creating multiple sheets using Coldfusion SpreadsheetWrite and cfscript

Question

I\'d like to create a single excel file with two sheets using CF9, SpreadsheetWrite and cfscript. Something like:

var data= spreadsheetNew( \'data\' );
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Answer 1

Yes, it is not very clear from the documentation. SpreadsheetNew creates a Workbook with a single worksheet. To add additional sheets, use the SpreadSheetCreateSheet function. Before you can manipulate the new sheet, it must be made active with SpreadSheetSetActiveSheet. Here is a quick example of creating a workbook with two sheets:

<cfscript>
    // Create new workbook with one worksheet. 
    // By default this worksheet is active
    Workbook = SpreadsheetNew("Sheet1");
    // Add data to the currently active sheet
    SpreadSheetAddRow(Workbook, "Apples");
    SpreadSheetAddRow(Workbook, "Oranges");


    //Add second worksheet, and make it active
    SpreadSheetCreateSheet(Workbook, "Sheet2");
    // Add data to the second worksheet
    SpreadSheetSetActiveSheet(Workbook, "Sheet2");
    SpreadSheetAddRow(Workbook, "Music");
    SpreadSheetAddRow(Workbook, "Books");

    //Finally, save it to a file
    SpreadSheetWrite(Workbook, "c:/path/to/yourFile.xls", true);
</cfscript>

Side note, I would not recommend using <cfspreadsheet action="update"> anyway. Last I recall it was a bit buggy.