ActsAsXls

the gem add support for xls, xlsx file generation

Installation

Add this line to your application’s Gemfile:

gem 'acts_as_xls'

And then execute:

$ bundle

Or install it yourself as:

$ gem install acts_as_xls

Usage

Controler

in your controller you can write a render like this:

#app/controllers/users_controller.rb
def index
  @users = User.all

  respond_do |format
    format.xls { render :xls => "index"}
    format.xlsx { render :xlsx => "index"}
  end
end

or if you need a quick render, without any template you can write:

...
format.xls { render :xls => @users}

the renderer will call to_xls method to the @users and return the file

Note: if you use render :xlsx => @users you have to implement your own to_xlsx method.

Views

you have to create a template in your views folder for xls and xlsx:

xls template expose the book variable, you can use as explained in Spreadsheet guide (spreadsheet.rubyforge.org/GUIDE_txt.html)

#app/views/users/index.xls.maker
sheet1 = book.create_worksheet
sheet1.name = 'My First Worksheet'
x = 0
@user.each {|user| sheet1.row(x + 1).concat [user.name, user.age]}

and for xlsx the template expose the package variable you can use as described in Axlsx site axlsx.blogspot.it/

#app/views/users/index.xlsx.maker
package.workbook do |wb|
  wb.add_worksheet do |sheet|
    @users.each { |user| sheet.add_row [user.name, user.age]}
  end
end

then in your view simply link the page using the right format:

#app/views/users/index.html.erb
<%= link_to "xls", users_path(:format => :xls) %>
<%= link_to "xlsx", users_path(:format => :xlsx) %>

Options

You can pass all renderers common options, plus :filename => “my_file_name.xls” | “my_file_name.xlsx” to change the default filename (file.xls or file.xlsx)

Examples

You can watch the test/dummy application to find some working examples

Contributing

  1. Fork it

  2. Create your feature branch (‘git checkout -b my-new-feature`)

  3. Commit your changes (‘git commit -am ’Added some feature’‘)

  4. Push to the branch (‘git push origin my-new-feature`)

  5. Create new Pull Request

Thanks

I want to thanks:

  • Daniel J. Berger, Hannes Wyss, GmbH, creators of the Spreadsheet gem that is the engine of the xls extension

  • randym, creator of the Axlsx gem that powers the xlsx extension ( github.com/randym/axlsx )