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The Structure of Spreadsheets
COLUMNS
the columns after the insert position are moved to the left.
The XRangeMovement interface provides two additional methods for moving (moveRange) or copying
(copyRange) cell ranges. The following example moves the B2:C3 range so that the range starts at position A6:
Dim Doc As Object
Dim Sheet As Object
Dim CellRangeAddress As New com.sun.star.table.CellRangeAddress
Dim CellAddress As New com.sun.star.table.CellAddress
Doc = ThisComponent
Sheet = Doc.Sheets(0)
CellRangeAddress.Sheet = 0
CellRangeAddress.StartColumn = 1
CellRangeAddress.StartRow = 1
CellRangeAddress.EndColumn = 2
CellRangeAddress.EndRow = 2
CellAddress.Sheet = 0
CellAddress.Column = 0
CellAddress.Row = 5
Sheet.moveRange(CellAddress, CellRangeAddress)
In addition to the CellRangeAdress structure, the moveRange method expects a com.sun.star.table.CellAddress
structure to define the origin of the move's target region. The CellAddress method provides the following
values:
Sheet (short)
number of the spreadsheet (numbering begins with 0).
Column (long)
number of the addressed column (numbering begins with 0).
Row (long)
number of the addressed row (numbering begins with 0).
The cell contents in the target range are always overwritten by the moveRange method. Unlike in the
InsertCells method , a parameter for performing automatic moves is not provided in the removeRange
method.
The copyRange method functions in the same way as the moveRange method, except that copyRange inserts a
copy of the cell range instead of moving it.
Note – VBA : In terms of their function, the OpenOffice.org Basic insertCell, removeRange, and
copyRange methods are comparable with the VBA Range.Insert, Range.Delete ,and Range.Copy methods.
Whereas in VBA, the methods are applied to the corresponding Range object, in OpenOffice.org Basic they are
applied to the associated Sheet object.
Formatting Spreadsheet Documents
A spreadsheet document provides properties and methods for formatting cells and pages.
Cell Properties
There are numerous options for formatting cells, such as specifying the font type and size for text. Each cell
supports the com.sun.star.style.CharacterProperties and com.sun.star.style.ParagraphProperties services, the main
properties of which are described in Text Documents. Special cell formatting is handled by the
com.sun.star.table.CellProperties service. The main properties of this service are described in the following
sections.
98 OpenOffice.org 3.2 BASIC Guide · March 2010