> I am trying to send data to excel using cfobject.
>
> I can get the data there fine.
>
> The only problem is the formatting on the spreadsheet. The requirement is
> to have the excel file with nice bold headings etc.
>
> Has anyone done this before?
>
> I can find documentation for everything but this.
OK, since I've now played with Excel COM and (sucessfully) built a formatted
sheet, here's how it goes.
I'm assuming you've already done the CFOBJECT;
<CFSCRIPT>
// Open Excel in the background
objExcel.Visible = false;
// Disable client alerts such as: 'Save this workbook?'
objExcel.DisplayAlerts = false;
// Define the workbooks object
objWorkBook = objExcel.Workbooks;
// Add a new workbook
objOpenedBook = objWorkBook.Add();
// Get the WorkSheets' collection
objWorkSheets = objExcel.WorkSheets;
// Add a new worksheet (this will contain our data)
objWorkSheet = objWorkSheets.Add();
// We cannot use the Cells(1,1) syntax, so we have to create a range
// for EVERY value we want to insert -- yep, this really sucks.
objRange = objExcel.Range("A1:A1");
objRange.value = 5;
// Make a Font object
objFont = objRange.Font;
// Set Bold to be on
objFont.Bold = "True";
// Set font face (Name in M$ COM) to Arial
objFont.Name = "Arial";
// Set font size to be 12 point
objFont.Size = 12;
// Select the cell "Interior"
objInterior = objRange.Interior;
// set the background color to be light grey
objInterior.ColorIndex = 15;
// SaveAs() does not work with workbooks, only with worksheets
objWorkSheet.SaveAs("c:\Book1.xls",Val(1));
// Close the document
objWorkBook.Close();
// Quit Excel
objExcel.Quit();
// Release the object
objExcel = "Nothing";
</CFSCRIPT>
If this doesn't answer your Excel COM formatting questions, I don't know
what will <g>
!! Beginning code learnt from CFComet - no that Dain's code has given me the
push I needed, I just spend hours with by COM book !!
Philip Arnold
Director
Certified ColdFusion Developer
ASP Multimedia Limited
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