XenoGuard 4.0 Documentation

Clear Cells

ActionStep Reference » Windows » File Handling » Excel » Clear Cells

The ActionStep Excel Clear Cells empties the content of a specified cell range in the worksheet of an Excel file.


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  1. Open the Windows node in the Workspace Explorer.
  2. Open the File Handling node.
  3. In the Excel node, select the Clear Cells ActionStep.

Parameters:

The ActionStep has the following input parameters:


NAME DESCRIPTION
Path Name
Specifies the path of the Excel file.
Sheet Name
The name of the worksheet in an Excel file.
First Row
The number value of the starting row where cells will be cleared.
Last Row
The number value of the ending row where cells will be cleared.
First Column
The number value of the starting column where cells are to be cleared.
Last Column The number value of the ending column where cells are to be cleared.

Information The Sheet Name in an Excel file is listed as fixed values of the context scopes.
Information

Allowed Context Scopes [Fixed, Local, Global]
Allowed Context Types [Variable, Parameter, Enum]

All values of the parameters are determined by the specified format.

Results:

The ActionStep returns the following results:


NAME
DESCRIPTION
Result
Confirms if the range of cells in the worksheet was successfully cleared or not.

Allowed Context Scope [Fixed]
Allowed Data Type [Boolean]

Example 1 (Empty the cell contents):

This example discards the content of the last column in a specified worksheet of an Excel file after retrieving the row and column information with Get Sheet Information. If the content of the last column is successfully cleared, the ActionStep in the "Then" branch is executed, otherwise the ActionStep in the "Else" branch is performed. A notice of the result is then output via Message Box.