SpreadsheetDeleteColumn

Description

Deletes the data from a column of an Excel spreadsheet object. It does not delete the column.

Returns

Does not return a value.

Category

Microsoft Office Integration

Function syntax

SpreadsheetDeleteColumn(spreadsheetObj, column)

See also

SpreadsheetAddColumn, SpreadsheetDeleteColumns, SpreadsheetDeleteRow, SpreadsheetDeleteRows, SpreadsheetFormatColumn, SpreadsheetFormatColumns, SpreadsheetShiftColumns

History

ColdFusion 9: Added the function.

Parameters

Usage

Example

The following example deletes the data from column 2 from a spreadsheet.

<!--- Get the spreadsheet data as a query. ---> 
<cfquery 
       name="courses" datasource="cfdocexamples" 
       cachedwithin="#CreateTimeSpan(0, 6, 0, 0)#"> 
       SELECT CORNUMBER,DEPT_ID,COURSE_ID,CORNAME 
       FROM COURSELIST 
</cfquery> 
 
<cfscript> 
    ///We need an absolute path, so get the current directory path. 
    theFile=GetDirectoryFromPath(GetCurrentTemplatePath()) & courses.xls"; 
    //Create a new Excel spreadsheet object and add the query data. 
    theSheet = SpreadsheetNew("CourseData"); 
 
    SpreadsheetAddRows(theSheet,courses); 
    //Delete the second column of the sheet. 
    SpreadsheetDeleteColumn(theSheet,2); 
</cfscript> 
 
<!--- Write the spreadsheet to a file, replacing any existing file. ---> 
<cfspreadsheet action="write" filename="#theFile#" name="theSheet"  
    sheet=1 sheetname="courses" overwrite=true>