Merge XLS to XLT via Java
High-speed Java library for merging XLS to XLT. Use our excel conversion API to develop high-level, platform independent software in Java. This is a professional software solution to import and export Excel, CSV, OpenOffice, PDF, HTML, image, and many other excel formats.
Aspose.Cells for Java
Overview
Merge XLS to XLT Using Java
How do I merge XLS to XLT? With Aspose.Cells for Java library, you can easily merge XLS to XLT programmatically with a few lines of code. Aspose.Cells for Java is capable of building cross-platform applications with the ability to generate, modify, convert, render and print all Excel files. Java Excel API not only convert between spreadsheet formats, it can also render Excel files as images, PDF, HTML, ODS, CSV, SVG, JSON, WORD, PPT and more, thus making it a perfect choice to exchange documents in industry-standard formats. You can download its latest version directly from Maven and install it within your Maven-based project by adding the following configurations to the pom.xml.
Repository
<repository>
<id>AsposeJavaAPI</id>
<name>Aspose Java API</name>
<url>https://repository.aspose.com/repo/</url>
</repository>
Dependency
<dependency>
<groupId>com.aspose</groupId>
<artifactId>aspose-cells</artifactId>
<version>version of aspose-cells API</version>
<classifier>jdk17</classifier>
</dependency>
Merge XLS to XLT in Java
The following example demonstrates how to merge XLS to XLT in Aspose.Cells for Java.
Follow the easy steps to merge XLS to XLT. Upload your files, call Workbook.Combine method for merging files, and then save it to XLT file. If you develop code in Java, this will be simpler than it sounds. See Java example that merges XLS to XLT.
import com.aspose.cells.Workbook;
Workbook workbook = new Workbook("Input.xlsx");
workbook.combine(new Workbook("Combine.xlsx"));
workbook.save("Output.pdf");
How to Merge XLS to XLT via Java
Need to merge XLS to XLT programmatically? A basic document merging and concatenating with Aspose.Cells for Java APIs can be done with just few lines of code.
- Install ‘Aspose.Cells for Java’.
- Add a library reference (import the library) to your Java project.
- Load the XLS file with Workbook class.
- Call the Workbook.Combine method for merging files.
- Call the Workbook.Save method and pass the output file name as a parameter.
- Now you can open and use the output file in Microsoft Office, Adobe PDF or any other compatible program.
Java library to merge XLS to XLT
We host our Java packages in Maven repositories. ‘Aspose.Cells for Java’ is a common JAR file containing byte-code. Please follow the step-by-step instructions on how to install it to your Java developer environment.
System Requirements
Our APIs are supported on all major platforms and Operating Systems. Before executing the code below, please make sure that you have the following prerequisites on your system.
- Microsoft Windows or a compatible OS with Java Runtime Environment for JSP/JSF Application and Desktop Applications.
- Get latest version of Aspose.Cells for Java directly from Maven.
XLS What is XLS File Format?
Files with XLS extension represent Excel Binary File Format. Such files can be created by Microsoft Excel as well as other similar spreadsheet programs such as OpenOffice Calc or Apple Numbers. File saved by Excel is known as Workbook where each workbook can have one or more worksheets. Data is stored and displayed to users in table format in worksheet and can span numeric values, text data, formulas, external data connections, images, and charts. Applications like Microsoft Excel lets you export workbook data to several different formats including PDF, CSV, XLSX, TXT, HTML, XPS, and several others. The XLS file format was replaced with a more open and structured format, XLSX, with the release of Microsoft Excel 2007. The latest versions still provide support for creating and reading XLS files, though XLSX is the first choice of use now.
Read MoreXLT What is XLT File Format?
Files with .xlt extension are template files created with Microsoft Excel which is a spreadsheet application which comes as part of Microsoft Office suite. Microsoft Office 97-2003 supported creating new XLT files as well as opening these. The latest version of Excel is still capable of opening this old format template files. Such a template file is used to quickly create new Excel files with default data and settings such as page formatting, font size, margins, charts, etc which can be further saved as new .xls files.
Read MoreOther Supported Merging Formats
Using Java, One can also merge xls to many other file formats including.