1 WorkBook

WorkBook Class represent a full Excel SpreadSheet.

Return	Method	Description
WorkBook	Ax.ms.Excel("Workbook1")	Returns a new blank Excel SpreadSheet Object
WorkBook	Ax.ms.Excel.load(Ax.io.File)	Loads an file containing an Excel WorkBook and returns WorkBook object
WorkBook	evaluate()	Evaluate all formulas in WorkBook
JSBlob	toBlob()	Return excel worbook into a Blob
Sheet	getSheet(int sheetid)	Return Sheet Object in position sheetid (Starts at 0)
Sheet	getSheet(String name)	Return Sheet Object searching by name
Integer	getNumberOfSheets()	Return Number of Sheets of WorkBook
JSSheet	createSheet(String SheetName)	Creates a new Sheet at the end of existing ones and name it.
JSDiffAssert	diff(String Reason, WorkBook wb2)	Compares current WorkBook with other.
Void	setLogger(Logger)	Configure logger to use to show debug data in WorkBook processing. E.G. wb.setLogger(console.getLogger());

2 Creating a Workbook

Yo create an empry Workbook simply call the Workbook constructor with its name. By default, the XSSF implementation is used (xlsx).

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<script>
    var xls = new Ax.ms.Excel("Workbook1");
</script>

3 Loading a Workbook

You can load a Workbook from an input file resource or load from any input stream resource like http, https, blob, or even base64 encoded.

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<script>
    var wb = Ax.ms.Excel.load("https://bitbucket.org/deister/axional-docs-resources/raw/master/Excel/Sample-sales.xls");
    console.log(wb.getName());
</script>

Sample-sales.xls

4 Iterate through sheets

Workbook implements Iterable interface.

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<script>
    var wb = Ax.ms.Excel.load("https://bitbucket.org/deister/axional-docs-resources/raw/master/Excel/Sample-sales.xls");

    console.log("Num sheets: " + wb.getNumberOfSheets());
    console.log("----- Iterating -----");
    for (var sheet of wb) {
        console.log(sheet.getName());    
    }
</script>

Num sheets: 3
----- Iterating -----
Sales Data
Product Ledger
Country Groupings

5 Get a sheet

You can get a workbook sheet by name or index. For example:

To get a sheet by name use getSheet(String name) method.
To get a sheet by index use getSheet(int index) method.

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<script>
    var wb = Ax.ms.Excel.load("https://bitbucket.org/deister/axional-docs-resources/raw/master/Excel/Sample-sales.xls");

    console.log("Num sheets: " + wb.getNumberOfSheets());

    console.log("----- For loop -----");
    for (var idx = 0; idx < wb.getNumberOfSheets(); idx++) {
        var sheet = wb.getSheet(idx);
        console.log(sheet.getName());    
    }
</script>

Num sheets: 3
----- For loop -----
Sales Data
Product Ledger
Country Groupings

6 Create a sheet

You can create a sheet on an existing Workbook by using the createSheet method.

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<script>
    var wb = new Ax.ms.Excel("Sample.xlsx");
    var sheet1 = wb.createSheet("sheet1");
</script>

7 Clone a sheet

You can create a sheet on an existing Workbook by using the createSheet method.

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<script>
    var wb = new Ax.ms.Excel("Sample.xlsx");
    var sheet1 = wb.createSheet("sheet1");
    sheet1.setCellValue("A1", 10);
    sheet1.setCellFormula("A2", "A1*100");
    var sheet2 = wb.cloneSheet("sheet1").setSheetName("sheet2");
    sheet2.setCellFormula("A3", "A2*100");
    return wb;
</script>

8 Getting cells by name

By using names, you can make your formulas much easier to understand and maintain. You can define a name for a cell range, function, constant, or table. Once you adopt the practice of using names in your workbook, you can easily update, audit, and manage these names.

You can get a named Cell using getCellByName(String name)
To set a cell name, you sould use setCellName(String name) on the cell object.

9 Creating fonts

createFont() method creates a new Font and add it to the workbook's font table

10 Creating styles

createCellStyle() method creates a new Cell style and add it to the workbook's style table. This may cause an Exception if the number of cell styles exceeded the limit for this type of Workbook.

11 Embedded objects

TO DO

This section is incomplete and will be concluded as soon as possible.

12 Comparing Excel workBooks

To compare two Excel workbooks you can use diff method:

Return	Method	Description
Array<String>	diff(`Workbook` other)	Return a string array with differences between workbooks or null if both workbooks are equal

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<script>
    var wb1 = new Ax.ms.Excel("Excel1.xlsx");
    var sheet1 = wb1.createSheet("Data");
    sheet1.setCellValue("A1", 10);
    sheet1.setCellValue("A2", 20);
    sheet1.setCellValue("A3", 30);

    var wb2 = new Ax.ms.Excel("Excel2.xlsx");
    var sheet2 = wb2.createSheet("Data");
    sheet2.setCellValue("A1", 15);
    sheet2.setCellValue("A2", 25);
    sheet2.setCellValue("A3", 30);

    console.log("Comparing workbooks " + wb1 + " vs " + wb2);
    var assertDiff = wb1.diff("Reason", wb2);
    if (assertDiff.length > 0) {
        for (var msg of assertDiff) {
            console.log(msg);
         }
        // console.log(assertDiff.toString());
    } else {
        console.log("Both workbooks are equal");
    }
</script>

Comparing workbooks deister.axional.server.dbstudio.script.js.ax.ms.Excel.JSExcelWorkbook@70d60a20 vs deister.axional.server.dbstudio.script.js.ax.ms.Excel.JSExcelWorkbook@33ed2f4
Cell Data does not Match ::
workbook1 -> Data -> A1 [10.0] != workbook2 -> Data -> A1 [15.0]
Cell Data does not Match ::
workbook1 -> Data -> A2 [20.0] != workbook2 -> Data -> A2 [25.0]