xl.workbook.add: Basic operations with Excel workbooks

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Basic operations with Excel workbooks

Description

Basic operations with Excel workbooks

Usage

xl.workbook.add(filename = NULL)

xl.workbook.open(filename, password = NULL, write.res.password = NULL)

xl.workbook.activate(xl.workbook.name)

xl.workbooks(full.names = FALSE)

xl.workbook.save(
  filename,
  password = NULL,
  write.res.password = NULL,
  file.format = xl.constants$xlOpenXMLWorkbook
)

xl.workbook.close(xl.workbook.name = NULL)

Arguments

filename	character. Excel workbook filename.
password	character. Password for password-protected workbook.
write.res.password	character. Second password for editing workbook.
xl.workbook.name	character. Excel workbook name.
full.names	logical. Should we return full path to the workbook? FALSE, by default.
file.format	integer. Excel file format. By default it is xl.constants$xlOpenXMLWorkbook. You can use xl.constants$xlOpenXMLWorkbookMacroEnabled for workbooks with macros (*.xlsm) or xl.constants$xlExcel12 for binary workbook (.xlsb).

Details

• xl.workbook.add adds new workbook and invisibly returns name of this newly created workbook. Added workbook become active. If filename argument is provided then Excel workbook filename will be used as template.

• xl.workbook.activate activates workbook with given name. If workbook with this name doesn't exist error will be generated.

• xl.workbook.save saves active workbook. If only filename submitted it saves in the working directory. If name of workbook is omitted than new workbook is saved under its default name in the current working directory. It doesn't prompt about overwriting if file already exists.

• xl.workbook.close closes workbook with given name. If name isn't submitted it closed active workbook. It doesn't prompt about saving so if you don't save changes before closing all changes will be lost.

Value

• xl.workbook.add/xl.workbook.open/xl.workbook.activate invisibly return name of created/open/activated workbook.

• xl.workbooks returns character vector of open workbooks.

• xl.workbook.save invisibly returns path to the saved workbook.

• xl.workbook.close invisibly returns NULL.

See Also

xl.sheets, xl.read.file, xl.save.file

Examples

## Not run: 
## senseless actions
data(iris)
data(cars)
xl.workbook.add()
xlrc[a1] = iris
xl.workbook.save("iris.xlsx")
xl.workbook.add()
xlrc[a1] = cars
xl.workbook.save("cars.xlsx")
xl.workbook.activate("iris")
xl.workbook.close("cars")
xl.workbook.open("cars.xlsx")
xl.workbooks()
for (wb in xl.workbooks()) xl.workbook.close(wb)
unlink("iris.xlsx")
unlink("cars.xlsx")

# password-protected workbook
data(iris) 
xl.workbook.add()
xlrc[a1] = iris
xl.workbook.save("iris.xlsx", password = "my_password")
xl.workbook.close()
xl.workbook.open("iris.xlsx", password = "my_password")
xl.workbook.close()
unlink("iris.xlsx")

## End(Not run)

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