Description
Formats the contents of a single column of an Excel spreadsheet object.
Returns
Does not return a value.
Category
Microsoft Office Integration
Function syntax
SpreadsheetFormatColumn(spreadsheetObj, format, column) |
See also
SpreadsheetFormatCell, SpreadsheetFormatColumns, SpreadsheetFormatRow, SpreadsheetFormatRows
History
ColdFusion 9: Added the function.
Parameters
Parameter |
Description |
|---|---|
spreadsheetObj |
The Excel spreadsheet object in which to set the format. |
format |
A structure containing the format information. For details see SpreadsheetFormatCell. |
column |
The column number. |
Example
The following example creates a sheet, sets a format for column 5, and writes the result to a file:
| <!--- Get the spreadsheet data as a query. ---> <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"; format1.textwrap="true"; format1.fgcolor="pale_blue"; format1.bottomborder="dotted"; format1.bottombordercolor="blue_grey"; format1.leftborder="thick"; format1.leftbordercolor="blue_grey"; format1.rightborder="thick"; format1.rightbordercolor="blue_grey"; SpreadsheetFormatColumn(theSheet,format1,5); </cfscript> <!--- Write the spreadsheet to a file, replacing any existing file. ---> <cfspreadsheet action="write" filename="#theFile#" name="theSheet" sheet=1 sheetname="courses" overwrite=true> |
