Example- storing the spreadsheet data in a CSV string

The following example reads the spreadsheet file - SingleSheet.xls and stores the spreadsheet data in a CSV string.

<cfspreadsheet action = "read" 
format="csv" 
src="C:\documents\SingleSheet.xls" 
name="csvvar" 
rows="1-4,5,6,7-8"> 
<cfoutput>#csvvar#</cfoutput>

The following example reads the spreadsheet file - template_02.xls and stores the spreadsheet data in a query.

<cfspreadsheet 
action = "read" 
src="C:\dcuments\template_02.xls" 
query="excelquery" 
sheet="1" 
rows="1-3,4-5" 
columns="1,4"> 
<cfoutput 
query="excelquery" 
startrow="1" 
maxrows="#excelquery.recordcount#"> 
#excelquery.col_1# 
#excelquery.col_2# 
</cfoutput>

The following example reads a spreadsheet file - template_08_Charts_Graph.xls and stores the spreadsheet data in an HTML string.

<cfspreadsheet 
action = "read" 
format="html" 
src="C:\documents\template_08_Charts_Graph.xls" 
name="report1" 
rows="5-11" 
columns="1-6"> 
<cfoutput> 
#report1# 
</cfoutput>

The following example uses data from a query and writes it to a single sheet in the spreadsheet file - SingleSheet1.xls

<cfquery 
name="excelquery" 
datasource="cfdocexamples"> 
SELECT PARKNAME, REGION, STATE FROM Parks WHERE STATE='WI' 
ORDER BY ParkName, State 
</cfquery> 
<cfspreadsheet 
action = "write" 
filename="C:\SingleSheet1.xls" 
query="excelquery" 
overwrite="true">

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