XLConnect (version 0.2-15)

saveWorkbook-methods: Saving Microsoft Excel workbooks

Description

Saves a '>workbook to the corresponding Excel file. This method actually writes the '>workbook object to disk.

Usage

# S4 method for workbook,missing
saveWorkbook(object,file)
# S4 method for workbook,character
saveWorkbook(object,file)

Arguments

object

The '>workbook to save

file

The file to which to save the '>workbook ("save as"). If not specified (missing), the workbook will be saved to the '>workbook's underlying file which is the file specified in loadWorkbook (also see the '>workbook class for more information). Note that due to currently missing functionality in Apache POI, workbooks can only be saved in the same file format - i.e. if the workbooks underlying file format is xls, then the file argument may only specify another xls file. Also note that when specifying the file argument the '>workbook's underlying filename changes to reflect the "save as" behavior. Paths are expanded using path.expand.

Details

Saves the specified '>workbook object to disk.

See Also

'>workbook, loadWorkbook

Examples

# NOT RUN {
# Create a new workbook 'saveMe.xlsx'
# (assuming the file to not exist already)
wb <- loadWorkbook("saveMe.xlsx", create = TRUE)

# Create a worksheet called 'mtcars'
createSheet(wb, name = "mtcars")

# Write built-in dataset 'mtcars' to sheet 'mtcars' created above
writeWorksheet(wb, mtcars, sheet = "mtcars")

# Save workbook - this actually writes the file 'saveMe.xlsx' to disk
saveWorkbook(wb)
# }