A plugin to read data from XLS documents using the FreeXL library.
##Platform
| carbon | cocoa | win32 | win64 |
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| 🆗 | 🆗 | 🆗 | 🆗 |
// --- FreeXL
FreeXL Get worksheet name
FreeXL Get info
FreeXL Close
FreeXL Open info
FreeXL Open
FreeXL Set active worksheet
FreeXL Get active worksheet
FreeXL Worksheet dimensions
FreeXL Get cell valueThis plugin is a binding of the FreeXL library.
The focus is on data; complex structures such as pivot tables, fonts, macros, formats are all igonred.
The main plugin is for 4D v14 and later; OS X 32/64 bits, 10.8+, Windows 32/64 bits.
The compatibility plugin is for 4D v11 and later; OS X Intel 10.6+, Windows 32/64 bits.
$path:=Get 4D folder(Current resources folder)+"tester1.xls"
//opening the .xls file
//similar to freexl_open(),
//except that an abbreviated parsing step is performed.
//This makes it faster, but does not support queries for cell values.
$error:=FreeXL_Open_info ($path;$ref)
//querying general information
//FREEXL_CFBF_VER_3 or FREEXL_CFBF_VER_4
$error:=FreeXL_Get_info ($ref;FREEXL_CFBF_VERSION;$cfbfVersion)
//FREEXL_CFBF_SECTOR_512 or FREEXL_CFBF_SECTOR_4096
$error:=FreeXL_Get_info ($ref;FREEXL_CFBF_SECTOR_SIZE;$sectorSize)
//the total count of FAT entries in the file
$error:=FreeXL_Get_info ($ref;FREEXL_CFBF_FAT_COUNT;$fatCount)
//one of FREEXL_BIFF_VER_2, FREEXL_BIFF_VER_3, FREEXL_BIFF_VER_4, FREEXL_BIFF_VER_5, FREEXL_BIFF_VER_8
$error:=FreeXL_Get_info ($ref;FREEXL_BIFF_VERSION;$biffVersion)
//FREEXL_BIFF_MAX_RECSZ_2080 or FREEXL_BIFF_MAX_RECSZ_8224
$error:=FreeXL_Get_info ($ref;FREEXL_BIFF_MAX_RECSIZE;$maxSize)
//FREEXL_BIFF_DATEMODE_1900orFREEXL_BIFF_DATEMODE_1904
$error:=FreeXL_Get_info ($ref;FREEXL_BIFF_DATEMODE;$dateMode)
//FREEXL_BIFF_OBFUSCATED or FREEXL_BIFF_PLAIN
$error:=FreeXL_Get_info ($ref;FREEXL_BIFF_PASSWORD;$password)
//FREEXL_BIFF_ASCII, code page no., FREEXL_BIFF_UTF16LE or FREEXL_BIFF_MACROMAN
$error:=FreeXL_Get_info ($ref;FREEXL_BIFF_CODEPAGE;$codepage)
//the total number of worksheets
$error:=FreeXL_Get_info ($ref;FREEXL_BIFF_SHEET_COUNT;$sheetCount)
//the total number of Single String Table entries
$error:=FreeXL_Get_info ($ref;FREEXL_BIFF_STRING_COUNT;$stringCount)
//the total number of format entries)
$error:=FreeXL_Get_info ($ref;FREEXL_BIFF_FORMAT_COUNT;$formatCount)
//the number of extended format entries
$error:=FreeXL_Get_info ($ref;FREEXL_BIFF_XF_COUNT;$xfCount)
//close
$error:=FreeXL_Close ($ref)
$path:=Get 4D folder(Current resources folder)+"tester1.xls"
//opening the .xls file
$error:=FreeXL_Open ($path;$ref)
//the total number of worksheets
$error:=FreeXL_Get_info ($ref;FREEXL_BIFF_SHEET_COUNT;$sheetCount)
//names of each worksheet
ARRAY TEXT($names;$sheetCount)
For ($i;1;$sheetCount)
//start from 1
$error:=FreeXL_Get_worksheet_name ($ref;$i;$names{$i})
End for
$error:=FreeXL_Set_active_worksheet ($ref;1)
$error:=FreeXL_Worksheet_dimensions ($ref;$rows;$columns)
For ($r;1;$rows)
For ($c;1;$columns)
$error:=FreeXL_Get_cell_value ($ref;$r;$c;$integer;$real;$text)
End for
End for
//close
$error:=FreeXL_Close ($ref)