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SpreadsheetSetColumnWidth

Last update:
May 18, 2026
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Description

Sets the width of a column in a worksheet.

Returns

Nothing

Category

Spreadsheet functions, Microsoft Office integration functions

Syntax

SpreadSheetSetColumnWidth (spreadhsheetobj, column number, width)

See also

SpreadsheetGetCellComment, SpreadsheetFormatCell, SpreadsheetGetCellFormula, SpreadsheetGetCellValue, 
SpreadsheetMergeCells, SpreadsheetSetCellFormula, SpreadsheetSetCellValue

History

ColdFusion 9: Added the function.

Parameters

Parameter
Description
spreadsheetobj
The Excel spreadsheet object to which to set the column width.
column number
Specifies the column to set the width.
width
Specifies the width in points. Enter an integer value for the width.

Example

<cfscript>
 ArtOrders=QueryExecute("SELECT orderid,customerfirstname,customerlastname,address,total,city FROM orders
 ORDER BY orderid",[],{datasource="cfartgallery"});
 // Set the file path in the same location as this cfm
 myFile=GetDirectoryFromPath(GetCurrentTemplatePath()) & "myexcelfile.xls";
 // create spreadsheet object. Set xml to true as this is an xlsx file
 mySheet=SpreadsheetNew("ColdFusion",false);
 // Create another worksheet coldfusion1
 SpreadsheetCreateSheet(mySheet,"ColdFusion1");
 // Set headers for the xlsx file
 SpreadSheetAddRow(mySheet,"Order,First Name,Last Name,Address,Amount,City");
 SpreadSheetAddRows(mySheet,ArtOrders);
 
 // set coldfusion as active sheet
 SpreadsheetSetActiveSheet(mySheet,"ColdFusion1");
 // new query for the new sheet
 Artists=QueryExecute("Select * from APP.ARTISTS",[],{datasource="cfartgallery"});
 SpreadSheetAddRow(mySheet,"ARTISTID,First Name,Last Name,Address,CITY,STATE,POSTALCODE,EMAIL,PHONE,FAX,THEPASSWORD");
 SpreadSheetAddRows(mySheet,Artists);
 
  
 // Define the structure for formatting a column
 myFormat=StructNew();
 myFormat.color="blue";
 myFormat.bold=true;
 myFormat.underline=true;
 myFormat.alignment="center";
 myFormat.font="Arial";
 
 // Set the width of column 2 to 35 points
 SpreadSheetSetColumnWidth(mySheet,2,35);
 SpreadsheetWrite(mySheet,"#myFile#",true);
 
</cfscript>

Output

Figure: SpreadsheetSetColumnWdith output
SpreadsheetSetColumnWdith output

Example

The following example creates a spreadsheet, adds columns to the spreadsheet, and sets the column width for the newly added columns.
a=SpreadSheetNew();

SpreadSheetAddRow(a,"1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8");

SpreadSheetAddRow(a,"1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8",2,1);

</cfscript>

<cfset SpreadSheetSetColumnWidth(a,2,10)>

<cfset SpreadSheetSetColumnWidth(a,3,25)>

<cfspreadsheet action="write" filename="#expandpath('.')#/b.xls" name="a" overwrite="true">

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