creating multiple sheets using Coldfusion SpreadsheetWrite and cfscript - coldfusion

Question

I'd like to create a single excel file with two sheets using CF9, SpreadsheetWrite and cfscript. Something like:
var data= spreadsheetNew( 'data' );
var key= spreadsheetNew( 'key');
spreadsheetAddRow( data, dataInfo );
spreadsheetAddRow( key, keyInfo );
spreadsheetWrite( data, filePath );
spreadsheetWrite( key, filePath );
I don't find documentation that explains how to combine multiple sheets in one file. Here's what I find.
http://help.adobe.com/en_US/ColdFusion/9.0/CFMLRef/WSe9cbe5cf462523a0-7b585809122c5a12c54-7fff.html
It states that one can 'Write multiple sheets to a single file.' but whether that means more than one sheet at a time is not clear. You can accomplish this using tags but I need to use cfscript.
<cfspreadsheet action="update" filename = "filePath" sheetname = "key" >
How does one write the above tag-based call using cfscript?

Answer 1

Yes, it is not very clear from the documentation. SpreadsheetNew creates a Workbook with a single worksheet. To add additional sheets, use the SpreadSheetCreateSheet function. Before you can manipulate the new sheet, it must be made active with SpreadSheetSetActiveSheet. Here is a quick example of creating a workbook with two sheets:
<cfscript>
// Create new workbook with one worksheet.
// By default this worksheet is active
Workbook = SpreadsheetNew("Sheet1");
// Add data to the currently active sheet
SpreadSheetAddRow(Workbook, "Apples");
SpreadSheetAddRow(Workbook, "Oranges");
//Add second worksheet, and make it active
SpreadSheetCreateSheet(Workbook, "Sheet2");
// Add data to the second worksheet
SpreadSheetSetActiveSheet(Workbook, "Sheet2");
SpreadSheetAddRow(Workbook, "Music");
SpreadSheetAddRow(Workbook, "Books");
//Finally, save it to a file
SpreadSheetWrite(Workbook, "c:/path/to/yourFile.xls", true);
</cfscript>
Side note, I would not recommend using <cfspreadsheet action="update"> anyway. Last I recall it was a bit buggy.