First of all, it's formatted too much. There is the "Insert" toolbar button which allows to instert any formatted text, indluding highligned Java code. Just click on "Syntax Highligting -> Java" menu item.

Secondly, this code seems to be inclomplete; apparently applicaiton just will exit after registering an event handler.

Here is the modified code that should be working correctly:

public static void main(String[] args) throws ExcelException, IOException
{
    Application application = new Application();
    application.setVisible(true);
    Workbook workbook = application.openWorkbook(new File("c:\\Book1.xls "));
    workbook.setEventHandler(new WorkbookEventHandler() {
         public boolean beforeClose(WorkbookEventObject arg0) {
            System.out.println("@@@@@@ Inside before CLOSE...");
            return false;
        }
 
        public boolean beforeSave(WorkbookEventObject arg0) {
            System.out.println("@@@@@@ Inside before SAVE");
            return false;
        }
    });
 
    System.out.println("Press 'Enter' to terminate application");
    System.in.read();
    application.setVisible(false);
    application.close();
    System.out.println("Done.");
}

Hope this helps.

-Serge