Apply color to tabs in excel using apache poi

Question

Is there any way by which tabs can be given specific colors using apache poi through java?. I am using HSSF workbook.

Answer 1

You can change the sheet tab color using following:

sheet.setTabColor(int colorIndex) 

is used for that, and so if we use

 sheet.setTabColor(ColorNum);

ColorNum = 0 : set Black Color in tab.

ColorNum = 1 : set White Color in tab.

ColorNum = 2 : set Red Color in tab.

ColorNum = 3 : set Green Color in tab.

ColorNum = 4 : set Blue Color in tab.

ColorNum = 5 : set Yellow Color in tab.

and so on.