BE THE CODER > Excel > Java Excel API Examples > How to Add Hyperlink to Excel Spreadsheet

Java Excel API is an open source java library to read, write and modify Excel spread sheets. This requires the library jxl-2.6.12.jar to be in classpath. The following example shows how to add Hyperlink to Excel Spread sheet.

File Name :	com/bethecoder/tutorials/jexcelapi/write/HyperlinkTest.java
Author :	Sudhakar KV
Email :	[email protected]


package com.bethecoder.tutorials.jexcelapi.write;



import java.io.File;

import java.io.IOException;

import java.net.URL;



import jxl.Workbook;

import jxl.read.biff.BiffException;

import jxl.write.WritableHyperlink;

import jxl.write.WritableSheet;

import jxl.write.WritableWorkbook;

import jxl.write.WriteException;



public class HyperlinkTest {



  /**

   * @param args

   * @throws IOException 

   * @throws IOException 

   * @throws WriteException 

   * @throws BiffException 

   */

  public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException, WriteException {

    //Creates a writable workbook with the given file name

    WritableWorkbook workbook = Workbook.createWorkbook(new File("C:/JXL/Hyperlink.xls"));



    WritableSheet sheet = workbook.createSheet("My Sheet", 0);

    

      //Add hyper link

      URL  url = new URL("http://www.bethecoder.com");

      

      //Activate cell A2

      WritableHyperlink wh = new WritableHyperlink(0, 1, 0, 1, url);

      sheet.addHyperlink(wh);

    

      //Activate cells A4, B4

      WritableHyperlink wh2 = new WritableHyperlink(0, 3, 1, 3, url);

      sheet.addHyperlink(wh2);

      

      //Activate cells A6, B6, C6

      WritableHyperlink wh3 = new WritableHyperlink(0, 5, 2, 5, url);

      sheet.addHyperlink(wh3);

      

    //Writes out the data held in this workbook in Excel format

    workbook.write(); 



    //Close and free allocated memory 

    workbook.close(); 

  }



}