Copying and Moving Worksheets with JavaScript via C++
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Sometimes, you do need a number of worksheets with common formatting and data. For example, if you work with quarterly budgets, you might want to create a workbook with sheets that contain the same column headings, row headings, and formulas. There is a way to do this: by creating one sheet and then copying it.
Aspose.Cells for JavaScript via C++ supports copying and moving worksheets within or between workbooks. Worksheet, complete with data, formatting, tables, matrices, charts, images and other objects, are copied with the highest degree of precision.
Moving or Copying Sheets using Microsoft Excel
Following are the steps involved for copying and moving worksheets within or between workbooks in Microsoft Excel.
- To move or copy sheets to another workbook, open the workbook that will receive the sheets.
- Switch to the workbook that contains the sheets you want to move or copy, and then select the sheets.
- On the Edit menu, click Move or Copy Sheet.
- In the To book dialog, click the workbook to receive the sheets.
- To move or copy the selected sheets to a new workbook, click New Book.
- In the Before sheet box, click the sheet before which you want to insert the moved or copied sheets.
- To copy the sheets instead of moving them, select the Create a copy checkbox.
Copy Worksheets within a Workbook with Aspose.Cells for JavaScript via C++
Aspose.Cells provides an overloaded method, Aspose.Cells.WorksheetCollection.addCopy(), that is used to add a worksheet to the collection and copy data from an existing worksheet. One version of the method takes the index of the source worksheet as a parameter. The other version takes the name of the source worksheet.
The following example shows how to copy an existing worksheet within a workbook.
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title>Aspose.Cells Example - Copy Sheet Within Workbook</title>
</head>
<body>
<h1>Copy Sheet Within Workbook Example</h1>
<input type="file" id="fileInput" accept=".xls,.xlsx,.csv" />
<button id="runExample">Run Example</button>
<a id="downloadLink" style="display: none;">Download Result</a>
<div id="result"></div>
</body>
<script src="aspose.cells.js.min.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript">
const { Workbook, SaveFormat, Worksheet, Cell, Utils } = AsposeCells;
AsposeCells.onReady({
license: "/lic/aspose.cells.enc",
fontPath: "/fonts/",
fontList: [
"arial.ttf",
"NotoSansSC-Regular.ttf"
]
}).then(() => {
console.log("Aspose.Cells initialized");
});
document.getElementById('runExample').addEventListener('click', async () => {
const fileInput = document.getElementById('fileInput');
const resultDiv = document.getElementById('result');
if (!fileInput.files.length) {
resultDiv.innerHTML = '<p style="color: red;">Please select an Excel file.</p>';
return;
}
const file = fileInput.files[0];
const arrayBuffer = await file.arrayBuffer();
// Open an existing Excel file.
const wb = new Workbook(new Uint8Array(arrayBuffer));
// Create a Worksheets object with reference to the sheets of the Workbook.
const sheets = wb.worksheets;
// Copy data to a new sheet from an existing sheet within the Workbook.
sheets.addCopy("Sheet1");
// Save the Excel file.
const outputData = wb.save(SaveFormat.Excel97To2003);
const blob = new Blob([outputData]);
const downloadLink = document.getElementById('downloadLink');
downloadLink.href = URL.createObjectURL(blob);
downloadLink.download = 'CopyWithinWorkbook_out.xls';
downloadLink.style.display = 'block';
downloadLink.textContent = 'Download Modified Excel File';
resultDiv.innerHTML = '<p style="color: green;">Sheet copied successfully! Click the download link to get the modified file.</p>';
});
</script>
</html>
Copy Worksheets between Workbooks
Aspose.Cells provides a method, Worksheet.copy(Worksheet), used to copy data and formatting from a source worksheet to another worksheet within or between workbooks. The method takes the source worksheet object as a parameter.
The following example shows how to copy a worksheet from one workbook to another workbook.
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title>Copy Worksheets Between Workbooks</title>
</head>
<body>
<h1>Copy Worksheets Between Workbooks</h1>
<p>Select the source Excel file (book1.xls) to copy its first worksheet into a new workbook.</p>
<input type="file" id="fileInput" accept=".xls,.xlsx" />
<button id="runExample">Run Example</button>
<a id="downloadLink" style="display: none;">Download Result</a>
<div id="result"></div>
</body>
<script src="aspose.cells.js.min.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript">
const { Workbook, SaveFormat, Utils } = AsposeCells;
AsposeCells.onReady({
license: "/lic/aspose.cells.enc",
fontPath: "/fonts/",
fontList: [
"arial.ttf",
"NotoSansSC-Regular.ttf"
]
}).then(() => {
console.log("Aspose.Cells initialized");
});
document.getElementById('runExample').addEventListener('click', async () => {
const fileInput = document.getElementById('fileInput');
const resultDiv = document.getElementById('result');
resultDiv.innerHTML = '';
if (!fileInput.files.length) {
resultDiv.innerHTML = '<p style="color: red;">Please select an Excel file (book1.xls).</p>';
return;
}
const file = fileInput.files[0];
const arrayBuffer = await file.arrayBuffer();
// Create a Workbook from the uploaded file (source workbook)
const excelWorkbook0 = new Workbook(new Uint8Array(arrayBuffer));
// Create another Workbook (destination workbook)
const excelWorkbook1 = new Workbook();
// Copy the first sheet of the first book into second book.
excelWorkbook1.worksheets.get(0).copy(excelWorkbook0.worksheets.get(0));
// Save the file as Excel 97-2003 (.xls)
const outputData = excelWorkbook1.save(SaveFormat.Excel97To2003);
const blob = new Blob([outputData]);
const downloadLink = document.getElementById('downloadLink');
downloadLink.href = URL.createObjectURL(blob);
downloadLink.download = 'CopyWorksheetsBetweenWorkbooks_out.xls';
downloadLink.style.display = 'block';
downloadLink.textContent = 'Download Copied Workbook';
resultDiv.innerHTML = '<p style="color: green;">Worksheet copied successfully! Click the download link to get the modified file.</p>';
});
</script>
</html>
The following example shows how to copy a worksheet from one workbook to another.
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title>Aspose.Cells Example</title>
</head>
<body>
<h1>Copy Worksheet Between Workbooks Example</h1>
<input type="file" id="fileInput" accept=".xls,.xlsx,.csv" />
<button id="runExample">Run Example</button>
<a id="downloadLink" style="display: none;">Download Result</a>
<div id="result"></div>
</body>
<script src="aspose.cells.js.min.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript">
const { Workbook, SaveFormat, Utils } = AsposeCells;
AsposeCells.onReady({
license: "/lic/aspose.cells.enc",
fontPath: "/fonts/",
fontList: [
"arial.ttf",
"NotoSansSC-Regular.ttf"
]
}).then(() => {
console.log("Aspose.Cells initialized");
});
document.getElementById('runExample').addEventListener('click', async () => {
// Create a new Workbook.
const excelWorkbook0 = new Workbook();
// Get the first worksheet in the book.
const ws0 = excelWorkbook0.worksheets.get(0);
// Put some data into header rows (A1:A4)
for (let i = 0; i < 5; i++) {
ws0.cells.get(i, 0).value = `Header Row ${i}`;
}
// Put some detail data (A5:A999)
for (let i = 5; i < 1000; i++) {
ws0.cells.get(i, 0).value = `Detail Row ${i}`;
}
// Define a pagesetup object based on the first worksheet.
const pagesetup = ws0.pageSetup;
// The first five rows are repeated in each page...
// It can be seen in print preview.
pagesetup.printTitleRows = "$1:$5";
// Create another Workbook.
const excelWorkbook1 = new Workbook();
// Get the first worksheet in the book.
const ws1 = excelWorkbook1.worksheets.get(0);
// Name the worksheet.
ws1.name = "MySheet";
// Copy data from the first worksheet of the first workbook into the
// first worksheet of the second workbook.
ws1.copy(ws0);
// Saving the modified Excel file
const outputData = excelWorkbook1.save(SaveFormat.Excel97To2003);
const blob = new Blob([outputData]);
const downloadLink = document.getElementById('downloadLink');
downloadLink.href = URL.createObjectURL(blob);
downloadLink.download = 'CopyWorksheetFromWorkbookToOther_out.xls';
downloadLink.style.display = 'block';
downloadLink.textContent = 'Download Excel File';
document.getElementById('result').innerHTML = '<p style="color: green;">Workbook created and worksheet copied successfully! Click the download link to get the file.</p>';
});
</script>
</html>
Move Worksheets within Workbook
Aspose.Cells provides a method Aspose.Cells.Worksheet.moveTo() which is used to move a worksheet to another location in the same spreadsheet. The method takes the target worksheet index as a parameter.
The following example shows how to move a worksheet to another location within the workbook.
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title>Aspose.Cells Example</title>
</head>
<body>
<h1>Move Worksheet Example</h1>
<input type="file" id="fileInput" accept=".xls,.xlsx,.csv" />
<button id="runExample">Run Example</button>
<a id="downloadLink" style="display: none;">Download Result</a>
<div id="result"></div>
</body>
<script src="aspose.cells.js.min.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript">
const { Workbook, SaveFormat } = AsposeCells;
AsposeCells.onReady({
license: "/lic/aspose.cells.enc",
fontPath: "/fonts/",
fontList: [
"arial.ttf",
"NotoSansSC-Regular.ttf"
]
}).then(() => {
console.log("Aspose.Cells initialized");
});
document.getElementById('runExample').addEventListener('click', async () => {
const fileInput = document.getElementById('fileInput');
if (!fileInput.files.length) {
document.getElementById('result').innerHTML = '<p style="color: red;">Please select an Excel file.</p>';
return;
}
const file = fileInput.files[0];
const arrayBuffer = await file.arrayBuffer();
// Instantiating a Workbook object from uploaded file
const wb = new Workbook(new Uint8Array(arrayBuffer));
// Access worksheets collection
const sheets = wb.worksheets;
// Get the first worksheet
const worksheet = sheets.get(0);
// Move the first sheet to the third position (index 2)
worksheet.moveTo(2);
// Save the modified workbook in Excel97-2003 format
const outputData = wb.save(SaveFormat.Excel97To2003);
const blob = new Blob([outputData]);
const downloadLink = document.getElementById('downloadLink');
downloadLink.href = URL.createObjectURL(blob);
downloadLink.download = 'MoveWorksheet_out.xls';
downloadLink.style.display = 'block';
downloadLink.textContent = 'Download Modified Excel File';
document.getElementById('result').innerHTML = '<p style="color: green;">Worksheet moved successfully! Click the download link to get the modified file.</p>';
});
</script>
</html>