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Date: Thu, 08 Jan 2004 12:17:00 -0500
Subject: Re: Excel charts
From: "Andrew C. Oliver" <acoliver@apache.org>
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You are wrong about drawing.  Actually it looks like most of the records
require for charting are there.  Just someone needs to create a high level
API and low level model for putting them together.
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Andrew C. Oliver
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The views expressed in this email are those of the author and are almost
definitely not shared by the Apache Software Foundation, its board or its
general membership.  In fact they probably most definitively disagree with
everything espoused in the above email.

> From: Michael Zalewski <zalewski@optonline.net>
> Reply-To: "POI Users List" <poi-user@jakarta.apache.org>
> Date: Wed, 07 Jan 2004 23:04:51 -0500
> To: POI Users List <poi-user@jakarta.apache.org>
> Subject: RE: Excel charts
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> 'Need to be started' would be more accurate.
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> Someone correct me if I am wrong. But charts depend on the drawing layer.=
 So
> I don't think you can get chart support until after you implement the
> drawing layer.
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> Implementation of the drawing layer would allow you to insert images into
> your workbook. And draw lines, rectangles, arrows, flowcharts, etc. It's =
a
> huge task.
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> Even after there is support for the Office Drawing objects, charts will
> probably be another huge task on top of that. Image support has been
> promised "real soon now". However, I would expect it will be a few more
> months (at least).
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> On 5/30/2003,
>> Nope, but that=B9s my priority numero uno once I get back from
>> JavaOne.  It will take a few months, but we'll make it happen.
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> On 10/23/2003,
>> There should be some escher support being committed Real Soon
>> Now(tm).  Stay tuned.
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> On 12/3/2003,
>> Well I have some code which almost goes as far as letting you
>> do this that unfortunately I can't release it yet.
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: ryan-poi [mailto:ryan-poi@polyinteractive.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, January 07, 2004 11:14 AM
> To: poi-user@jakarta.apache.org
> Subject: Excel charts
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> I noticed on the HSSF todo list that the charts are under the 'Need to be
> Finished' category. I also looked through this list a bit, but I'm wonder=
ing
> what the current status is and if there is an ETA?
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> Personally, I need to be able to change the chart axis titles based on th=
e
> data coming in, but I know that I (and others) could find many other task=
s
> to accomplish once this is completed.
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> Thanks for the hard work!
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> - Ryan O'Leary
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