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* XLPUTCELL.SPL Copyright (C) 2024 DSP Development Corporation *
* All Rights Reserved *
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* Author: Randy Race *
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* Synopsis: Puts a cell series to an Excel range *
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* Revisions: 31 Jan 2024 RRR Creation *
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#if @HELP_XLPUTCELL
XLPUTCELL
Purpose: Transfers a cell series to an Excel range via COM Automation
Syntax: XLPUTCELL("rangestr", value, "bookname", sheet)
rangestr - a string, Excel input range, defaults to
"A1", the first cell
value - a cell series
bookname - an optional string, Excel Workbook name, defaults to
"" (empty) indicating use current Workbook
sheet - an optional integer or string, Excel Sheet number,
or sheet name, defaults to 1, the first sheet if
bookname is specified, else the current sheet
Returns: 1 if successful, else an error
Example:
icell = ["test", 5.2, "Another String"];
xlputcell("A1", icell);
ocell = xlgetcell("A1:A3");
ocell[1] == "test"
ocell[2] == 5.2
ocell[3] == "Another String"
Example:
xlputcell("B1", xlgetcell("A1:A3"));
Puts the first 3 cells of A1 into B1:B3.
Remarks:
If Excel is already running, XLPUTCELL attempts to connect to
the running instance of Excel, otherwise XLPUTCELL connects
to a new hidden instance of Excel. See XLSHOW to display the
new instance of Excel.
Numeric data is transferred as variants containing
double precision or date/time values.
Setting a range to an empty series {}, clears the range.
See Also:
Xlclear
Xlget
Xlinit
Xlsave
Xlsaveas
Xlshow
#endif
/* transfer a cell series to a range of Excel cells */
xlputcell(rangestr = "", s = refwin(w0), bookname = "", sheet = (isstring(bookname)) ? strlen(bookname) > 0 : 0)
{
local xl, sheetlen, cv, ta, range, j, k, n, nr, nc;
if (not(isstring(rangestr)))
{
error(sprintf("%s - input range string required", __FUNC__));
}
if (not(isstring(bookname)))
{
error(sprintf("%s - bookname must be a string or empty string", __FUNC__));
}
if (not(isscalar(sheet) || isstring(sheet)))
{
error(sprintf("%s - sheet must be a string or integer", __FUNC__));
}
/* connect to Excel if necessary */
xl = xlconnect();
/* check input range */
range = xlputcell_getrange(xl, bookname, sheet, rangestr);
if (not(isobject(range)))
{
error(sprintf("%s - invalid range: %s", __FUNC__, rangestr));
}
range = {};
/* cast to variants so we can transfer date/time values */
cv = getconf("activex_castvariant");
setconf("activex_castvariant", "1");
/* do not transpose */
ta = getconf("activex_array_transpose");
setconf("activex_array_transpose", "0");
/* format range string */
rangestr = xlput_autorange(xl, rangestr, s);
/* get output range */
range = xlputcell_getrange(xl, bookname, sheet, rangestr);
if (not(isobject(range)))
{
setconf("activex_castvariant", cv);
setconf("activex_array_transpose", ta);
error(sprintf("%s - invalid range: %s", __FUNC__, rangestr));
}
n = 1;
/* set value or clear */
if (length(s) > 0)
{
nr = range.rows.count;
nc = range.columns.count;
loop(j = 1..nc)
{
loop(k = 1..nr)
{
range.cells(k, j).value = s[n];
n++;
}
}
}
else
{
range.clear();
}
/* restore state */
setconf("activex_castvariant", cv);
setconf("activex_array_transpose", ta);
return(1);
}
/* build A1 range based on start cell and series size */
xlput_autorange(xl, rangestr, s)
{
local end, svar, evar, nr, nc;
if (isarray(s))
{
/* find ending range */
end = strget(2, rangestr, ":");
if (strlen(end) == 0)
{
/* no end range specified - calculate */
svar = strget(1, rangestr, ":");
(nr, nc) = size(s);
if (nr > 0)
{
if (iscomplex(s))
{
nc *= 2;
}
evar = xlput_endvar(xl, svar, nr, nc);
rangestr = sprintf("%s:%s", svar, evar);
}
}
}
return(rangestr);
}
/* get ending A1 cell reference */
xlput_endvar(xl, svar, nr, nc)
{
local f1, r, c, evar;
/* use Excel to convert A1 to R1C1 reference string */
f1 = xl.ConvertFormula(svar, 1, -4150, 1);
r = castint(numstr(strextract(f1, strlen(strfind("R", strrev(f1))), -1)));
c = castint(numstr(strfind("C", f1)));
/* increment R1C1 and convert to A1 form */
evar = sprintf("R%dC%d", r + nr - 1, c + nc - 1);
evar = xl.ConvertFormula(evar, -4150, 1, 4);
return(evar);
}
/* get a range object */
xlputcell_getrange(xl, bookname, sheet, rangestr)
{
local sheetlen, xlrange = 0;
/* see if sheet is a string or numeric */
if (isstring(sheet))
{
sheetlen = strlen(sheet);
}
else
{
sheetlen = sheet;
}
/* now select the range */
if (strlen(bookname) > 1)
{
/* use specified workbook and worksheet */
xlrange = xl.workbooks(bookname).worksheets(sheet).range(rangestr);
}
else
{
/* use current workbook */
if (sheetlen > 0)
{
/* use specified sheet */
xlrange = xl.worksheets(sheet).range(rangestr);
}
else
{
/* use current sheet */
xlrange = xl.range(rangestr);
}
}
return(xlrange);
}