root cause of problem ,why 2003 excel cell background color is not reflecting in orginal document

[anish reddy]

posted Yesterday 8:41:21 PM
iam unable to fill background color for an excel cell

HSSFWorkbook hwb = new HSSFWorkbook();
HSSFSheet sheet = hwb.createSheet("new sheet");
HSSFCellStyle style = hwb.createCellStyle();


HSSFRow row = sheet.createRow((short) 0);

HSSFCell cell = row.createCell((short) 0);
cell.setCellValue(1);

style.setFillBackgroundColor(HSSFColor.RED.index);
style.setFillPattern(HSSFCellStyle.BIG_SPOTS);


cell.setCellStyle(style);


FileOutputStream fileOut = new FileOutputStream("C:\\fillsColor.xls");
hwb.write(fileOut);
fileOut.close();


i want to know the root c ause of problem why it is not reflecting

[David Newton]

Please stop posting the same question; thanks!