p-behr / PF2XLSX

Output the contents of a table/physical file (PF) to an OOXML spreadsheet (XLSX)

PF2XLSX

Reads the contents of a table and outputs it in OOXML (XLSX) format .

Prerequisites and Limitations

• Will soon require at least version 7.3 and some PTFs

  • See notes on RPG Cafe here:
    https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/rpg-cafe-spring-2022-new-messaging-opcodes-snd-msg-and-excp

• Currently does not handle FLOAT nor GRAPHIC data types (future).

• Uses PASE "jar" command to zip the files.

Please consider voting for this enhancement to the CPYTOARCF command
https://ibm-power-systems.ideas.ibm.com/ideas/IBMI-I-1816

Install

1. Download the source

   • IFSIO_H is from Scott Klement (thanks Scott!).
     If you already have that on your system than you probably don't need this one.

2. Compile the objects

   • Compile the RPG program
   • Optionally compile the command

Usage

• Command:

  PF2XLSX FILE(SOMELIB/MYTABLE) XLSX('/the/path/where/you/want/spreadsheet.xlsx') 
  

• Prototyped call:

  **free
  /copy PF2XLSX_H
  PF2XLSX('SOMELIB/MYTABLE' : '/the/path/where/you/want/spreadsheet.xlsx');
  return;
  

Params

1. The table to read. Format can be:
   • "FILE"
   • "LIB/FILE"
   • "FILE______LIB" data structure
2. The full path, including filename and extension, where you want the spreadsheet:
   "/the/path/where/you/want/spreadsheet.xlsx"