converting a numeric cell type into a text cell type in ms excel document without changing contents of the cell using open office

Question

How to convert a numeric cell type into a text cell type in ms excel document without changing contents of the cell using open office. This cell value is then accessed using java (POI JAR getRichStringCellValue() method of HSSFCELL Object).

Answer 1

Try this:

HSSFWorkbook wb = ...;
DataFormat format = wb.createDataFormat();

HSSFCellStyle cellStyle = wb.createCellStyle();
style.setDataFormat(format.getFormat("@")); // or "text"
cell.setCellStyle(cellStyle);