Library.ImportXLSAsSpreadsheet

This function imports an Excel worksheet into a Statistica Spreadsheet.

Syntax Parameters Return Value
Function Library.ImportXLSAsSpreadsheet( _
    fileName As String, _
    sheetNumber As Integer, _
    Optional bCaseNamesFromFirstColumn As Boolean = False, _
    Optional bVariableNamesFromFirstRow As Boolean = False, _
    Optional bIncludeFormatting As Boolean = False, _
    Optional firstRow As Long = 1, _
    Optional lastRow As Long = -1, _
    Optional firstColumn As Long = 1, _
    Optional lastColumn As Long = -1) As Spreadsheet
  • fileName [in]

The fully-qualified pathway to the text file to import.

Type: String

  • sheetNumber [in]

Which worksheet to import.

Type: Integer

  • bCaseNamesFromFirstColumn [in,optional]

Whether or not to import the first column as the case names. This parameter defaults to False.

Type: Boolean

Default value: False

  • bVariableNamesFromFirstRow [in,optional]

Whether or not to import the first row as the variable names. This parameter defaults to False.

Type: Boolean

Default value: False

  • bIncludeFormatting [in,optional]

Whether or not to import cell formatting. This parameter defaults to False.

Type: Boolean

Default value: False

  • firstRow [in,optional]

The beginning of the range of rows to import. This parameter defaults to 1.

Type: Long

Default value: 1

  • lastRow [in,optional]

The end of the range of rows to import. This parameter defaults to -1, which implies that you wish to import all of the cases.

Type: Long

Default value: -1

  • firstColumn [in,optional]

The beginning of the range of columns to import. This parameter defaults to 1.

Type: Long

Default value: 1

  • lastColumn [in,optional]

The end of the range of columns to import. This parameter defaults to -1, which implies that you wish to import all of the variables.

Type: Long

Default value: -1

Spreadsheet

SVB Example

Importing an Excel file as a spreadsheet:

Option Base 1
Option Explicit
Sub Main
    Dim s1 As Spreadsheet
    'assigns s1 to the imported spreadsheet
    'opens the XLS weather report.xls
    Set s1 = Application.ImportXLSAsSpreadsheet(Path & _
    "\examples\datasets\weather report.xls", _
    1,True,True,True,1,-1,1,-1)
    'sets the spreadsheet to visible
    s1.Visible = True
End Sub