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Description
Formats cells within a specified range.
Returns
Nothing
Category
Syntax
SpreadsheetFormatCellRange (spreadsheetObj, format, startRow, startColumn, endRow, endColumn)
See also
History
ColdFusion 9.0.1: Added the function.
Parameters
Parameter |
Description |
|---|---|
spreadsheetObj |
The Excel spreadsheet object for which you want to format the cells. |
format |
A structure that contains format information. |
startRow |
The number of the first row to format. |
startColumn |
The number of the first column to format. |
endRow |
The number of the last row to format. |
endColumn |
The number of the last column to format. |
Example
<cfscript>
ArtOrders=QueryExecute("SELECT orderid,customerfirstname,customerlastname,address,total,city FROM orders
ORDER BY orderid",[],{datasource="cfartgallery"});
// Set the file path in the same location as this cfm
myFile=GetDirectoryFromPath(GetCurrentTemplatePath()) & "myexcelfile.xls";
// create spreadsheet object. Set xml to true as this is an xlsx file
mySheet=SpreadsheetNew("ColdFusion",false);
// Create another worksheet coldfusion1
SpreadsheetCreateSheet(mySheet,"ColdFusion1");
// Set headers for the xlsx file
SpreadSheetAddRow(mySheet,"Order,First Name,Last Name,Address,Amount,City");
SpreadSheetAddRows(mySheet,ArtOrders);
// set coldfusion as active sheet
SpreadsheetSetActiveSheet(mySheet,"ColdFusion1");
// new query for the new sheet
Artists=QueryExecute("Select * from APP.ARTISTS",[],{datasource="cfartgallery"});
SpreadSheetAddRow(mySheet,"ARTISTID,First Name,Last Name,Address,CITY,STATE,POSTALCODE,EMAIL,PHONE,FAX,THEPASSWORD");
SpreadSheetAddRows(mySheet,Artists);
// Define the structure for formatting a cell range
myFormat=StructNew();
myFormat.color="blue";
myFormat.bold="true";
myFormat.underline="true";
myFormat.alignment="center";
myFormat.font="Arial";
// Set formatting to cell range (7,1) to (8,9)
SpreadsheetFormatCellRange(mySheet,myFormat,7,1,8,9);
SpreadsheetWrite(mySheet,"#myFile#",true);
</cfscript>
Output
<cfquery
name="courses" datasource="cfdocexamples"
cachedwithin="#CreateTimeSpan(0, 6, 0, 0)#">
SELECT CORNUMBER,DEPT_ID,CORLEVEL,COURSE_ID,CORNAME,CORDESC,LASTUPDATE
FROM COURSELIST
</cfquery>
<cfscript>
///We need an absolute path, so get the current directory path.
theFile=GetDirectoryFromPath(GetCurrentTemplatePath()) & "courses.xls";
//Create a new Excel spreadsheet object and add the query data.
theSheet = SpreadsheetNew("CourseData");
SpreadsheetAddRows(theSheet,courses);
// Define a format for the column.
format1=SructNew()
format1.font="Courier";
format1.fontsize="10";
format1.color="dark_blue;";
format1.italic="true";
format1.bold="true";
format1.alignment="left";
SpreadsheetFormatCellRange(theSheet,format1, 3,4,30,10);
</cfscript>
<!--- Write the spreadsheet to a file, replacing any existing file. --->
<cfspreadsheet action="write" filename="#theFile#" name="theSheet"
sheet=1 sheetname="courses" overwrite=true>
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