Dim jo As JavaObject = xls
Dim evaluator As JavaObject = jo.RunMethodJO("getCreationHelper", Null).RunMethodJO("createFormulaEvaluator", Null)
'now use evaluator whenever you want to evaluate a cell:
Log("EVALUATOR = " & evaluator.RunMethodJO("evaluate", Array(row.getCell(12))).RunMethod("formatAsString", Null))