demo/cellstyles2.R

In XLConnect: Excel Connector for R

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# Using cellstyles in combination with the 'predefined' style action.
# This is useful when writing data to an Excel template.
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# Author: Martin Studer, Mirai Solutions GmbH
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require(XLConnect)

# Excel workbook to write
demoExcelFile <- "cellstyles2.xlsx"

# Remove file if it already exists
if(file.exists(demoExcelFile)) file.remove(demoExcelFile)
# Copy the existing Excel template.
# This template contains a sheet 'mtcars' and defines a named region 'mtcars'
# that is already pre-styled with some custom cellstyles for headers and columns.
# You may have a look at this file to compare it with the final result.
file.copy(system.file("demoFiles/template.xlsx", package = "XLConnect"), demoExcelFile)

# Load workbook
wb <- loadWorkbook(demoExcelFile)

# Set style action to 'predefined' 
# (default is 'XLConnect' (XLC$"STYLE_ACTION.XLCONNECT"))
#
# This will instruct XLConnect to use existing (predefined) cellstyles
# when writing headers and columns.
setStyleAction(wb, XLC$"STYLE_ACTION.PREDEFINED")

# INFO: See the documentation for more information on style actions
# and cellstyles!

# Write built-in data set 'mtcars' to the named region 'mtcars' as defined
# by the Excel template.
# Predefined cellstyles will be used as defined by the Excel template
# when writing the data.
writeNamedRegion(wb, mtcars, name = "mtcars")

# Save workbook (this actually writes the file to disk)
saveWorkbook(wb)

if(interactive()) {
	answer <- readline("Open the created Excel file (y/n)? ")
	if(answer == "y") browseURL(file.path(getwd(), demoExcelFile))
}