ApacheNewWorksheet.java

package com.aspose.cells.examples.featurescomparison.worksheets.createnewworksheet;

import java.io.FileOutputStream;

import org.apache.poi.hssf.usermodel.HSSFWorkbook;
import org.apache.poi.ss.usermodel.Sheet;
import org.apache.poi.ss.usermodel.Workbook;
import org.apache.poi.ss.util.WorkbookUtil;

import com.aspose.cells.examples.Utils;

public class ApacheNewWorksheet
{
    public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception
    {
        // The path to the documents directory.
        String dataDir = Utils.getDataDir(ApacheNewWorksheet.class);

        Workbook wb = new HSSFWorkbook(); // or new XSSFWorkbook();
        Sheet sheet1 = wb.createSheet("new sheet");
        Sheet sheet2 = wb.createSheet("second sheet");

        // Note that sheet name is Excel must not exceed 31 characters
        // and must not contain any of the any of the following characters:
        // 0x0000
        // 0x0003
        // colon (:)
        // backslash (\)
        // asterisk (*)
        // question mark (?)
        // forward slash (/)
        // opening square bracket ([)
        // closing square bracket (])

        // You can use org.apache.poi.ss.util.WorkbookUtil#createSafeSheetName(String nameProposal)}
        // for a safe way to create valid names, this utility replaces invalid characters with a space (' ')
        String safeName = WorkbookUtil.createSafeSheetName("[O'Brien's sales*?]");
        Sheet sheet3 = wb.createSheet(safeName);

        FileOutputStream fileOut = new FileOutputStream(dataDir + "ApacheNewWorksheet.xls");
        wb.write(fileOut);
        fileOut.close();

        //Print Message
        System.out.println("Sheet added successfully.");
    }
}