
                    throw new IllegalArgumentException("Cannot type character " + character);
            }
        }
     
         public void typeArrow(String d) {
     
         	if (d.equals("Up")) doType(KeyEvent.VK_UP); else
         	if (d.equals("Down")) doType(KeyEvent.VK_DOWN); else
         	if (d.equals("Left")) doType(KeyEvent.VK_LEFT); else
         	if (d.equals("Right")) doType(KeyEvent.VK_RIGHT);
     
        }
        private void doType(int... keyCodes) {
            doType(keyCodes, 0, keyCodes.length);
        }
     
        private void doType(int[] keyCodes, int offset, int length) {
            if (length == 0) {
                    return;
            }
            robot.keyPress(keyCodes[offset]);
            robot.delay(150);
            doType(keyCodes, offset + 1, length - 1);
            robot.keyRelease(keyCodes[offset]);
        }
     
    }


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    Default Re: JExcelAPI Error

    bumps

    Anyone can help?

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    Default Re: JExcelAPI Error

    Providing a link to the jxl.jar download would of been useful. Not many people are going to go off searching for this..

    As it's a non standard library, this also restricts the replies you will receive.
    Have you tried to Google the error?
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