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Joseph Idicula W
Joseph Idicula W

Reputation: 11

Ruby Gem to create xlsx using template

I am looking for a Ruby Gem which can read an xlsx template and update certain rows in the file and save it as a new file. Is there any Gem that does this? I found a gem called SpreadsheetX which creates Excel files based on a template. But I don't find a documentation for the same.

Upvotes: 1

Views: 857

Answers (2)

Stefan Magnuson
Stefan Magnuson

Reputation: 880

The spreadsheetx gem that you have already identified does indeed appear to suit your needs—your problem instead seems to be that it doesn't have usage documentation?

In that case, take a look the specs as they illustrate how to use the gem: https://github.com/craigulliott/spreadsheetx/blob/master/spec/spreadsheetx_spec.rb

Example:

empty_xlsx_file = "#{File.dirname(__FILE__)}/../templates/spec.xlsx"
workbook = SpreadsheetX.open(empty_xlsx_file)

workbook.worksheets.last.update_cell(9, 9, Time.now)
workbook.worksheets.last.update_cell(1, 4, 'A string')
workbook.worksheets.last.update_cell(9, 10, 'A string')
workbook.worksheets.last.update_cell(9, 11, 10.3)
workbook.worksheets.last.update_cell(9, 12, 53)
workbook.worksheets.last.update_cell(9, 13, nil)

new_xlsx_file = "#{File.dirname(__FILE__)}/../templates/spec_various_content.xlsx"
workbook.save(new_xlsx_file)

Upvotes: 1

Jyothu
Jyothu

Reputation: 3154

You can use write_xlsx Gem. Its a nice gem and simple to implement.

Upvotes: 0

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