Excelize 2.0.0 Released

Excelize is a library written in pure Go and providing a set of functions that allow you to write to and read from XLSX files. Support reads and writes XLSX file generated by Microsoft Excel™ 2007 and later. Support save file without losing original charts of XLSX. This library needs Go version 1.8 or later. The full API docs can be seen using go's built-in documentation tool, or online at godoc.org and docs reference.

We are pleased to announce the release of version 2.0.0. Featured are a handful of new areas of functionality and numerous bug fixes.

A summary of changes is available in the Release Notes. A full list of changes is available in the change log.

Release Notes

The most notable changes in this release are:

API Changed

The following table lists the changes to the API for v2.0.0 compared to the v1.4.1:

Function	Add error return	Row Number Change*	Delete	New Addition
ToALphaString	×	×	√	×
TitleToNumber	×	×	√	×
SplitCellName	×	×	×	√
JoinCellName	×	×	×	√
ColumnNameToNumber	×	×	×	√
ColumnNumberToName	×	×	×	√
CellNameToCoordinates	×	×	×	√
CoordinatesToCellName	×	×	×	√
SetCellFloat	×	×	×	√
SetCellStyle	√	×	×	×
InsertCol	√	×	×	×
RemoveCol	√	×	×	×
RemoveRow	√	√	×	×
InsertRow	√	√	×	×
DuplicateRow	√	×	×	×
DuplicateRowTo	√	×	×	×
SetRowHeight	√	×	×	×
GetRowHeight	√	×	×	×
GetCellValue	√	×	×	×
GetCellFormula	√	×	×	×
GetCellHyperLink	√	×	×	×
SetCellHyperLink	√	×	×	×
SetCellInt	√	×	×	×
SetCellBool	√	×	×	×
SetCellStr	√	×	×	×
SetCellDefault	√	×	×	×
GetCellStyle	√	×	×	×
SetCellValue	√	×	×	×
MergeCell	√	×	×	×
SetSheetRow	√	×	×	×
SetRowVisible	√	√	×	×
GetRowVisible	√	√	×	×
SetRowOutlineLevel	√	√	×	×
GetRowOutlineLevel	√	√	×	×
GetRows	√	×	×	×
Columns	√	×	×	×
SearchSheet	√	×	×	×
GetPicture	√	×	×	×
GetColVisible	√	×	×	×
SetColVisible	√	×	×	×
GetColOutlineLevel	√	×	×	×
SetColOutlineLevel	√	×	×	×
SetColWidth	√	×	×	×
GetColWidth	√	×	×	×
GetMergeCells	√	×	×	×
ProtectSheet	√	×	×	×
UnprotectSheet	√	×	×	×
UpdateLinkedValue	√	×	×	×
SetSheetVisible	√	×	×	×
adjustHelper	√	×	×	×
adjustMergeCells	√	×	×	×
adjustAutoFilter	√	×	×	×
prepareCell	√	×	×	×
setDefaultTimeStyle	√	×	×	×
timeToExcelTime	√	×	×	×
addDrawingChart	√	×	×	×
addDrawingVML	√	×	×	×
addDrawingPicture	√	×	×	×
getTotalRowsCols	√	×	×	×
checkRow	√	×	×	×
addDrawingShape	√	×	×	×
addTable	√	×	×	×
workSheetReader	√	×	×	×
copySheet	√	×	×	×

* From version 2.0.0 all row manipulation methods uses Excel row numbering starting with 1 instead of zero-based numbering which take place in some methods in earlier versions, related issue #349.

Feature

• New function DuplicateRowTo() has been added for duplicate row to specified row position
• The function SetPageLayout() now support to set page orientation, related issue #318
• The function SetPageLayout() now support to set page size

Bug Fixes

• Fix the issue that create a blank fill if no fill is specified in the style format
• Fix the issue that data validation list in the excel sheet disappears formula characters greater than 255, related issue #339
• Fix the issue corrupted xlsx after deleting formula of cell, related issue #346
• Fix the issue that GetComment() returns incorrect mapping between worksheets and comments in some case, related issue #345
• Fix the issue #346, resolve the issue corrupted xlsx after deleting formula of cell
• Fix the issue #377, avoid empty column in GetRows result

Performance

• Performance optimization, faster for add comments, related issue #347, faster add images, charts and shapes, related issue #274
• Adding the same image should create a drawing referencing the already stored copy of the image, related issue #359

Miscellaneous

• Typo fixed and godoc updated
• Tests made stronger again, go1.12 added to tests matrix