Re: proprietary file format, why not and why....
Posted: Fri Nov 18, 2016 2:03 pm
You might be interested by the XSLX Library I'm working on.
So far the Lib is capable to create, read or update native Excel xlsx files. Sheet creation, data export/import (values or formulas) and styles (font format, alignment, background, borders and number format) are supported.
Here is a code example for creating a new workbook file with some data and styles:
You can follow my work progress on my website:
http://www.aslugontheroad.com/in-progress
This will be a commercial product.
So far the Lib is capable to create, read or update native Excel xlsx files. Sheet creation, data export/import (values or formulas) and styles (font format, alignment, background, borders and number format) are supported.
Here is a code example for creating a new workbook file with some data and styles:
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local tArchivePath, tFirstLine, tFontStyleArray, tAlignmentStyleArray, tFillStyleArray, tBorderArray, tFormatArray
put pathToFile("myworkbook.xlsx") into tArchivePath
XLSX_Workbook_NewFile "myworkbook", "mac"
put "value1,value2,10,20,30,other string,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,12/31/2016" into tFirstLine
replace comma with tab in tFirstLine
XLSX_Range_Values_Set "myworkbook", 1, "A1", tFirstLine, ""
put "0.00" into tFormatArray["format string"]
put "bold,italic" into tFontStyleArray["style"]
put "green" into tFontStyleArray["color"]
put "center" into tAlignmentStyleArray["HAlignment"]
put "left,right,bottom,top" into tBorderArray["types list"]
put "thin" into tBorderArray["line style"]
put "blue" into tBorderArray["color"]
put "red" into tFillStyleArray["interior color"]
put "solid" into tFillStyleArray["type"]
XLSX_Range_Styles_Set "myworkbook", 1, "C1:E1,M1", tFontStyleArray, tAlignmentStyleArray, tFillStyleArray, tBorderArray, tFormatArray
XLSX_Sheet_New "myworkbook", "test2"
XLSX_Range_Values_Set "myworkbook", 2, "A2", tFirstLine, ""
put empty into tFontStyleArray
put "double Accounting" into tFontStyleArray["underline"]
XLSX_Range_Styles_Set "myworkbook", 2, "A2", tFontStyleArray, "", "", "", ""
XLSX_Workbook_SaveFile "myworkbook", tArchivePath
XLSX_Workbook_CloseFile "myworkbook"
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This will be a commercial product.