ExcelXML

Convert a Table or a Grid control into a Microsoft Excel XML Spreadsheet file.

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Project Manager: Rodrigo Bruscain

The ExcelXML project is designed to bring to the Visual FoxPro the possibility to generate a Excel file converting 99% of all visual caracteristics from a Grid. However, there is the possibility to generate a file without a Grid.

GOALS

Excel files with over 65,535 rows.
No limit size. (it depents on the Operational System)
Convert a Grid Control into a Excel XML file considering 99% of the visual characteristics.
It is possible to use Grid Dynamics properties.
Based in all Grid visual properties.
It is possible to convert a table without a Grid Control as well.
Easy to implement and it is not necessary to change your code.
Compatible with Microsoft Excel 2003 or higher.
The files can be opened by OpenOffice reducing conversion errors.
Open the file by Excel and save in other formats to reduce the size without loose the information.
It is not necessary to have the Microsoft Excel installed.

Release version 1.08
NEW - Document author included as username or computername.
FIX - Field Date and DateTime with the year lower than 1900 will be forced to the year 1900. This is necessary because the lower allowed year in a cell of Excel is 1900
FIX - Automatic column width for fields type char bigger that 190 columns

Release version 1.07
FIX - Data with the characters "<" or ">" are replaced for "[" and "]" in order to avoid data conflict during the conversion.
FIX - Alias error when the property "RecordSourceType" in the Grid control is diferent than 1.
FIX - Included samples with no progressbar in order to avoid the error ole 0x80040154. This error happens only in some machines that the ActiveX ProgressBar doesn't exists.

Release version 1.06
FIX - SET COLLATE TO controled at run-time to avoid the error "Invalid Key Length"

Release version 1.05
FIX - Column data type Date and DateTime when converted has wrong format.
FIX - Column data type DateTime is not considered the time in current value field.

Release version 1.04
FIX - Sheet name cannot exceed 31 characters
FIX - Sheet name cannot contain any of the following characteres: : \ / ? * [ ]
FIX - Sheet name cannot be blank. If is blank, will be changed to "Sheet1"

Release version 1.03
FIX - Field Date/Datetime with NULL or EMPTY value builds a Excel file incorrectly.
FIX - Index error when the index tag is too big.

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See the samples included in the file

Properties and Methods	Description
ColumnCount	Returns the number of columns included in the Excel file.
File	Inform the name of Excel file. If you don't inform the name with the extension, the XML extension will be included. The default file name is "Book1"
GridObject	Inform the Grid control object to convert a Grid control in an Excel XML file.
HasFilter	.T. Includes the option Filter in all columns in the generated file.
LockHeader	.T. locks the header in the generated file. This option in Excel is called by Freeze Top Row.
OpenAfterSaving	.T. to open the file after saving it.
RowCount	Returns the number of rows included in the Excel file.
SetStyles	.T. to define that the Excel file will have the Grid visual characteristics transported.
SheetName	Excel sheet name. The default name is "Sheet1"
xmlEncoding	XML encoding type used to set the code that defines special characters. Default code is "iso-8859-1".
Version	Object that contains the information about this class.
About	About ExcelXML class
Progress	Method used to show the percentage processed.
Save	Creates the Excel XML file.