Im getting an error when i am trying to open an Excel sheet with MS office 2003. This excel sheet is created using HSSFWorkbook immplementing the usermodel scope org.apache.poi.hssf.usermodel
What are the differences between usermodel and event model?
Thanks
The usermodel is for creating, reading, and modifying XLS files. The eventmodel is for fast reading of XLS files. If all you are doing is reading spreadsheet data you should use the eventmodel (smaller memory footprint but harder to use). If you are modifying spreadsheet data then you should use the usermodel (higher memory footprint but simpler to work with).