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SpreadsheetFormatCellRange

Last update:
May 18, 2026
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Description

Formats cells within a specified range.

Returns

Nothing

Category

Spreadsheet functions, Microsoft Office integration functions

Syntax

SpreadsheetFormatCellRange (spreadsheetObj, format, startRow, startColumn, endRow, endColumn)

See also

SpreadsheetFormatCell, SpreadsheetFormatColumns, SpreadsheetFormatRow, SpreadsheetFormatRows

History

ColdFusion 9.0.1: Added the function.

Parameters

Parameter
Description
spreadsheetObj
The Excel spreadsheet object for which you want to format the cells.
format
A structure that contains format information.
startRow
The number of the first row to format.
startColumn
The number of the first column to format.
endRow
The number of the last row to format.
endColumn
The number of the last column to format.

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 cell range
 myFormat=StructNew();
 myFormat.color="blue";
 myFormat.bold="true";
 myFormat.underline="true";
 myFormat.alignment="center";
 myFormat.font="Arial";
 
 // Set formatting to cell range (7,1) to (8,9)
 SpreadsheetFormatCellRange(mySheet,myFormat,7,1,8,9); 
 SpreadsheetWrite(mySheet,"#myFile#",true);
 
</cfscript>

Output

Figure: spreadsheetformatcellrange output
spreadsheetformatcellrange output
<cfquery

name="courses" datasource="cfdocexamples"

cachedwithin="#CreateTimeSpan(0, 6, 0, 0)#">

SELECT CORNUMBER,DEPT_ID,CORLEVEL,COURSE_ID,CORNAME,CORDESC,LASTUPDATE

FROM COURSELIST

</cfquery>

<cfscript>

///We need an absolute path, so get the current directory path.

theFile=GetDirectoryFromPath(GetCurrentTemplatePath()) & "courses.xls";

//Create a new Excel spreadsheet object and add the query data.

theSheet = SpreadsheetNew("CourseData");

SpreadsheetAddRows(theSheet,courses);

// Define a format for the column.

format1=SructNew()

format1.font="Courier";

format1.fontsize="10";

format1.color="dark_blue;";

format1.italic="true";

format1.bold="true";

format1.alignment="left";

SpreadsheetFormatCellRange(theSheet,format1, 3,4,30,10);

</cfscript>

<!--- Write the spreadsheet to a file, replacing any existing file. --->

<cfspreadsheet action="write" filename="#theFile#" name="theSheet"

sheet=1 sheetname="courses" overwrite=true>

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