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This function is useful for workbooks that are loaded. It can be used to set the workbook title, subject and category field. Use wb_workbook() to easily set these properties with a new workbook.

Usage

wb_get_properties(wb)

wb_set_properties(
  wb,
  creator = NULL,
  title = NULL,
  subject = NULL,
  category = NULL,
  datetime_created = Sys.time(),
  modifier = NULL,
  keywords = NULL,
  comments = NULL,
  manager = NULL,
  company = NULL,
  custom = NULL
)

Arguments

wb

A Workbook object

creator

Creator of the workbook (your name). Defaults to login username or options("openxlsx2.creator") if set.

title, subject, category, keywords, comments, manager, company

Workbook property, a string.

datetime_created

The time of the workbook is created

modifier

A character string indicating who was the last person to modify the workbook

custom

A named vector of custom properties added to the workbook

Value

A wbWorkbook object, invisibly.

Details

To set properties, the following XML core properties are used.

  • title = dc:title

  • subject = dc:subject

  • creator = dc:creator

  • keywords = cp:keywords

  • comments = dc:description

  • modifier = cp:lastModifiedBy

  • datetime_created = dcterms:created

  • datetime_modified = dcterms:modified

  • category = cp:category

In addition, manager and company are used.

See also

Examples

file <- system.file("extdata", "openxlsx2_example.xlsx", package = "openxlsx2")
wb <- wb_load(file)
wb$get_properties()
#>                creator               modifier       datetime_created 
#> "Jan Marvin Garbuszus" "Jan Marvin Garbuszus" "2023-05-29T07:43:12Z" 
#>      datetime_modified                company 
#> "2023-05-29T10:47:37Z"                     "" 

# Add a title to properties
wb$set_properties(title = "my title")
wb$get_properties()
#>                creator               modifier       datetime_created 
#> "Jan Marvin Garbuszus" "Jan Marvin Garbuszus" "2024-05-01T10:14:29Z" 
#>      datetime_modified                  title                company 
#> "2023-05-29T10:47:37Z"             "my title"                     ""