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/XL/Writing data


Required plugins for this example: MBS XL Plugin

You find this example project in your Plugins Download as a Xojo project file within the examples folder: /XL/Writing data

This example is the version from Sun, 20th Jan 2018.

Project "Writing data.xojo_binary_project"
Class App Inherits Application
Const kEditClear = "&Löschen"
Const kFileQuit = "Beenden"
Const kFileQuitShortcut = ""
EventHandler Sub Open() RegisterLibXL // create new xls file dim book as new XLBookMBS(false) dim logofile as FolderItem = FindFile("logo.jpg") dim logoId as integer = book.addPicture(logofile) // fonts dim textFont as XLFontMBS = book.addFont() textFont.size = 8 textFont.name = "Century Gothic" dim titleFont as XLFontMBS = book.addFont(textFont) titleFont.size = 38 titleFont.ColorValue = XLFontMBS.ColorGray25 dim font12 as XLFontMBS = book.addFont(textFont) font12.size = 12 dim font10 as XLFontMBS = book.addFont(textFont) font10.size = 10 // formats dim textFormat as XLFormatMBS = book.addFormat textFormat.font = textFont textFormat.AlignH = XLFormatMBS.AlignHLeft dim titleFormat as XLFormatMBS = book.addFormat titleFormat.font = titleFont titleFormat.AlignH = XLFormatMBS.AlignHRight dim companyFormat as XLFormatMBS = book.addFormat companyFormat.font = font12 dim dateFormat as XLFormatMBS = book.addFormat(textFormat) dateFormat.NumFormat = book.addCustomNumFormat("mmmm\ d\,\ yyyy") dim phoneFormat as XLFormatMBS = book.addFormat(textFormat) phoneFormat.NumFormat = book.addCustomNumFormat("[<=9999999]###\-####;\(###\)\ ###\-####") dim borderFormat as XLFormatMBS = book.addFormat(textFormat) borderFormat.setBorder() borderFormat.setBorderColor(XLFontMBS.ColorGray25) borderFormat.AlignV = XLFormatMBS.AlignVCenter dim percentFormat as XLFormatMBS = book.addFormat(borderFormat) percentFormat.numFormat = book.addCustomNumFormat("#%_)") percentFormat.AlignH = XLFormatMBS.AlignHRight dim textRightFormat as XLFormatMBS = book.addFormat(textFormat) textRightFormat.AlignH = XLFormatMBS.AlignHRight textRightFormat.AlignV = XLFormatMBS.AlignVCenter dim thankFormat as XLFormatMBS = book.addFormat thankFormat.font = font10 thankFormat.AlignH = XLFormatMBS.AlignHCenter dim dollarFormat as XLFormatMBS = book.addFormat(borderFormat) dollarFormat.NumFormat = book.addCustomNumFormat("_($* # ##0.00_);_($* (# ##0.00);_($* -??_);_(@_)") dollarFormat.AlignH = XLFormatMBS.AlignHRight // actions dim sheet as XLSheetMBS = book.addSheet("Sales Receipt") sheet.DisplayGridlines = false r sheet.setCol(1, 1, 36) r sheet.setCol(0, 0, 10) r sheet.setCol(2, 4, 11) r sheet.setRow(2, 47.25) r sheet.WriteString(2, 1, "Sales Receipt", titleFormat) r sheet.setMerge(2, 2, 1, 4) sheet.setPicture(2, 1, logoId, 0.2) r sheet.WriteString(4, 0, "Apricot Ltd.", companyFormat) r sheet.WriteString(4, 3, "Date:", textFormat) r sheet.writeFormula(4, 4, "TODAY()", dateFormat) r sheet.WriteString(5, 3, "Receipt #:", textFormat) r sheet.WriteNumber(5, 4, 652, textFormat) r sheet.WriteString(8, 0, "Sold to:", textFormat) r sheet.WriteString(8, 1, "John Smith", textFormat) r sheet.WriteString(9, 1, "Pineapple Ltd.", textFormat) r sheet.WriteString(10, 1, "123 Dreamland Street", textFormat) r sheet.WriteString(11, 1, "Moema, 52674", textFormat) r sheet.WriteNumber(12, 1, 2659872055, phoneFormat) r sheet.WriteString(14, 0, "Item #", textFormat) r sheet.WriteString(14, 1, "Description", textFormat) r sheet.WriteString(14, 2, "Qty", textFormat) r sheet.WriteString(14, 3, "Unit Price", textFormat) r sheet.WriteString(14, 4, "Line Total", textFormat) for row as integer = 15 to 37 r sheet.setRow(row, 15) for col as integer = 0 to 2 r sheet.writeBlank(row, col, borderFormat) next r sheet.writeBlank(row, 3, dollarFormat) dim rowString as string = str(row+1) r sheet.writeFormula(row, 4, "IF(C"+rowString+">0;ABS(C"+rowString+ "*D" +rowString+");"""")", dollarFormat) next r sheet.WriteString(38, 3, "Subtotal ", textRightFormat) r sheet.WriteString(39, 3, "Sales Tax ", textRightFormat) r sheet.WriteString(40, 3, "Total ", textRightFormat) r sheet.writeFormula(38, 4, "SUM(E16:E38)", dollarFormat) r sheet.WriteNumber(39, 4, 0.2, percentFormat) r sheet.writeFormula(40, 4, "E39+E39*E40", dollarFormat) r sheet.setRow(38, 15) r sheet.setRow(39, 15) r sheet.setRow(40, 15) r sheet.WriteString(42, 0, "Thank you for your business!", thankFormat) r sheet.setMerge(42, 42, 0, 4) // items r sheet.WriteNumber(15, 0, 45, borderFormat) r sheet.WriteString(15, 1, "Grapes", borderFormat) r sheet.WriteNumber(15, 2, 250, borderFormat) r sheet.WriteNumber(15, 3, 4.5, dollarFormat) r sheet.WriteNumber(16, 0, 12, borderFormat) r sheet.WriteString(16, 1, "Bananas", borderFormat) r sheet.WriteNumber(16, 2, 480, borderFormat) r sheet.WriteNumber(16, 3, 1.4, dollarFormat) r sheet.WriteNumber(17, 0, 19, borderFormat) r sheet.WriteString(17, 1, "Apples", borderFormat) r sheet.WriteNumber(17, 2, 180, borderFormat) r sheet.WriteNumber(17, 3, 2.8, dollarFormat) // write file dim file as FolderItem = SpecialFolder.Desktop.Child("Writing data.xls") if book.Save(file) then file.Launch else MsgBox "Failed to create file."+EndOfLine+EndOfLine+book.ErrorMessage end if quit End EventHandler
Function FindFile(name as string) As FolderItem // Look for file in parent folders from executable on dim parent as FolderItem = app.ExecutableFile.Parent while parent<>Nil dim file as FolderItem = parent.Child(name) if file<>Nil and file.Exists then Return file end if parent = parent.Parent wend End Function
Sub RegisterLibXL() // once you bought a LibXL license, you can put your license key here // see order links on our website // http://www.monkeybreadsoftware.de/xojo/plugin-xls.shtml #if TargetMacOS then XLBookMBS.SetKeyGlobal "your name", "your Mac LibXL license key" #elseif TargetWin32 then XLBookMBS.SetKeyGlobal "your name", "your Windows LibXL license key" #elseif TargetLinux then XLBookMBS.SetKeyGlobal "your name", "your Linux LibXL license key" #endif End Sub
Sub r(b as Boolean) // break on error if b = false then break end if End Sub
End Class
MenuBar MenuBar1
MenuItem FileMenu = "&Ablage"
MenuItem FileQuit = "#App.kFileQuit"
MenuItem EditMenu = "&Bearbeiten"
MenuItem EditUndo = "&Rückgängig"
MenuItem UntitledMenu1 = "-"
MenuItem EditCut = "&Ausschneiden"
MenuItem EditCopy = "&Kopieren"
MenuItem EditPaste = "&Einfügen"
MenuItem EditClear = "#App.kEditClear"
MenuItem UntitledMenu0 = "-"
MenuItem EditSelectAll = "&Alles auswählen"
End MenuBar
End Project

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