XLS

Excel 2003 files: .XLS

AlaSQL can read and export data in Excel 2003 format (.xls) with coloring of cells.

Please know that we recommend exporting to ".xlsx" instead of ".xls" as Microsoft has started refusing to open files in the old format.

    var opts = {
      headers: true,
      sheetid: 'My Birds',
      style:"background:#00ff00",
      columns: [
        {columnid:'a',title:'Albatroses',
          style:'background:red;font-size:20px',
          cell:{style:'background:blue'}
        },
        {columnid:'b',title:'Bird',cell:{
          style:function(value,sheet,row,column,rowidx,columnidx){
            return 'background'+(value==10?'brown':'white')
        }}},
        { 
          columnid: 'b', cell:{value:function(value){ return value * value}}
        }
      ]
    };

    var res = alasql('SELECT * INTO XLS("restest257a.xls",?) FROM ?',[opts,data]); 

Please, see the example with advanced color syntax in jsFiddle.

You can pass the object as a Blob:

alasql('SELECT * FROM XLS(?,{headers:true}',[myblob]);

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If you need Excel 2007 files please check out XLSX