Have no idea if these are of any use, but it might be worth looking here; http://jdde.pretty-tools.com/ http://www.javaparts.com/
and there were lots of other references discussing Java and DDE, I just Google'd 'DDE Java' and they appeared close to the top of the list. This may give you the ability to send a DDE message and use that to trigger off the java method you were talking of. If this is the case then you could message Excel and then message the java app. Yours Mark B Frizz wrote: > > well, yes. I want to use excel like a bridge. Excel must be update via DDE > and I want to wake up some java method at every update. Do you know some > api that can do it? > > > > MSB wrote: >> >> Can I just be clear about what you are asking please? Are you saying that >> someone will have a workbook open in Excel and you want to detect if they >> make a change to a cell and then perform some action? If this is the case >> then no, you cannot do this with POI. The API can be used only to >> create/edit files that are compatible with Excel. >> >> Yours >> >> Mark B >> >> >> Frizz wrote: >>> >>> I want to develop a program that do something every time a value of a >>> Excel cell change. Can I do it with poi? >>> >> >> > > -- View this message in context: http://old.nabble.com/Listen-for-a-cell-value-change-tp29044396p29047749.html Sent from the POI - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: user-unsubscr...@poi.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: user-h...@poi.apache.org
