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    <title>History of Changes</title>

    <devs>
        <!-- in strict alphabetical order -->
        <person id="AO" name="Andrew C. Oliver" email="acoliver2@users.sourceforge.net"/>
        <person id="GJS" name="Glen Stampoultzis" email="poi-user@jakarta.apache.org"/>
        <person id="MJ" name="Marc Johnson" email="mjohnson@apache.org"/>
        <person id="NKB" name="Nicola Ken Barozzi" email="barozzi@nicolaken.com"/>
        <person id="NB" name="Nick Burch" email="nick@torchbox.com"/>
        <person id="POI-DEVELOPERS" name="POI Developers" email="poi-dev@jakarta.apache.org"/>
        <person id="RK" name="Rainer Klute" email="klute@apache.org"/>
    </devs>
        <release version="3.0-alpha1" date="4 July 2005">
            <action dev="POI-DEVELOPERS" type="fix">Bugzilla Bug 29976 [PATCH] HSSF hyperlink formula size problem</action>
            <action dev="POI-DEVELOPERS" type="add">Image writing support</action>
            <action dev="NB" type="add">HSLF - Initial PowerPoint support</action>
        </release>

        <release version="2.5.1-FINAL" date="29 Feburary 2004">
            <action dev="POI-DEVELOPERS" type="add">Outlining support</action>
            <action dev="POI-DEVELOPERS" type="fix">27574 - [PATCH] HSSFDateUtil.getExcelDate() is one hour off when DST changes</action>
            <action dev="POI-DEVELOPERS" type="fix">26465 - [PATCH] wrong lastrow entry</action>
            <action dev="POI-DEVELOPERS" type="fix">28203 - [PATCH] Unable to open read-write excel file including forms</action>
        </release>

        <release version="2.5-FINAL" date="29 Feburary 2004">
            <action dev="POI-DEVELOPERS" type="add">Add support for the Escher file format</action>
            <action dev="POI-DEVELOPERS" type="fix">27005 java.lang.IndexOutOfBoundsException during Workbook.cloneSheet()</action>
        </release>

        <release version="2.0-FINAL" date="26 Janurary 2004">
            <action dev="POI-DEVELOPERS" type="update">No changes</action>
        </release>

        <release version="2.0-RC2" date="11 Janurary 2004">
            <action dev="POI-DEVELOPERS" type="fix">Bug 25695 - HSSFCell.getStringCellValue() on cell which has string formula will return swap bye unicode characters.</action>
            <action dev="POI-DEVELOPERS" type="fix">Updated website for upcoming release</action>
            <action dev="POI-DEVELOPERS" type="fix">Formula Parser fixes with tests, by Peter M Murray Bug 25457</action>
            <action dev="POI-DEVELOPERS" type="fix">Fixed cloning merge regions</action>
            <action dev="POI-DEVELOPERS" type="fix">The cloned reference for merged cells did not create a new collection, so deletes cascaded to the original.</action>
            <action dev="POI-DEVELOPERS" type="fix">Fix to 24519 call to getCustomPalette() from a newly created workbook now works</action>
            <action dev="POI-DEVELOPERS" type="fix">Fix supplied for bug 24397 where some compilation got ambiguous classes.  Explicitly imports the classes.  Patch supplied by Jean-Pierre Paris.</action>
        </release>
        <release version="2.0-RC1" date="2 November 2003">
            <action dev="POI-DEVELOPERS" type="fix">12561 (Min)   HSSFWorkbook throws Exceptions</action>
            <action dev="POI-DEVELOPERS" type="fix">12730 (Nor)   values dont get copied to another sheet.</action>
            <action dev="POI-DEVELOPERS" type="fix">13224 (Maj)   Exception thrown when cell has =Names call</action>
            <action dev="POI-DEVELOPERS" type="fix">13796 (Nor)   Error Reading Formula Record (optimized if, external link)</action>
            <action dev="POI-DEVELOPERS" type="fix">13921 (Nor)   Sheet name cannot exceed 31 characters and cannot contain :</action>
            <action dev="POI-DEVELOPERS" type="fix">14330 (Nor)   Error reading FormulaRecord</action>
            <action dev="POI-DEVELOPERS" type="fix">14460 (Nor)   Name in Formula - ArrayOutOfBoundsException</action>
            <action dev="POI-DEVELOPERS" type="fix">15228 (Cri)   [Urgent] ArrayIndexoutofbounds Exception. POI - Version 1.8</action>
            <action dev="POI-DEVELOPERS" type="fix">16488 (Maj)   Unable to open written spreadsheet in Excel, but can in Open</action>
            <action dev="POI-DEVELOPERS" type="fix">16559 (Nor)   testCustomPalette.xls crashes Excel 97</action>
            <action dev="POI-DEVELOPERS" type="fix">16560 (Nor)   testBoolErr.xls crashes Excel '97</action>
            <action dev="POI-DEVELOPERS" type="fix">17374 (Min)   HSSFFont - BOLDWEIGHT_NORMAL</action>
            <action dev="POI-DEVELOPERS" type="fix">18800 (Maj)   The sheet made by HSSFWorkbook#cloneSheet() doesn't work cor</action>
            <action dev="POI-DEVELOPERS" type="fix">18846 (Min)   [PATCH][RFE]Refactor the transformation between byte array a</action>
            <action dev="POI-DEVELOPERS" type="fix">19599 (Min)   java.lang.IllegalArgumentException</action>
            <action dev="POI-DEVELOPERS" type="fix">19961 (Nor)   [PATCH] Sheet.getColumnWidth() returns wrong value</action>
            <action dev="POI-DEVELOPERS" type="fix">21066 (Blo)   Can not modify a blank spreadsheet</action>
            <action dev="POI-DEVELOPERS" type="fix">21444 (Enh)   [PATCH] Macro functions</action>
            <action dev="POI-DEVELOPERS" type="fix">21447 (Nor)   [RFE]String Formula Cells</action>
            <action dev="POI-DEVELOPERS" type="fix">21674 (Enh)   [PATCH] Documentation changes for @(Greater|Less|Not)EqualPt</action>
            <action dev="POI-DEVELOPERS" type="fix">21863 (Enh)   [PATCH] build.xml fixes</action>
            <action dev="POI-DEVELOPERS" type="fix">22195 (Nor)   [RFE] [PATCH] Support for Storage Class ID</action>
            <action dev="POI-DEVELOPERS" type="fix">22742 (Cri)   Failed to create HSSFWorkbook!</action>
            <action dev="POI-DEVELOPERS" type="fix">22922 (Cri)   HSSFSheet.shiftRows() throws java.lang.IndexOutOfBoundsExcep</action>
            <action dev="POI-DEVELOPERS" type="fix">22963 (Nor)   org.apache.poi.hpsf.SummaryInformation.getEditTime() should</action>
            <action dev="POI-DEVELOPERS" type="fix">24149 (Maj)   Error passing inputstream to POIFSFileSystem</action>
            <action dev="POI-DEVELOPERS" type="fix">21722 (Nor)   [PATCH] Add a ProtectRecord to Sheets and give control over</action>
            <action dev="POI-DEVELOPERS" type="fix">9576  (Nor)   [PATCH] DBCELL, INDEX EXTSST (was Acess 97 import)</action>
            <action dev="POI-DEVELOPERS" type="fix">13478 (Blo)   [PATCH] [RFE] POIFS, RawDataBlock: Missing workaround for lo</action>
            <action dev="POI-DEVELOPERS" type="fix">14824 (Nor)   Unable to modify empty sheets</action>
            <action dev="POI-DEVELOPERS" type="fix">12843 (Cri)   [PATCH] Make POI handle chinese better</action>
            <action dev="POI-DEVELOPERS" type="fix">15353 (Nor)   [RFE] creating a cell with a hyperlink</action>
            <action dev="POI-DEVELOPERS" type="fix">15375 (Blo)   Post 1.5.1 POI causes spreadsheet to become unopenable.</action>
        </release>

        <release version="2.0-pre3" date="29 July 2003">
            <action dev="POI-DEVELOPERS" type="add">HPSF is now able to read properties which are given in the property set stream but which don't have a value ("variant" type VT_EMPTY). The getXXX() methods of the PropertySet class return null if their return type is a reference (like a string) or 0 if the return type is numeric. Details about the return types and about how to distinguish between a property value of zero and a property value that is not present can be found in the API documentation.</action>
            <action dev="POI-DEVELOPERS" type="fix">Gridlines can now be turned on and off</action>
            <action dev="POI-DEVELOPERS" type="fix">NamePTG refactoring/fixes</action>
            <action dev="POI-DEVELOPERS" type="fix">minor fixes to ExternSheet and formula strings</action>
            <action dev="POI-DEVELOPERS" type="fix">Sheet comparisons now ignore case</action>
        </release>

        <release version="2.0-pre2" date="6 July 2003">
            <action dev="POI-DEVELOPERS" type="fix">A nasty concurrency problem has been fixed. Any users working in a multithreaded environment should seriously consider upgrading to this release.</action>
            <action dev="POI-DEVELOPERS" type="update">The EXTSST record has been implemented. This record is used by excel for optimized reading of strings.</action>
            <action dev="POI-DEVELOPERS" type="update">When rows are shifted, the merged regions now move with them. If a row contains 2 merged cells, the resulting shifted row should have those cells merged as well.</action>
            <action dev="POI-DEVELOPERS" type="fix">There were some issues when removing merged
                    regions (specifically, removing all of them and then adding some more) and have been resolved.</action>
            <action dev="POI-DEVELOPERS" type="fix">When a sheet contained shared formulas (when a formula is
                    dragged across greater than 6 cells), the clone would fail. We now support cloning of
                    sheets that contain this Excel optimization. </action>
            <action dev="POI-DEVELOPERS" type="add">Support added for reading formulas with UnaryPlus and UnaryMinus operators.</action>
        </release>

        <release version="2.0-pre1" date="17 May 2003">
            <action dev="POI-DEVELOPERS" type="add">Patch applied for deep cloning of worksheets was provided</action>
            <action dev="POI-DEVELOPERS" type="add">Patch applied to allow sheet reordering</action>
            <action dev="POI-DEVELOPERS" type="add">Added additional print area setting methods using row/column numbers</action>
            <action dev="POI-DEVELOPERS" type="fix">HDF:  Negative Array size fix</action>
            <action dev="POI-DEVELOPERS" type="update">Added argument pointers to support the IF formula</action>
            <action dev="POI-DEVELOPERS" type="update">Formulas: Added special character support for string literals, specifically for SUMIF formula support and addresses a bug as well</action>
            <action dev="POI-DEVELOPERS" type="fix">BlockingInputStream committed to help ensure reads</action>
            <action dev="POI-DEVELOPERS" type="fix">Fixed problem with NaN values differing from the investigated value from file reads in FormulaRecords</action>
            <action dev="POI-DEVELOPERS" type="fix">Patch for getColumnWidth in HSSF</action>
            <action dev="POI-DEVELOPERS" type="add">Patch for dealing with mult-level numbered lists in HDF</action>
            <action dev="POI-DEVELOPERS" type="fix">Due to named reference work, several named-ranged bugs were closed</action>
            <action dev="POI-DEVELOPERS" type="fix">Patch applied to prevent sheet corruption after a template modification</action>
            <action dev="POI-DEVELOPERS" type="update">Shared Formulas now Supported</action>
            <action dev="POI-DEVELOPERS" type="update">Added GreaterEqual, LessEqual and NotEqual to Formula Parser</action>
            <action dev="POI-DEVELOPERS" type="update">Added GreaterThan and LessThan functionality to formulas</action>
            <action dev="POI-DEVELOPERS" type="fix">Patches for i10n</action>
            <action dev="POI-DEVELOPERS" type="update">POI Build System Updated</action>
            <action dev="POI-DEVELOPERS" type="fix">font names can now be null</action>
        </release>

    <release version="1.10-dev" date="19 Feb 2003">
        <action dev="POI-DEVELOPERS" type="add">Support for zoom level</action>
        <action dev="POI-DEVELOPERS" type="add">Freeze and split pane support</action>
        <action dev="POI-DEVELOPERS" type="add">Row and column headers on printouts</action>
    </release>
    <release version="1.8-dev" date="20 Sep 2002">
        <action dev="POI-DEVELOPERS" type="add">Custom Data Format Support</action>
        <action dev="POI-DEVELOPERS" type="add">Enhanced Unicode Support for Russian and Japanese</action>
        <action dev="POI-DEVELOPERS" type="add">Enhanced formula support including read-only for
            "optimized if" statements.</action>
        <action dev="POI-DEVELOPERS" type="add">Support for cloning objects</action>
        <action dev="POI-DEVELOPERS" type="add">Fixes for header/footer</action>
        <action dev="POI-DEVELOPERS" type="add">Spanish Documentation translations</action>
        <action dev="POI-DEVELOPERS" type="add">Support for preserving VBA macros</action>
    </release>
    <release version="1.7-dev" date="???">
        <action dev="NKB" type="update">Removed runtime dependency on commons logging.</action>
        <action dev="POI-DEVELOPERS" type="update">Formula support</action>
    </release>
    <release version="1.5.1" date="16 June 2002">
        <action dev="GJS" type="update">Removed depedency on commons logging.  Now define poi.logging system property to enable logging to standard out.</action>
        <action dev="GJS" type="fix">Fixed SST string handling so that spreadsheets with rich text or extended text will be read correctly.</action>
    </release>
    <release version="1.5" date="06 May 2002">
        <action dev="NKB" type="update">New project build.</action>
        <action dev="NKB" type="update">New project documentation system based on Cocoon.</action>
        <action dev="POI-DEVELOPERS" type="update">Package rename</action>
        <action dev="POI-DEVELOPERS" type="fix">Various bug fixes</action>
        <action dev="POI-DEVELOPERS" type="add">Early stages of HSF development (not ready for development)</action>
        <action dev="POI-DEVELOPERS" type="add">Initial low level record support for charting (not complete)</action>
    </release>
    <release version="1.1.0" date="Release date not recorded">
        <action dev="POI-DEVELOPERS">Created new event model</action>
        <action dev="POI-DEVELOPERS">Optimizations made to HSSF including aggregate records for
        values, rows, etc.</action>
        <action dev="POI-DEVELOPERS">predictive sizing, offset based writing (instead of lots of
        array copies)</action>
        <action dev="POI-DEVELOPERS">minor re-factoring and bug fixes.</action>
    </release>
    <release version="1.0.0" date="Release date not recorded">
        <action dev="POI-DEVELOPERS">Minor documentation updates.</action>
    </release>
    <release version="0.14.0" date="Release date not recorded">
        <action dev="POI-DEVELOPERS">Added DataFormat helper class and exposed set and get format
        on HSSFCellStyle</action>
        <action dev="POI-DEVELOPERS">Fixed column width apis (unit wise) and various javadoc on
        the subject</action>
        <action dev="POI-DEVELOPERS">Fix for Dimensions record (again)... (one of these days I'll
        write a unit test for this ;-p).</action>
        <action dev="POI-DEVELOPERS">Some optimization on sheet creation.</action>
    </release>
    <release version="0.13.0" date="Release date not recorded">
        <action dev="POI-DEVELOPERS">Changes not recorded.</action>
    </release>
    <release version="0.12.0" date="Release date not recorded">
        <action dev="POI-DEVELOPERS">Added MulBlank, Blank, ColInfo</action>
        <action dev="POI-DEVELOPERS">Added log4j facility and removed all sys.out type logging</action>
        <action dev="POI-DEVELOPERS">Added support for adding font's, styles and corresponding
        high level api for styling cells</action>
        <action dev="POI-DEVELOPERS">added support for changing row height, cell width and default
        row height/cell width.</action>
        <action dev="POI-DEVELOPERS">Added fixes for internationalization (UTF-16 should work now
        from HSSFCell.setStringValue, etc when the encoding is set)</action>
        <action dev="POI-DEVELOPERS">added support for adding/removing and naming sheets.</action>
    </release>
    <release version="0.11.0" date="Release date not recorded">
        <action dev="POI-DEVELOPERS">Bugfix release. We were throwing an exception when reading
        RKRecord objects.</action>
    </release>
    <release version="0.10.0" date="Release date not recorded">
        <action dev="POI-DEVELOPERS">Got continuation records to work (read/write)</action>
        <action dev="POI-DEVELOPERS">Added various pre-support for formulas</action>
        <action dev="POI-DEVELOPERS">Massive API reorganization, repackaging.</action>
        <action dev="POI-DEVELOPERS">BiffViewer class added for validating HSSF &amp; POI and/or
        HSSF Output.</action>
        <action dev="POI-DEVELOPERS">Better API support for modification.</action>
    </release>
    <release version="0.7 (and interim releases)" date="Release date not recorded">
        <action dev="POI-DEVELOPERS">Added encoding flag to high and low level api to use utf-16
        when needed (HSSFCell.setEncoding())</action>
        <action dev="POI-DEVELOPERS">added read only support for Label records (which are
        reinterpreted as LabelSST when written)</action>
        <action dev="POI-DEVELOPERS">Broken continuation record implementation (oops)</action>
        <action dev="POI-DEVELOPERS">BiffViewer class added for validating HSSF &amp; POI and/or
        HSSF Output.</action>
    </release>
    <release version="0.6 (release)" date="Release date not recorded">
        <action dev="POI-DEVELOPERS">Support for read/write and modify.</action>
        <action dev="POI-DEVELOPERS">Read only support for MulRK records (converted to Number when
        writing)
        </action>
    </release>

</changes>