Java Windows Programming Primer

Date: Thu, 9 Nov 2006 00:14:23 -0600
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Check out
 JNIWrapper:
 
http://www.jniwrapper.com/pages/home
 
In particular, they have a new product called JExcel that may do exactly
what you're looking for.
 
Regards,
Matt


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 Thanks for the reply Michael.  I was kind of wondering too if
java could be made usable in a pull from Excel fashion and I plan on
researching a bit more on that subject.  If nothing else I should be
able to build a standard exe file with java and then have have a button
in Excel run a VB sub to use the shell command to run my java created
exe.  Making the code "seem" like it's embedded though might be tough.
  
 Thanks also for the Runtime class suggestion.  I will look
 into
it.

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 i've got a couple of ideas that I have listed below each of your
queries that I am able to address.
 
 
 On 11/8/06, freightliner.com&YY=79609&amp;y5beta=yes&y5beta=yes&order=down&amp;sort=date&pos=0&view=a&head=b">MichaelMcDonaldfreightliner.com
<;freightliner.com&YY=79609&amp;y5beta=yes&y5beta=yes&order=down&amp;sort=date&pos=0&view=a&head=b">MichaelMcDonaldfreightliner.com > wrote: 

  Hello PJUG,
   
      I am hunting for some tutorials on how to declare
and assign windows objects in Java.  I am swimming in loosely related
information so any recommendations of literature people have liked on
the subject would be appreciated.  Some examples of examples I would
like to find are: 
   
  1) Have a Java app launch Microsoft Excel in Windows XP,
create a new workbook, and assign value 3 to cell B2 on sheet1.

  
 You can use the Runtime class's exec method to launch Microsoft
Excel. It is possible that you could perform the other actions by using
command line arguments with the Excel executable to do the other
functions, but I'm not sure as I haven't worked with Excel for awhile.
If none of the gurus
 on this list have a better idea, also consider
writing a VB app to perform those functions and launch it from java with
the exec method. 


   
  2) Assign a user created button in Excel to launch a
Hello World Java program.

  
 I'm not sure this can be done. I think that buttons in Office
applications can only launch VBA macros.


   
  3) Have a Java app draw a standard Windows messagebox.

  
  
 Look at the AWT or swing packages. They enable you to build the
equivalent of a windows message box pretty easily.


   
  4) Embed a java class inside an Excel workbook

  
 Again, I don't think this is doable.


   
        Hopefully, SOME of these are easily accomplished.
I know these are mickey mouse questions to some of you, but my name is
Mikey, not Mickey!  :P
   
   
  Thanks in Advance,
   
  Michael