Setting Column width in Apache POI

Question

I am writing a tool in Java using Apache POI API to convert an XML to MS Excel. In my XML input, I receive the column width in points. But the Apache POI API has a slightly

Answer 1

Unfortunately there is only the function setColumnWidth(int columnIndex, int width) from class Sheet; in which width is a number of characters in the standard font (first font in the workbook) if your fonts are changing you cannot use it. There is explained how to calculate the width in function of a font size. The formula is:

width = Truncate([{NumOfVisibleChar} * {MaxDigitWidth} + {5PixelPadding}] / {MaxDigitWidth}*256) / 256

You can always use autoSizeColumn(int column, boolean useMergedCells) after inputting the data in your Sheet.