#REF! error when trying to access cell of another Sheet in same workbook.

[Samir Banerjee]

I am using POI 3.7 beta version. When I try to access a cell of another sheet of same workbook like '=Sheet2!B6' . In our code we do not do anything with this formula and let the excel itself handle it. We only do :

    
cell.setCellFormula(formulaValue);
cell.setCellType(Cell.CELL_TYPE_FORMULA);

As it is required for POI version after 3.0. I have verified that this formula ie. '=Sheet2!B6' is working fine when I am using POI version 2.5. But this problem occurs with POI 3.6 and 3.7.
So do I need to do something explicitly so that #REF! error does not occur.Kindly help!!!
Thanks in advance.

[Samir Banerjee]

One more point that I noticed just now is that the cell number B6 is automatically getting changed(ie.B26 or B36) to some other value that is not valid. in our code we do not touch this formulas. So it is happening automatically.

[Samir Banerjee]

Can someone kindly put some light on this.....Or let me know if need to provide more information.

[salim chami]

Hello
i have the same problem.
Have you found the solution ?

thank you.

[Samir Banerjee]

Hi Salim,
This happened to me because the reference that the formula were doing got shifted from original position. So I had to recopy those cells to their original position.

~Samir