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Office Example: Spreadsheet from DBF tables

Description

This example creates a workbook with three sheets from DBF tables using AlphaSports. After the spreadsheet is populated, it is opened in Microsoft Excel.

dim DocumentFile as C = "C:\temp\A5OfficeSample4.xlsx"
dim Doc  as Office::ExcelDocument ' Declare the document variable
 
CreateWorkbook(Doc) 'load all tables into sheets
 
Path = file.filename_parse(DocumentFile, "P")
on error resume next
File.Dir_Create(Path)
on error goto 0
if Doc.Save(DocumentFile)
'Release all references to the document because we are about to open it in Excel
  delete Doc
  sys_open(DocumentFile)
else  
  ui_msg_box("Error Saving Document", "Unable to save document to " \
                  + DocumentFile + ":" + crlf(2) + Doc.ErrorMessage)
end if  
 
 
FUNCTION CreateWorkbook as V(Doc as Office::ExcelDocument)
dim Sheet as Office::Spreadsheet ' Pointer to the spreadsheet
dim Path as C = A5.Get_Exe_Path() + "\Samples\AlphaSports\\"
 
' Load the tables
LoadTable(Doc, Sheet, Path, "SalesPeople")
LoadTable(Doc, Sheet, Path, "Product")
LoadTable(Doc, Sheet, Path, "Customer")
END FUNCTION        
 
 
FUNCTION LoadTable as L (Doc as Office::ExcelDocument, \
                        BYREF Sheet as Office::Spreadsheet,\
                        Path as C, TableName as C)
on error goto noload  
 
t = table.open(Path + TableName + ".DBF")
Sheet = Doc.AddSheetFromDBF(t, TableName)
 
noload:
END FUNCTION