SpreadsheetGetCellComment

Description

Gets the comment for an Excel spreadsheet object cell as a structure with formatting information, or all comments for the object.

Returns

If the parameters include the row and column: a structure containing the comment information for the specified cell. If the function has only a spreadsheetObj parameter, an array containing a structure for each comment. Each structure has the following information:

Field

Contents

Author

A string containing the name of the comment author.

Column

The cell column number.

Comment

A string containing the comment text.

Row

The cell row number.

Category

Microsoft Office Integration

Function syntax

SpreadsheetGetCellComment(spreadsheetObj[, row, column])

See also

SpreadsheetFormatCell, SpreadsheetGetCellFormula, SpreadsheetGetCellValue, SpreadsheetMergeCells, SpreadsheetSetCellComment, SpreadsheetSetCellFormula, SpreadsheetSetCellValue

History

ColdFusion 9: Added the function.

Parameters

Parameter

Description

spreadsheetObj

The Excel spreadsheet object from which to get the comment.

row

The row number of the cell from which to get the comment.

column

The column number of the cell from which to get the comment.

Example

The following example sets and gets a comment for the cell at row 3column 5.

<cfscript> 
    ///We need an absolute path, so get the current directory path. 
       theFile=GetDirectoryFromPath(GetCurrentTemplatePath()) & "comment.xls"; 
    //Create an Excel spreadsheet object. 
    theSheet = SpreadsheetNew(); 
    // Define a cell comment. 
 
    comment1.anchor="1,1,15,20"; 
    comment1.author="Adobe Systems"; 
    comment1.bold="true"; 
    comment1.color="lavender"; 
    comment1.comment="This is the cell in row three, column 5 (E)."; 
    comment1.fillcolor="yellow"; 
    comment1.font="Courier"; 
    comment1.horizontalalignment="left"; 
    comment1.linestyle="dashsys"; 
    comment1.size="10"; 
    comment1.verticalalignment="top"; 
    //Set the comment. 
    SpreadsheetSetCellComment(theSheet,comment1,3,5); 
    //Get the comment from the Excel spreadsheet object. 
    theComment=SpreadsheetGetCellComment(theSheet,3,5); 
</cfscript> 
<cfoutput> 
Row,Column: #theComment.row#,#theComment.column#<br /> 
Author: #theComment.author#<br /> 
Comment: #theComment.comment# 
</cfoutput> 
<!--- Write the spreadsheet to a file, replacing any existing file. ---> 
<cfspreadsheet action="write" filename="#theFile#" name="theSheet"  
    sheet=1 sheetname="courses" overwrite=true>