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Description |
Populates a dataset with a selected range of cells in an established Excel session (a Microsoft Excel document that was previously created or opened using Automated Workflow's Excel actions). This action is only useful in conjunction with the other Excel actions found in Automated Workflow. IMPORTANT: The Excel actions in Automated Workflow use the Microsoft Excel automation engine to perform their work. Because of this, Microsoft Excel must be licensed and installed on the system to use the Excel Actions. |
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Declaration |
<AMEXCELCELLSTODATASET SESSIONNAME="text" RESULTDATASET="text" STARTCELLROW="text" STARTCELLCOLUMN="text" ENDCELLROW="text" ENDCELLCOLUMN="text" STARTCELLREF="text ENDCELLREF="text" WORKSHEET="text"> |
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Example |
<AMEXCELOPENWORKBOOK WORKBOOK="c:\excellfile.xls"> <AMEXCELCELLSTODATASET RESULTDATASET="customers" STARTCELLREF="A1" ENDCELLREF="Z10"> <AMEXCELCLOSEWORKBOOK> |
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General Tab Parameters |
Session name: Specifies the session name to identify which document should be changed from prior Excel steps. This allows several Excel files to be open simultaneously. If working with only one document, this value should not be changed from its default value. Text, Optional - Default "Default" Create and Populate Dataset: Specifies name of the Automated Workflow dataset that should be populated with the contents of the desired cells at runtime. Variable, Required Cell by position: Start Row: Specifies the start row of the cells where the data should be retrieved. If specified, STARTCELLCOLUMN, ENDCELLCOLUMN and ENDCELLROW must also be specified. Text, Optional Default "" End Row: Specifies the end row of the cells where the data should be retrieved. If specified, STARTCELLCOLUMN, ENDCELLCOLUMN and STARTCELLROW must also be specified Text, Optional Default "" Start Column: Specifies the start column of the cells where the data should be retrieved. If specified, ENDCELLCOLUMN, STARTCELLROW and ENDCELLROW must also be specified. Text, Optional Default "" End Column: Specifies the end column of the cells where the data should be retrieved. If specified, STARTCELLCOLUMN, STARTCELLROW and ENDCELLROW must also be specified. Text, Optional Default "" Cell by reference: Start Cell Reference: Specifies the start cell reference of the cells where the data should be retrieved. This is an alternate method to specifying the row and column of the desired cell. If specified, STARTCELLCOLUMN, ENDCELLCOLUMN, STARTCELLROW and ENDCELLROW are ignored. If specified, ENDCELLREF must also be specified. Text, Optional Default "" End Cell Reference: Specifies the end cell reference of the cells where the data should be retrieved. This is an alternate method to specifying the row and column of the desired cell. If specified, STARTCELLCOLUMN, ENDCELLCOLUMN, STARTCELLROW and ENDCELLROW are ignored. If specified, STARTCELLREF must also be specified. Text, Optional Default "" Use active worksheet or Use specific worksheet: Specifies to use the active worksheet or the name of the new worksheet that the text will be retrieved from. Use active worksheet is the default. Text, Optional Default "" |
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Notes |
A variable field Dataset is generated. A dataset is a multiple column, multiple row container object. This action creates and populates a dataset, the fields contained within that dataset are determined by the query that was executed. For example, if the following query is executed: SELECT firstname, lastname, company from customer where city='Los Angeles'; Then the following data set would be generated: datasetname along with the standard fields included in every dataset |--CurrentRow A record (row) is created for each record (row) that is retrieved from the server. To access this data use the Loop Dataset Action <AMLOOPDATASET> to loop through the records, inside the loop you can extract the data from the field of your choice (from the current record) by using an embedded expression such as the one that follows: %mydatasetname.firstname% or you could combine two fields together like this: %mydatasetname.firstname + " " + mydatasetname.lastname% Embedded Expressions such as these can be used in any parameter in any action. So, to display the data in a message box the AML code would look like this: <AMMESSAGEBOX MESSAGETEXT="%mydatasetname.firstname%" WINDOWTITLE="The firstname of the current record is"> At runtime the text %mydatasetname.firstname% is replaced by the contents of the subject of the current record. |
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See Also |
Create Workbook, Open Workbook, Close Workbook, Add Worksheet, Activate Worksheet, Get Cell, Set Cell, Dataset to Cells |
