RE: Scott's Excel stuff and Giovanni's XLPARSE2

["Dennis Lovelady" <iseries@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> Please remove any poi-related or xlparse-related objects from
> /QIBM/UserData/Java400/ext.  I don't know why you think *I* recommended
> that -- but I don't recommend it.  It's a bad practice.
>
> The only time I suggested using that directory was back in 2004 when
> folks had trouble because CLASSPATH was ignored by RPG starting Java.
> This was fixed a _long_ time ago.

I don't suppose it could have been from this July, 2007 article?  "POI
Updated to Version 3.0.1"
    http://systeminetwork.com/article/poi-updated-version-301/

Quoting: "Personally, I prefer to put the POI JAR files in the Java
"extensions" (/qibm/userdata/java400/ext) IFS directory. Once that's done,
they're installed and there's no need for me to monkey with my CLASSPATH,
because any JAR file in the extensions directory will automatically be found
and used by the JVM. Basically, any JAR file in that directory is considered
a "public tool" available to any Java software on the system."

Dennis Lovelady
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